What's the real purpose of the DU donor valentines?

[RevCheesehead]

Poll question: What's the real purpose of the DU donor valentines?

[jpgray]

1. In an attempt to cut down on snark

The GDs will have a 3-heart minimum posting requirement

[JVS]

58. Maybe on August 30th we can celebrate St. Fiacre's day

He is the patron saint of barrenness; box makers; cab drivers; fistula; florists; gardeners; haemorrhoids; hosiers; pewterers; piles; taxi drivers; sterility; syphilis; tile makers; venereal disease. We can donate money to give other DUers venereal diseases.

[tjwmason]

83. We've just missed St. Agatha's Day.

That was 5 February. She had her breasts cut off, we could have put little pictures of boobies under each other's posts.

[flvegan]

2. To prove once and for all that Lounge regs get more love than

GD posters. And you hybrids/crossovers (Pitt, I'm looking at you) are disqualified.

Yup, just made it a competition. Ask me anything.

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. hybrid crossovers????

Who are you calling hybrid crossovers...? I think I've seen you over there a time or two. :)

[flvegan]

24. Er...um...yeah, but

his threads are (from what I've seen) very good, well thought out, informed infopieces. Me? Let's just say, not quite so much.

[FuzzySlippers]

3. I voted covert popularity contest,

but I think it's really more overt.;)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear Rev.......

I cannot participate in any poll where my name shows up.....

But I still say Thank you, sweetie! I am very touched by your including me...

Happy Valentine's Day....a few days early, but who cares?

:loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[RevCheesehead]

10. Looks to me like the spammin' is already started.

THREE hearts? You've earned first posting priveleges to GD!

:hug::loveya:

[DS1]

5. Give the chronic complainers something else to complain about

feed the masses and all that

[flvegan]

6. If only we still had ATA now

Imagine the Valentine heart gift-giving crap that'd be all over the place there...

[jpgray]

9. I miss ATA so much

If they had a donate-a-thon to bring that back I'd contribute.

[RevCheesehead]

12. don't forget the swedish fish.

Hey - can vegans eat swedish fish?? :shrug:

[flvegan]

14. So long as

they don't use gelatin when they make them.

[ScreamingMeemie]

22. I guess so...As long as they don't have eyes...

Do they have eyes? or faces? :shrug:

[LeftyMom]

40. Is there chocineal in 'em?

Sometimes red stuff is dyed with ground up bugs. :puke:

[FuzzySlippers]

13. I bet I know who gave you your heart....

matcom.:D

[DS1]

15. Possibly

I guess I'll hold off on pouring gasoline over his scooter and lighting it for a few more days

[Texasgal]

50. DS1 Got a HEART?

OMG!!!! :P

[Maddy McCall]

56. LOL.

[Strong Atheist]

80. Right on! I PM'd Skinner that I thought it was a nice idea... nt.

[In_The_Wind]

7. I'm looking forward to see how your poll works out ...

[eyesroll]

8. Skinner apparently wants to feel better about his Junior High Chorus Geek

status, at the expense of us Junior High Math Team Nerds.

:cry:

[jpgray]

11. In Geek hierarchy, Choral Geeks were way higher than Math Geeks

Drama Geeks thought themselves at the top, but were actually at the bottom. :D

[flvegan]

16. Yeah, but we AV Geeks billed with the Gods.

I mean, singing and acting is all good, but if the mics aren't on, you're all screwed.

[realisticphish]

75. Band geeks rule over all

Because people are forced to watch us at football games :evilgrin:

[greatauntoftriplets]

39. Or us high school writing club, poetry club, newspaper....

dorks.

:cry:

[eyesroll]

41. I was editor of the lit magazine, on newspaper, and on the math team.

I got my bases covered, but I don't know where I fall on the geek scale...

[greatauntoftriplets]

44. I always sucked at math....

But I also belonged to the Junior Red Cross. If that isn't dorky, what is?

