T-Rex: When Valentine's Day was imported to Japan, it was tweaked some, and became a day in which women could express interest in men without having to say so, simply by giving them chocolates! Nice.
T-Rex: But there's also a culture of RECIPROCAL gifts in Japan!
T-Rex: And so that evolved into March 14th being WHITE DAY - the colour of purity AND sugar - during which men who were given chocolates by women can now return the favour by giving them an even better gift in exchange.
Dromiceiomimus: So now Valentine's Day spans two months from start to finish?!
T-Rex: TECHNICALLY YES.
T-Rex: But South Korea goes even further!
Utahraptor: How? Why? But also mainly: how??
T-Rex: APRIL 14th is BLACK DAY, during which all the lonely single men who DIDN'T get Valentine's chocolates go and eat black noodles together and commiserate.
Utahraptor: Good Lord! That's a quarter of the year spent dealing with Valentine's Day and its fallout!
Narrator: HAPPY BLACK DAY EVE TO ALL THE DESPERATELY LONELY PEOPLE!!
T-Rex: Woo!
Narrator: PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF PUBLICLY TOMORROW
