Unpopular opinions
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Halloween is dumb. Spooky imagery and themed products come across as forced and pandering to me, and I don't understand the appeal. It was fun dressing up when I was a kid and going door to door collecting free candy, but as an adult, it all feels incredibly lame. I still love that kids dress up and seek out candy, but adults who get super into it weird me out. There, I said it.
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I feel ya. I mean I like the idea of the kids going out and getting candy, but then I think of the added time and effort (and mostly $$) to put together their costumes. Then the $$ spent buying candy to give away. Then the time and effort that some people put into buying and setting up decorations for halloween. I'd rather just spend the money on candy to keep in the house for ourselves.
We do buy pumpkins and cinnamon-scented things, but other than that I'd rather just celebrate the weather changing by getting out the jackets.
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Also, I've been seeing those giant 12ft tall giant skeletons popping up all over the place in the last couple of years. Where the hell do people store those things the other 11 months of the year??
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This is the first place we've lived where the community decorates arguably more and extensively (animatronic skeletons with smoke machines, lighting, and audio!!?) than for any other holiday, including Christmas. I still don't really care about Halloween in any way but it's kinda fun to see the extent people get excited here and decorate.
The whole candy and knocking on doors thing I could do without.
And @chrisjohnnick I know what you mean on the 12' skeletons by you. In those few hours around Nashville, I saw at least 3 of them. There's a house nearby us that has a 30' if not taller one they leave out year round.
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I get it, Halloween is a lot of work as an adult. And the commercialization of holidays is one of the uglier sides of capitalism. BUT there’s this thing called tradition that, as a meme, being passed down, I really appreciate for connecting generations…. Yada yada… what’s my point? it’s supposed to be fun. Just enjoy yourself? Shut up, you’re drunk.
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@Megatron1505 said in Unpopular opinions:
@flannel-slut Add cheese and mayonnaise to that sandwich, thank me later.
The mustard was bad enough mega, stop adding fuel to the fire
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Halloween is the States' real national holiday. Christmas is too damn cheerful.
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@Matt someone introduced me this wordle adjacent game yesterday. It just made me angry at my own geographical ignorance...
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@Ikeaparty I hate it. Unless as an ingredient for BBQ sauce. Even then I prefer mustard and vinegar sauces usually.
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If I’m making burgers for visiting friends, I give them a heads up that I don’t ever have ketchup. They’re welcome to bring some - but it leaves when they leave. Vile stuff.
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Me too, unless it is what it was originally......
Something like this:
https://www.inspiredtaste.net/27375/homemade-ketchup-recipe/
or this:
https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/recipes/mushroom-ketchup-recipe
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@Ikeaparty Ketchup on eggs, especially.
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LOL, i do know people who put ketchup on eggs, and they even have the audacity to do it right in plain view while I'm eating.
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@Matt so much of it has to do with how lucky you happen to be with your first guess, which I find pretty lame.
Connections is the game. Probably not an unpopular opinion.
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@jerkules to each their own, as long as you dont put that shit on a perfectly good hot dog.
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I don’t hate ketchup on everything, but if it’s on my burger, I’m full of rage.