Back in the Dark Ages when I was in high school, I was considered to be among the "collegiate" crowd. Later renamed preppy.

And how dorky is it to go to an all-girls' Catholic high school?

[Beware the Beast Man]

47. I was a band geek, and a literary magazine geek.

I got no love... :(

[progmom]

54. I was a chorus/band/student council/french club geek

Yeah...this is a VERY familiar feeling. :(

[eyesroll]

55. No musical talent for me whatsoever...

But I did Student Council for awhile. And "Presidents Council," when I was the lit magazine editor.

Hey, on the bright side (and I swear I would love to tell this to a group of high-school geeks; it would have been better than any "it'll get better" lecture):

All of that hand/mouth exercise put into playing the trombone or programming a computer or laying out a magazine using blue-line paste up board? Yeah, that comes in handy later.

So there's that.

[Omphaloskepsis]

17. I had to go with..

covert popularity contest

[Evergreen Emerald]

19. I voted for "other"

As I am giving my hearts to those I appreciate on DU. Unfortunately I don't have enough money to give them to everyone who deserves one! But a few of you have made me laugh or think or given me reason to reflect on my beliefs.

[lizziegrace]

20. I'm an idiot

I donated, now how can I send hearts?

:shrug:

[lizziegrace]

21. oops

never mind! :blush:

[RevCheesehead]

23. I take issue with that!!

You are most certainly NOT an idiot! :hug::loveya:

[lizziegrace]

27. Aww Thanks Rev!

You've been missed around these parts!

:hug:

[Fox Mulder]

25. So some of us can feel like Charlie Brown on Valentine's Day?

:shrug:

[RevCheesehead]

26. Aw, Foxy....

You're already on MY valentine's list.
Doesn't that count for something?? :hug::loveya:

[Fox Mulder]

30. I am?!

Gotta love pity!

:P

:pals:

[philosophie_en_rose]

28. To Raise More Money, Of Course.

:)

[samdogmom]

29. Hmmm. I have five to give and now I'm confused. Help me out...

Is the point--Posts I admire...OR

Posters I admire?????


I am leaning towards posters, STOP ME NOW IF I'M WRONG, PLEASE.....!!!!

[flvegan]

31. Me.

You're supposed to give them all to me.

See? Simple.

Kidding. Either way, if you love a post, give 'em one. I've you dig a poster, give 'em one.

Then again, 5 would be a HUGE ego boost for me, heh heh...

[LeftyMom]

38. Attention whore much?

:eyes:

:loveya:

[snowbear]

32. Ah C'mon, it's a sweet idea! ~ xoxox ~

But I donated and I'm not sure how to give my hearts out..

Anyone know where the directions are?

[snowbear]

33. Can someone please help a confused DU'er..

Sorry to ask again.. but my post drifted off the board.. :blush:

I donated.. but sheesh.. ... I would be the only one who doesn't know how to send the hearts out..

[lizziegrace]

34. Check your inbox

When you donate, you get a message from Skinner with instructions!

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

35. Hi, larissa!

If you want to donate a heart to someone, you find one of their posts, then click "Donate here....you have ___ # of hearts remaining". Once you click, then hit refresh, and you should see a heart on that person's valentine sig line. :)

[snowbear]

36. Thank you Reverend and Lizzie !!!!

:hug: ~~~ ~~~ :hug:

[lizziegrace]

37. any time

Love your avatar!

:hi:

[jonnyblitz]

42. thanks to whoever sent me mine!! I didn't even know about this

until I got a PM telling me I recieved one! :loveya:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

46. someone loves you

:D

[jonnyblitz]

49. damn...a few love you it seems...

you have four! sigh...:P

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

51. Im kinda shocked myself

:blush:

:P

:*

[jonnyblitz]

65. i am not surprised you have that many...at all...

