• qooqie@lemmy.world
    5·
    7 hours ago

    I bought one of those big 180 piece fun size bag and opened it up to put it in a bowl and holy shit everything is sooooo small. I don’t think I’ll be buying that shit anymore it’s pathetic

    • CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.workOPEnglish
      8·
      9 hours ago

      For various reasons, not everyone can do traditional trick-or-treating. The idea behind a trunk-or-treat is to provide a more accessible approximation of the experience. It’s also another opportunity for Halloween fun for everyone. The way it works is that volunteers, frequently business and other organizations, but also individuals, set up in a parking lot with decorated vehicles and hand out goodies to the kids who show up in their costumes. There are also typically games and other kid activities. And that’s all there is to it.

      • Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 hours ago

        Neat. I feel like it removes some of the magic from decorating houses, but having never seen one it’s an unvalidated guess.

        Not sure how the accessibility is any different, but my neighborhood tends to be a drop in location for most the city, so we’re just kind of expected to met kids where they’re at. Maybe we’re just used to it?

      • Bubs
        1·
        5 hours ago

        Just a little tidbit to add:

        One of the common reasons I’ve seen trunk-or-treats, instead of traditional door-to-doors, is due to dangerous neighborhoods. One community had a high crime rate, so the local church set up a trunk night so parents could bring their kids and feel safer.

      • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
        622·
        10 hours ago

        Yeah never trusted those. It also lazy parenting. Instead of taking kids door to door like you should, parents take their kids to a parking lot (most times at some church) to gather candy all at one stop.

        Speaking of my job doing one of these things. Some dumb.

        • meco03211@lemmy.world
          133·
          9 hours ago

          Or it’s efficient parenting. People might not want to spend a bunch of time walking house to house. Not all houses want to be walked to. Trunk or treat offers a quick single location of like minded people, a safe environment, and quick turnaround.

            • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              8 hours ago

              I mean if you’re worried about efficiency while fucking trick or treating like that you might as well. It’s about spending time with your kid (or their friends when they are older) in silly costumes. Its not about how fast it gets done. Thats crazy shit.

        • almar_quigley@lemmy.world
          103·
          10 hours ago

          It may not be feasible to walk to houses in all neighborhoods. We don’t have sidewalks and to get from one street to the next would require crossing pretty heavily trafficked roads. Trunk or treat can be a safe alternative to that.

          Your comment reeks of boomerism “back in my day”. Let people do what they gonna do if it’s not hurting anyone else.

          • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
            29·
            9 hours ago

            My neighborhood as some sidewalks some don’t and yet we still went trick and treating. Also if you can travel to one of those. Then you can travel to a neighborhood with sidewalks and no heavy traffic.

            • almar_quigley@lemmy.world
              73·
              9 hours ago

              Try living in town and not a suburb. That’s what I’m talking about. Not just walking in neighborhood streets, but actual thoroughfares with no sidewalks. Or maybe just imagine you don’t have all the information about the whole world and your experience isn’t indicative of everyone else’s.

        • distantsounds@lemmy.worldEnglish
          41·
          8 hours ago

          I have a brother that lives out in the middle of nowhere and it’s the only practical option for kids out there. My nieces love it and it gives parents a chance to connect.

          Just because it’s different from what you’re accustomed to doesn’t automatically make it bad

        • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
          41·
          9 hours ago

          Lazy is a nonsense concept. Not everything needs to take all day or be done in the most efficient way possible. You’re allowed to half ass stuff. It’s not a moral failing.

    • cobysev@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      7 hours ago

      I learned about trunk-or-treat while living in South Carolina. I didn’t live in the highest quality town at the time. Apparently, one Halloween over a decade ago, a small boy and his dad went up to a house in our town while trick-or-treating. The guy inside was strung out on meth, though, and thought he was being raided by the cops when the child rang his doorbell. So he responded by emptying a full clip of an AR-15 through the door, killing the little boy and his dad.

      Ever since then, local families always did a trunk-or-treat instead. The local school would open up their parking lot for trick-or-treaters. Adults would line up their cars in the lot, with their trunks open and, typically, the inside of their trunks were covered in Halloween decorations. And they would just hand out candy from a stash in their trunks. Kept everyone safe, made traveling on Halloween secure in a well-lit environment, and you could collect tons of candy with just a quick circle around the parking lot.

      It wasn’t the traditional way to go trick-or-treating, but it was better than cancelling Halloween altogether because of a few crazies in the town.