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[–] [email protected] 68 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That’s crazy to me. I don’t really like holidays but Halloween is such a fun vibe. It welcomes all types and can hit for any mood.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The decor and spooky theming is fun to me, but all the candy and trick-or-treat stuff just flies over my head.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That’s my point. You can take what you like and avoid the rest.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Candy for the kids. Slutty fits for the adults.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

OMG, I saw a slutty Freddie Kruger costume at Spirit Halloween yesterday (but no non-slutty Freddie Kruger options for women). WTAF.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Costumes are made by RPG artists 😄 /s?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Speak for yourself, I'm here for the candy

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I mean also yes 😂

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (4 children)

That's for the kids, and what kid wouldn't want to go running around with friends while all dressed up to get free candy from everyone?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I for real don't know how or why more countries aren't celebrating Halloween. It's like the funnest one. Like y'all rest of the world don't wanna play dress up and party for a night?

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[–] Kecessa 30 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I feel like North American countries can be united in this one thing and that’s neat.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

North A-scare-ica (I'm sorry)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

That's my favorite thing to say after coitus.

[–] mindbleach 2 points 2 months ago

Zephram's backstory is weird.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

You could call it the C.U.M. union.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (3 children)

to be fair, it's not just America, although it's kinda just the uk as well, it is an irish/scottish holiday originally after all

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

But in the US it's a major event that's ALL of October now. It's a whole other level. Walk into CVS or Walgreens (equivalent of Boots) and there's a wall of Halloween merch right inside the entrance.

Or maybe the UK is the same now? After all, it has Black Friday sales.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

even in my lifetime the Americanisation of halloween has been really weird, it's obviously a lot more commercialised, but also nobody calls it guising anymore it's honestly kinda depressing since a lot of our traditions have just been replaced with american ones

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Back at school in the UK, in the 70s, I read a book about traditions from around the world. It included a description of trick-or-treating as part of the "what people do in other countries" theme. We would put candles in turnips in that era.

In the 90s I had some kids at the door in costume but who got confused and said "penny for the guy". Or maybe it was the other way around (they had a guy but said trick or treat).

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

UK used to party pretty hard on Hallows' Eve. I'm quite sure is still a thing.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

It would actually be self cleaning in a way.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicker_man

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How do you say, "Sucks to be you guys!" in non-American?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

라자냐에 폭탄이 들어있습니다.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

I am so glad I translated this.

[–] MeDuViNoX 8 points 2 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Pretty sure we had Halloween before the US even existed.

Admittedly we had to carve turnips.

Some still do.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Just so Americans are aware, other countries have been dressing up and celebrating Halloween for our entire lives as well.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

You should tell OP that, they don't seem to be aware.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

I fucking love halloween. If this is true, it's one of the few redeeming aspects of USA culture.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

i wish Halloween was as important to people as Christmas....

[–] mindbleach 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Embrace it. It's an excuse to screw around when the weather sucks, it's been scraped of all religious connotations, and you can get real weird with it using local mythology.

... and some of you will get back at us by starting Christmas stuff in fucking August.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It’s an excuse to screw around when the weather sucks

laughs in tropical climate

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lemmy about to POP OFF about five centuries of American genocide.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wish we did trick-or-treating as much as you guys :(

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I wish we still did trick or treating instead of the stupid communal "trunk or treat" that seems to have taken over everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Well we can't just have kids walking around outside can we? The outside is for cars

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's this time of the year again already?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (10 children)

And you know what's coming after this month...

She is about to come out of cryostasis...

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I suppose we have pumpkins, too. At least this holiday is pretty fun, even if no one actually celebrates it here (there's little chance it gets adoption here, where I live we even have a hard time getting into carnival, even though that holiday has native tradition).

Anyway, late August christmas sweets are way better than any Halloween-themed food or drink.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

You’re welcome.

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