From: fungus@amongus.com.invalid   
      
   JAB  writes:   
      
   > There are many ways to create a vibe for a wedding. One Brooklyn   
   > couple who married in Joshua Tree, California, skipped the strict   
   > dress code and string quartet and went straight for the psychedelics.   
      
   I'm personally scared witless by psychedelics, but I nonetheless highly   
   support this alternative wedding.  What a wild time.   
      
   A far tamer version: was reading on Reddit of all places where a couple   
   invited all their friends to an enormous and elaborate costume party and   
   insisted everyone show up in costume.  Then it turned out to actually be   
   the couple's own wedding.  All the guests of course looked hilarious, and it   
   looks like everyone had a great time.  Needless to say the wedding   
   photos are a hoot!   
      
   There's a good book called _Everything is Bullshit_ that tears down a   
   number of customs.  The White Wedding is one of the victims - turns out   
   much of what we consider "standard" for weddings was invented about a   
   hundred years ago by an industry poised to earn billions of dollars off   
   of "must haves" like the diamond ring, the white dress, and so on.   
      
   I'm perfectly in favor of finding fun ways to do it differently.  More   
   fun and less money: sounds good to me.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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