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hi again everyone!
so ive learned a bit about valentines day
and in doing so ive found its celebrated differently in different places? :o
and also in some places like japan
theres a corresponding holiday called white day!

so anyway my question today is do you celebrate valentines
and if so how
just out of curiosity
with absolutely no ulterior motive whatsoever

also exactly how many human holidays are there because so far there have been rather a lot of them my goodness
its almost like theres a holiday for every month
and there are at least five ways to celebrate each one
i think i need a chart

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I do not understand the need to center a holiday around letting people know you think of them. It is just as easily said.

Are trolls unable to do such things?

not as easily or as often
its
hm
i guess the best way to put it is that our race doesnt approve of showing weakness

[...Okay, then.]

That is rather foolish. Even if one's affection for another can be exploited as a weakness, that emotion does have a certain level of merit.

i do agree
but the thing is
other trolls would occasionally jump on perceived weakness and you know
cull the weaker troll
so its sort of culturally ingrained?

its not so important any longer
since well
planet destroyed

I would not have guess your species was inclined towards violence by my previous conversations with you.

[Karkat was rude, though, and since he'd mentioned troll slang... Hmn.]

You mentioned when I first arrived that not all those who come here are alive back in their own world. That being the case, and with your planet being destroyed, I wonder about the state of your species. Are trolls now extinct where you are from?

[It seems...politer to phrase it that way than to ask ARE YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS DEAD?]

kind of
theres five and a half of us left alive from my time point :o
here there are eight of us

[...ARADIA.]

How is it possible for there to be five and a half of you?

sollux is only half dead in the future!
its okay no one else really gets it either

[But. What.]

If this Sollux is half dead, they should be counted as alive. Even if you are unsure about their ultimate outcome, you should not write off someone's ability to recover until they are without a doubt dead.

no i mean
hes half ghost
half not ghost
hes actually legitimately partially dead and partially alive
he has been that way for over two human years

That does not seem to be physically possible. Is this condition common where you are from?

nope
sollux is the only one who managed it
doing things split like that is sort of his thing

Even for one predisposed towards 'doing things split', that seems a remarkable feat, and with how you described it, I can assume it is not something as simple as saying that his mind is dead and his body is alive or vice versa, nor that he spends half his time one way and the other half another way. It truly is intriguing.

it really is
someday ill have to figure it out more exactly
but at the time i was really just happy that he had a foot on both side
so he could spend time with me on either

When you do, I would be very interested in hearing your findings.

Are you also somewhat of a special case, for your race, as you can spend time with him on either side?

id be more than happy to share!
i suppose i sort of am in some ways
but not in that way
the living can pass through the dream bubbles physically
its just the dead who cant leave them in the normal way of things

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