V-Day…if you need this one day in a year to show everyone else you truly care for your loved one” I think it’s quite stupid. I hate this commercialism. It’s all artificial, and has nothing to do with real love.

The quote argues that love is best measured by sustained, everyday care rather than a single annual performance. By calling Valentine’s Day “artificial,” Scott frames it as a social script that can substitute spectacle for substance: buying symbols of affection becomes a proxy for practicing affection. The line “if you need this one day…to show” implies that genuine love should already be evident without prompts or public proof. The critique is less about celebration itself than about coercive commercial norms—how markets and peer expectations can pressure people into equating spending with sincerity, and can make those without money or partners feel excluded.