Is Halloween dead?

Jeremy · 10.22.2009, 11:51 AM

Last year my girlfriend and I were at her house giving away candy to trick or treaters, and maybe 17 groups in all stopped by. This year I see few decorations, few costumes in stores, no horror movies on TV, etc. It depresses me at how such a fun and unique holiday has such small interest now, apparently.

I live in Las Vegas too.... You'd think it would be pretty popular around here.

On the other hand, at least I finally found some Count Chocula.

~Jeremy~

Rob Instigator · 10.22.2009, 11:56 AM

whatr serendipity, as I was goinna post about this inthe other hallween thread.

Halloween is a holiday for CHILDREN. It always has been, but due to the near-omnipresent infantilization of american adults, it has been converted into just another reason for adults to get drunk.
fear tactics and endless hyperbole and horror stories have made many parents afraid to trick or treat, cuz "anyone may be a KILLER!" even though the only kids ever hurt by candy were poisoned ar given dangerous shit by close relatives.
every year less and less kids come by trick or treating, instead they set up halloween "parties" at people's work, at the malls, at the schools, etc.

I love seeing kids dressed up and loving halloween, but when more than half the kids that ring the bell are 14 and wearing regular fucking clothes... that shit is just stupid.

personally, Halloween is boring to me, ever since I was around 14 or so. I do not see why adults get so into it.

oh well. party pooper.

Glice · 10.22.2009, 12:04 PM

Halloween, round my parts, has always been about wandering around, egging people, starting fights, getting pissed and so on. This year, I'm playing music at a murder mystery event, which will be much more fun than sitting in a darkened house so it looks like you're out.

Rob Instigator · 10.22.2009, 12:06 PM

I enjoy being with my friends but something about costume parties seems so desperate-for-fun to me. they always devolve into ogling the sluttiest costume. That is cool for about 5 minutes.
this year we are all gonna go on a walking halloween pub crawl. that should make for some good fights.

Dr. Eugene Felikson · 10.22.2009, 01:10 PM

I would gleefully spend the rest of my life chained to a wall, with a plastic hose bound to my mouth, force feeding me nothing but Count Chocula, and 2% milk, and die the happiest man on the planet.

notyourfiend · 10.22.2009, 01:14 PM

undead undead undead the virginal bride...

wait, wrong thread nevermind.

DeadDiscoDildo · 10.22.2009, 01:20 PM

Short answer, Yes. Thanks to Rob Zombie.

Don't fuck with John Carpenter, asshole.

pbradley · 10.22.2009, 02:00 PM

Money is tight for everyone.

Rob Instigator · 10.22.2009, 02:11 PM

that is truth.

kids cannot even afford eggs to throw at houses with no candy

atsonicpark · 10.22.2009, 06:43 PM

Yeah, dead as fuck. I remember when I was littler, there'd be a huge groups of kids trick or treating. Now you'll see a few houses with lights on. Then again, horror movies are quite dead too. Um, actually, nearly everything is worse now than it was, say, 10 years ago. So...

deflinus · 10.22.2009, 06:49 PM

kids dont want candy anymore, they want cell phones

atsonicpark · 10.22.2009, 06:53 PM

I want candy!
Bubblegum and taffy!
Skip to the sweet shop with my sweetheart Sandy!
Got my pennies saved so I'm her sugar daddy!
I'm her Hugh Cronen, she's my Jessica Tandy

I want candy!

terriblecanyons · 10.22.2009, 07:00 PM

it's definitely dead around in these parts.
I try my darndest to make it exciting for the kiddies that actually DO trick-or-treat these days. adults make it impossible for kids to have fun. now instead of wandering around in the dark going to stranger's houses, we have "safe night" where you go to a "safe" location (like a high school, YMCA, etc) and give kids lame candy like fucking popcorn balls (okay that shit is good, but still) and it's just generally boring. I remember back when I was a kid they showed fucking ROCKY HORROR on tv... now those were the days.

since those days are gone I go all-out with decorations and theatrics. I'm gonna hide in the bushes next to my house and grab ankles of any kids that go to my door. MWAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHJEFKJLFKJGHGHGHG

floatingslowly · 10.22.2009, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

Halloween is a holiday for CHILDREN. It always has been,

you ain't no scientist!

Rob Instigator · 10.22.2009, 10:41 PM

sad for the kids n shit

pbradley · 10.22.2009, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hypertonic

i got one of these:
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Brilliant. I could wear that with my suit. I shall look into that.

FreshChops · 10.23.2009, 12:15 AM

dead around here too, just as you mentioned. We were just talking about that today too. first it felt like the holiday slipped up on us without a care and probably a great deal in part to the fact that nobody is participating, decorations and all that. It might have a lot to do with the economy.

I've seen people around here go in debt with decorations, parties and all. this year no-one seems to care.

alteredcourse · 10.23.2009, 12:26 AM

I love halloween so much. I love the smells and the sounds and the creepy bits of october. Nobody has a do a thing right around now for that creepy scary fucked up feeling to happen. I already feel it. The people around me are acting all jumpety and defensive and spooked, too. It's so awesome. Thats why halloween was made, not the other way around. It's nature.

I'd love to get a house. I would be so scary and have patches and burn wounds and all kinda shit all over me, and have someone in the garden to the side in a leaf pile to jump out at the kids when they came up to the door.

Sonic Youth 37 · 10.23.2009, 01:23 AM

I love Halloween. My apartment has had rubber bats hanging from the ceiling since August.

