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The wedding industry isn’t targeting you… it’s targeting your parents

One thing that my time working as telemarketer gave me — other than a very black conscience — is understanding about how different generations process and interpret media.

We spend a lot of time here laughing about the Wedding Industrial Complex, and we should, because it’s fucking hilarious. But it’s not really directed at us. It’s directed at our mothers.

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Piranha plants and comic books at Peace Arch Park

Mary and Andrew were married in Blaine, Washington at Peace Arch International Park, which is between Surrey, British Columbia and Blaine, Washington. It’s also Geek Week, where we celebrate our nerdy and pop culture-loving comrades, and this wedding totally fits the bill with comic books and old school Nintendo references.

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Have your ceremony at your favorite local hangout (like a comic book store!)

Lacy and Stephen love them some Star Wars and comics, so Free Comic Book Day at their favorite comic book store (Alternative Universe in Milford, CT) was the destination of choice for their sweet and tiny wedding.

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This geeky Browncoat wedding was shiniest wedding in the ‘verse

This week we’re celebrating our sci-fi-loving, fantasy-squeeing, and comic book-collecting couples. Today we have a couple of hardcore Browncoats celebrating with dinosaur centerpieces, Nerf Mavericks, and Firefly-inspired costumes.