• ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    35
    ·
    2 days ago

    It’s capitalism yes but it’s also the encroachment on Halloween by Christmas

    The so called “War on Christmas” is a lie but it is also projection from the perpetrators of the very real War on Halloween

    I have joined the War on Halloween on the side of Halloween

    I am Halloweenpilled, Spookypilled and Skellingtonpilled

    I am ready to do jihad for Halloweentown and become Jack Skellington

  • thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    36
    ·
    2 days ago

    It’s honestly so depressing. I live in a giant apartment block and we do trick or treating amongst all the apartments in the building. Basically you sign up, get a door tag, and kids will show up to your door and you give them candy. Very normal. When I moved here there were dozens of apartments that signed up for this. This year so far there are 3. My apartment building has 230+ units. Literally just over 1% of apartments are now willing to give out candy to kids. Grim.

    • Inui [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      16 hours ago

      Haven’t had trick or treaters in 7 years across 3 different apartments and multiple states. Just 1 fairy princess around Year 5 and had to scramble to find some stickers to give her. Everyone does the trunk or treat stuff now, which made sense for little kids, but is also sad because it turns it into a sectioned off activity that you drive to and then go home.

  • TomBombadil [he/him, she/her]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    23
    ·
    2 days ago

    Halloween is my favorite holiday…

    I guess I must say was because every year I do less and less. It feels pointless. Why bother.

    I hate it. I wanna dress up as a gorilla and chase people around like I used to when I lived in a walkable community where we knew our neighbors. Now though I’d just be some fuckin freak. I don’t think a single trick or treater stopped at our house last year. Ugh

  • Edamamebean [she/her]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    30
    ·
    2 days ago

    To be fair it also feels different because its 24 degrees out and people are wearing shorts and tank tops and I’m sweating in my Halloween costume

  • miz [any, any]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    27
    ·
    edit-2
    2 days ago

    I’ve lost the battle with misanthropy. it’s not even fun to talk to people anymore because they’ll drop some sort of clueless class-unconscious take like this and then blame you if you explain why they feel bad

  • Flocklesscrow
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    1 day ago

    For one thing, it was 80 fucking degrees today in the DMV.

    It should be borderline about to snow. That would be a “normal” pattern. Ya know, the kind we haven’t had in 20 years.

  • adultswim_antifa [he/him]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    2 days ago

    Seriously, all the stores and media and commercials and ads are getting people hyped up about Christmas by now and people don’t get into the Halloween spirit and the Christmas spirit at the same time.

  • SpiderFarmer [he/him]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    2 days ago

    This is the first year I wasn’t able to do a Halloween staycation. Also (selfishly) sad to miss out on some stuff I was looking forward to because I got praxis stuff to do. Jealous of the libs in these moments.