Sonic Youth 37 · 10.23.2009, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by notyourfiend

undead undead undead the virginal bride...

wait, wrong thread nevermind.

This is the perfect thread for Bauhaus

10.22.2009, 11:51 AM	#1
Jeremy 100% Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: The Batcave Posts: 833	Last year my girlfriend and I were at her house giving away candy to trick or treaters, and maybe 17 groups in all stopped by. This year I see few decorations, few costumes in stores, no horror movies on TV, etc. It depresses me at how such a fun and unique holiday has such small interest now, apparently. I live in Las Vegas too.... You'd think it would be pretty popular around here. On the other hand, at least I finally found some Count Chocula. ~Jeremy~ __________________
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10.22.2009, 11:56 AM	#2
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,974	whatr serendipity, as I was goinna post about this inthe other hallween thread. Halloween is a holiday for CHILDREN. It always has been, but due to the near-omnipresent infantilization of american adults, it has been converted into just another reason for adults to get drunk. fear tactics and endless hyperbole and horror stories have made many parents afraid to trick or treat, cuz "anyone may be a KILLER!" even though the only kids ever hurt by candy were poisoned ar given dangerous shit by close relatives. every year less and less kids come by trick or treating, instead they set up halloween "parties" at people's work, at the malls, at the schools, etc. I love seeing kids dressed up and loving halloween, but when more than half the kids that ring the bell are 14 and wearing regular fucking clothes... that shit is just stupid. personally, Halloween is boring to me, ever since I was around 14 or so. I do not see why adults get so into it. oh well. party pooper. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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10.22.2009, 12:06 PM	#4
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,974	I enjoy being with my friends but something about costume parties seems so desperate-for-fun to me. they always devolve into ogling the sluttiest costume. That is cool for about 5 minutes. this year we are all gonna go on a walking halloween pub crawl. that should make for some good fights. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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10.22.2009, 01:10 PM	#5
Dr. Eugene Felikson invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7,571	I would gleefully spend the rest of my life chained to a wall, with a plastic hose bound to my mouth, force feeding me nothing but Count Chocula, and 2% milk, and die the happiest man on the planet.
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10.22.2009, 01:14 PM	#6
notyourfiend expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: baltimore, murderland by way of new york city Posts: 1,454	undead undead undead the virginal bride... wait, wrong thread nevermind. __________________
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10.22.2009, 01:20 PM	#7
DeadDiscoDildo invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3,805	Short answer, Yes. Thanks to Rob Zombie. Don't fuck with John Carpenter, asshole.
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10.22.2009, 02:00 PM	#8
pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	Money is tight for everyone.
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10.22.2009, 02:11 PM	#9
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,974	that is truth. kids cannot even afford eggs to throw at houses with no candy __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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10.22.2009, 06:43 PM	#10
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Yeah, dead as fuck. I remember when I was littler, there'd be a huge groups of kids trick or treating. Now you'll see a few houses with lights on. Then again, horror movies are quite dead too. Um, actually, nearly everything is worse now than it was, say, 10 years ago. So... __________________
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10.22.2009, 06:49 PM	#11
deflinus expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: in the darkest part of your mind Posts: 1,737	kids dont want candy anymore, they want cell phones
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10.22.2009, 06:53 PM	#12
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	I want candy! Bubblegum and taffy! Skip to the sweet shop with my sweetheart Sandy! Got my pennies saved so I'm her sugar daddy! I'm her Hugh Cronen, she's my Jessica Tandy I want candy! __________________
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10.22.2009, 07:00 PM	#13
terriblecanyons invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: the land where large fuzzy dice still hang proudly like testicles from rear-view mirrors Posts: 5,949	it's definitely dead around in these parts. I try my darndest to make it exciting for the kiddies that actually DO trick-or-treat these days. adults make it impossible for kids to have fun. now instead of wandering around in the dark going to stranger's houses, we have "safe night" where you go to a "safe" location (like a high school, YMCA, etc) and give kids lame candy like fucking popcorn balls (okay that shit is good, but still) and it's just generally boring. I remember back when I was a kid they showed fucking ROCKY HORROR on tv... now those were the days. since those days are gone I go all-out with decorations and theatrics. I'm gonna hide in the bushes next to my house and grab ankles of any kids that go to my door. MWAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHJEFKJLFKJGHGHGHG
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10.22.2009, 10:41 PM	#15
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,974	sad for the kids n shit __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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10.23.2009, 12:15 AM	#17
FreshChops 100% Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 738	dead around here too, just as you mentioned. We were just talking about that today too. first it felt like the holiday slipped up on us without a care and probably a great deal in part to the fact that nobody is participating, decorations and all that. It might have a lot to do with the economy. I've seen people around here go in debt with decorations, parties and all. this year no-one seems to care. __________________
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10.23.2009, 12:26 AM	#18
alteredcourse expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,503	I love halloween so much. I love the smells and the sounds and the creepy bits of october. Nobody has a do a thing right around now for that creepy scary fucked up feeling to happen. I already feel it. The people around me are acting all jumpety and defensive and spooked, too. It's so awesome. Thats why halloween was made, not the other way around. It's nature. I'd love to get a house. I would be so scary and have patches and burn wounds and all kinda shit all over me, and have someone in the garden to the side in a leaf pile to jump out at the kids when they came up to the door.
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10.23.2009, 01:23 AM	#19
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	I love Halloween. My apartment has had rubber bats hanging from the ceiling since August. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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