Things You Just Don't Care About

isn't Hallowe'en a religious festival? it's there in the name.

(my get out clause for when someone smacks this down - i didn't say which religion)

idea of Halloween > actuality ime

Pavement, Pavement reunion shows

oh yeah and also Halloween

I used to work for a woman who said that All Saint's Day came after a day dedicated to Satan.

yet year after year it's the same routine
and i grow so weary of the sound of screams

lol

the performative Halloween fetishists annoy me because they post about it daily, the Spirit Halloween memes, but then like everyone else, they go to one Halloween party, they put out candy for the kids, and that's it.

if yr really as spooky-ooky-Halloween as you say you should be in costume scaring people on the highway and running them off the road

― stank viola (Neanderthal)

ok i was ringing this bell in the other thread but halloween is GAY GAY FUCKING GAY

like obviously if you're not out as _trans_ it's the one day where you can do gender diverse presentation and only get a _few_ weird looks but even if you're not trans, halloween is the one queer holiday the cishets reluctantly acknowledge

it's also our last line of defense against Santa's Claw taking over the entire fucking year, so you'd better be fucking grateful for us witches

also fuck you pumpkin spice lattes are delicious

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ppu5BsqKck

YASSSS

King otm

it's also our last line of defense against Santa's Claw taking over the entire fucking year, so you'd better be fucking grateful for us witches

definitely feel like some of the energy extending it to an all-month thing is spurred on by queer and queer-adjacent ppl trying to turn it into their own version of christmas. that energy is why i can get behind it, even though i'm not a big halloween celebrator irl (like not at all, who has the fucking energy to celebrate holidays for god's sake).

I personally love Halloween I just want people to embrace the darkness more.

No comedy mustache, create an extra papier mache head, work a shift as Publix dressed as Leatherface

it's true that many people could do with more darkness in their lives.

i think it would be hilarious if anybody, ever, advised me to "embrace the darkness" more.

i don't think that'll ever happen.

I wore two rats on my shoulders to work my restaurant shift last Halloween and it was suitably grim and disgusting.
Halloween is 1) secular and 2) not tethered to FAMILY and is therefore my fave holiday followed closely by Thanksgiving which is also secular and not always tied to family. For the non-family-having non-religious person, there’s no other day quite like it.

definitely feel like some of the energy extending it to an all-month thing is spurred on by queer and queer-adjacent ppl trying to turn it into their own version of christmas. that energy is why i can get behind it, even though i'm not a big halloween celebrator irl (like not at all, who has the fucking energy to celebrate holidays for god's sake).

― ꙮ (map)

for real i was going to celebrate National Get Out of Bed Day this year but i just wasn't feeling it

Halloween is 1) secular and 2) not tethered to FAMILY and is therefore my fave holiday followed closely by Thanksgiving which is also secular and not always tied to family. For the non-family-having non-religious person, there’s no other day quite like it.

― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera)

i'm definitely leaning into the "found family" thing lately, for the last decade with my ex it was the two of us against the world and that's not... really a thing anymore. so this year some folks in my friend group are doing T4Thanksgiving and I'm sure I'll wind up doing that.

That’s great — that’s what I’m talking about. It’s not for children, it’s not religious, and it’s about gathering w people you care about. It’s a holiday for everyone. May Day is similar but less celebrated.

i love halloween in theory for all of these reasons but decor and costumes were never me. anyway, i already celebrate it every other day when i do yoga naked to high on fire

i long for more found family but it's been a challenge for various reasons.

doing yoga high, naked, and on fire is definitely the true spirit of halloween

International Workers' Day is another one of the big queer holidays, for some reason it hasn't quite taken off in the United States yet. well, me and my friends will keep celebrating at least!

halloween is for normies

For some reason

i like may day and iwd. i wish i were around more people who celebrated them. nominally progressive people here are still v. conservative. even american-flagged-over labor day is still barely acknowledged where i am. every year my supervisor makes sure we all know she doesn't believe it should be a holiday.

that reminds me i get next monday off. obviously i h8 columbus, i'm just tired of the discourse and wish i could take a break from it this year.

halloween is for normies

― donald wears yer troosers (doo rag)

look i already _told_ you i like pumpkin spice latte, we've already established that i am a complete and total normie in every way

Everyone is perpetually seven years old nowadays. Yes let’s make all of October Halloween. Dickhead phrekes.

TV commercial indicates that Reese's and KitKat (the big 'uns, like at the movies) are now hooked up...officially. That's my month of Halloween.

Never seen you cranky before, Josefa. You need a potion.

ov Reese'sKitKat

i gotta try 1 of those pumpkin spuce latte things some day,i'm told they're pretty good

I’m allergic to chocolate. Maybe that’s the problem. All I had was candy corn back in the day.. or SweeTarts.

I worked from 1997 to 2016 at a large company, and Halloween went from being "just another day" to a festivity where entire floors were decorated and everyone was expected to compete in costume contests. Year by year it felt like creeping infantilization.

Yeah, well I figured adulthood was done-for the day I saw adult-sized TMNT footie pajamas in Target's mens section 10 years ago.

Everyone is perpetually seven years old nowadays. Yes let’s make all of October Halloween. Dickhead phrekes.

I've never liked dressing up but Halloween parties were usually a good time before everyone had kids and we all got boring and way more sober.

I'll still rep for Christmas when it comes to holidays, despite everything - if you can divorce yourself from the commercialism and competitive decorating it can still feel like a few days of pure goodwill toward your fellow man. Plus A Christmas Carol still owns.

let's be adults and talk about the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the 2022 elections

no, you know what, fuck it, let's snort pixy sticks and dress like we're 15 year old hot topic girls in 1995. you know there's literally no future for any of us, right? miao.

amen

Personally, I never stopped

Bob Dylan's book

Bob Dylan's butt

the downfall of FTX

Who lip synced at a parade that is 100% lip synced

Cannibal movies

Agree, except for the caviar of the genre, Cannibal Ferox.

Vodka.

Dylan going electric (pen)

xp Vodka is gin tho no?

Vodka is potatoes and cereal grain. Gin is from the blood of Odin.

And whisky streams directly from the loins of Fenris