I am happy with just the one because I know who it is from. :loveya:

[AirmensMom]

43. To make us LOVE each other ...

And be able to show it! :loveya:

Edit: And,I might add, you sure are collecting those hearts! :bounce:

[crispini]

45. Hee hee! I don't know, but it was awfully fun

giving mine out. :7

[rockymountaindem]

48. Aren't options one and four essentially the same?

[saltpoint]

52. Hi, RevCheesehead. This here's a drive-by howdy. I send

good wishes -- and a warning to stay out of the woods whenever the vice president is out on one of his hunting trips!

Happy everything.

[RevCheesehead]

60. I'm going to start calling him either "Pepper" or "Elmer Fudd."

:loveya:

[Ptah]

53. It's a fun addition to the fund Drive.

Although I like GrovelBot, I was motivated
to contribute. It's fun to see the hearts spread as the night goes on.

[RevCheesehead]

57. Awww - and you come, bearing Swedish fish!

As long as it ain't lutefisk, it's OK by me!! :loveya:

[Ptah]

59. Not only have I gotten some DU heart love tonight,

Someone sent cargo my way.

:hug:

[RevCheesehead]

61. Ain't it great?

:hug:

[JVS]

62. Hey I just noticed that in GD there are lots of people with no hearts!

[RevCheesehead]

63. And this comes as a surprise to you??

That's one of the reasons I rarely go over there: no lovin'. :scared:

[JVS]

64. Well I figured that someone has to like each of them...

but then again maybe their moms don't post at DU

[RevCheesehead]

66. Please DU this poll!

:kick:

[mdmc]

67. Gives RevCheeseHead a chance to spread love to the

unloved.

Very much appreciated...:kick: peace and low stress!

[billyskank]

68. Nah, it's just that Skinner noticed that

the Lounge is a den of rampant flirting, and also has a number of attention whores (:blush:), and he managed to synthesise these into a fiendish money-making scheme. I am awed by his evil genius. :o

;)

[In_The_Wind]

69. We have a winner!

[billyskank]

70. Hey Joani!

:loveya:

[In_The_Wind]

72. Hey billyskank!

[Patiod]

I think you nailed it, BS!!

That about sums it up -- and look at how successful his nefarious scheming has been!!

[billyskank]

74. That's right. You can't argue with the result!

:bounce:

[RevCheesehead]

71. are you calling Skinner a republican??

You could be thrown out of DU for that! :scared:

Although, I think he'd like the "genius" part. :evilgrin:

[billyskank]

73. LOL. Are you trying to get me banned?

:P

[RevCheesehead]

78. Never!

That would start a Lounge riot... and we're so passive, we usually don't riot for just any old thing. You would be the exception, of course. :P

:loveya:

[tjwmason]

82. Sounds pretty accurate.

obviously it's worked (which is a good thing) - but my threat to put anybody who gives me one onto ignore stands just as soon as I find out who they are. :nuke:

[billyskank]

84. What if it's Khashka?

:P

[tjwmason]

86. What if it's Khashka.

I stand by my threat.

If one is from you, however, things get worse - not only do you get put on ignore, but I come and pummel your arse in person.

[Ariana Celeste]

76. I think it's cute

:) :hi:

[Strong Atheist]

77. To do something nice for people and make money at the

same time? To make the drive less painful to give to? :shrug:

[Ksec]

79. Brilliant way to raise a few bucks for a good cause. nt

[LaraMN]

81. They're tiny tracking devices.

If you touch them, they transmit an imperceptible charge through your monitor into your finger, which can be used to track each letter you type (at least with the 'surveillance finger').

It's covertly termed, "Operation ValenSPYnes".

[qnr]

85. I think that buried in there somewhere is a "surprise gold heart" which

means you've won an all-expense paid trip to Aspen with Grovelbot.

I havd the perfect image for that, but I can't find it.

[RevCheesehead]

87. I thought that was for the Wonka chocolate factory.

I'd much rather go there.