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Halloween: What are you giving Trick or Treaters?
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Blackbeard_of_Perranporth wrote: »I do not call hound around knocking on people’s doors enjoyment.
Commercial exploitation. Why are the emporiums full of cattle fodder pumpkins and pointy hats if that is not to fleece the gullible.
Tack is cheap items of shoddy quality. Items like skeletons that will be in the bin by Friday morning.
I do opt out. I don’t need to see you knocking at my door. Yet still they will do so.
I used to enjoy my birthday on Bonny night. Now all I see is greed and tacky people playing none sense.
You can put all the fancy verbs you want into a sentence, it doesn't blind anyone else to the fact that millions of people enjoy Halloween evening and trick or treating. That is a fact, not something you can subjectively discredit.
Supply and demand? Are shops not allowed to sell anything now then, just in case you're unhappy with the sentiment surrounding it? Am I being commercially exploited every time I want to buy something that isn't for essential everyday use? When did my choices get taken away from me? And considering it's a single night event, selling expensive well produced products is going to be a bit of a barrier to market.
Are you talking about opting out in principle just on the internet, or do the people who you hate so very dearly also get the message clearly?
Greed :rotfl: I'll be sure to spit in the face of that bonny 4 year old who has a beaming smile as he walks around dressed up cute with his parents and siblings, knocking on the neighbours doors, the pure gluttony of the cretin!0 -
Not sure that I have to "embrace other people's enjoyment". I find that a bit condescending, if I am honest. I don't expect others to participate in or "embrace" stuff that I like doing.
I don't think anyone has demanded that people embrace other people's enjoyment. Just that they don't demand that it ends.
There are clearly people on here who accept no other solution that for every mention of Halloween to be eradicated immediately, because writing a 30 second note saying 'please don't knock' is less acceptable than the enjoyment of millions of others.0 -
In my area (a rough part of south London), Halloween has often been a night of anti social behaviour. Same with fireworks night too.0
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In my area (a rough part of south London), Halloween has often been a night of anti social behaviour. Same with fireworks night too.
In the rough parts of London where I've lived, every football game is an excuse for anti social behaviour. Also just being a Friday or Saturday night is full of anti social behaviour. Definitely over Christmas, and don't get me started on New Year. The six weeks summer holidays are strewn with anti social behaviour. Any school holiday in fact. And any day ending in Y is a licence to behave anti socially.0 -
or these (read the reviewsCan you still get laxatives in chocolate form?
) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Astra-Sugar-Teddy-Bears-Sweets/dp/B01LTIQJVK/ref=sr_1_5_s_it?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1540999649&sr=1-5&keywords=sugar+free+sweets 0 -
Brilliant!
It's bit like the nasty ones of that bean boozle game.0 -
Well why shouldn't I get some amusement out of Halloween too?
On the off chance that you're not joking:
Because you could, give someone - specifically a child - food poisoning that could, worst-case-scenario, kill them. As a society, we tend to take a dim view of people who knowingly take actions that endanger the lives of children.
If you want to play a food-related trick on kids - do chocolate dipped shallots or sprouts, or something else that tastes bad but doesn't pose a health risk.0 -
I don't think anyone has demanded that people embrace other people's enjoyment. Just that they don't demand that it ends.
There are clearly people on here who accept no other solution that for every mention of Halloween to be eradicated immediately, because writing a 30 second note saying 'please don't knock' is less acceptable than the enjoyment of millions of others.
You used the words although I know you tied them to certain posters
Having said that there are posts saying "it's a shame that people don't answer the door" calling people "miserable" and expressing surprise that folks don't enjoy it. And, I certainly know some who can't get it into their heads that it is possible for you not to enjoy what they are doing.
Apart from one or two posts at the extremes in this thread the rest of us (whichever side of the pumpkin we are on) aren't bothered one way or another as long as we are doing our own thing on Halloween (I've just stuck a bottle in the fridge for this evening!) and the other "side" isn't bothering us.
You say that millions enjoy it, Quite right. But worth noting in the article I quoted a survey held in 2013 (never accurate I accept but an indication) found that 78% of those interviewed weren't so keen.0 -
On the off chance that you're not joking:
Because you could, give someone - specifically a child - food poisoning that could, worst-case-scenario, kill them. As a society, we tend to take a dim view of people who knowingly take actions that endanger the lives of children.
If you want to play a food-related trick on kids - do chocolate dipped shallots or sprouts, or something else that tastes bad but doesn't pose a health risk.
Don't worry, it's all tongue in cheek, m'dear.
I'd be surprised if any kid falls for a sprout/shallot dipped in choc. Surely you can smell it, especially the shallot?
Also, if I did have kids that I take trick or treating, I'd thoroughly check it all before they consume it and wouldn't allow them to eat anything that was 'home made' unless it was from someone I know & trust.0 -
Wish I knew about these! I would have answered the bell and made sure they all took about 20 each.0
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