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darko,

I've posted in this thread a few times but I haven't yet mentioned that you are not crazy, f the haters, etc.

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nath- Austin may be the most bestest place in the world for most occasions when speaking of [censored]!

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don't i know it!

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Anyone who hates Halloween either

a) Got his house egged once, or

b) Has a lump of lead for a soul.

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so despite having all our lights off outside and the blinds down, the doorbell is being run over and over again. diagf munchkins.

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Gobias,

Lol, you don't know anything about me and you don't know anything about my parents.

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2)Their parents didn't care if theier kids got fat b/c there was candy in the pantry at all times

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Willing to wager on who has more body fat?


Of course I didn't want to walk blocks for a kit-kat, the candy that people pass out is [censored] terrible. I grew up in a health conscious household (father was a triathlete, mother is a vegetarian) but I was still a kid at times and on those rare occasions I did eat candy and when I did I would CHOOSE WHAT I WANTED not have some redneck pass out a [censored] chic-o-stick so I could just throw it away when I got home.

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I also loved going to school the next day and bragging (see: lying) about how much candy I got to the other kids.

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So you're a braggart and a liar. Good for you.

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My theory:
Your parents couldn't afford a pumpkin b/c they spent too much money year-round on candy for your pantry. Their bad, not yours. Also, you may have been deprived of attention as a child if your parents never carved a pumpkin w/ you. Maybe they had to work two jobs to pay for your goddamn candy-addiction. Probably both your faults: a wash.

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Wow. If you don't anything about somebody these kind of judgments should really be kept to yourself. Thankfully I am very comfortable w/ myself and my family so I don't have to sit here on the internet and talk to you about the attention I got or their money situation (lol wtf?!) or their jobs (again wtf?!). But just so you know, you couldn't possibly be more wrong--seriously.

To everyone--I realize the women dressing like [censored] is +EV this is also why I said this in the OP:

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Halloween is catered for kids but is a much better adult holiday imo. Raunchy costumes and amusement is the only thing good about the day/night.

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Wow, way to overreact TD. You made a post on one extreme of the holiday loving spectrum, and it got picked apart by someone who is normal and you responded by overreacting again. A braggart and a liar? You sound like a four year old with a better vocabulary. Stop calling people names, turn your porch light back on, and give the kids decent candy, not 'redneck [censored] chic-o-stick'. ]

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I heard fluffpop was dressing up as my girlfriend for halloween btw.

also, darko, my theory is that you were molested by a goblin/and or ghost at some point and your repression of this memory has led to an irrational bitterness towards Halloween.

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tuq,

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Not everyone grew up in a house where:
1)Their parents had candy in the pantry at all times

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You can go to Sam's or Costco and buy a bag of Smarties as large as you for a couple bucks. If these people in your neighborhood can't afford this then hopefully they are picking the cotton as well as sewing their costume for their child.

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This is ANOTHER example of you being SUCH a jerk and incredibly hypocritical! You were just bragging about your health conscious family and it doesn't occur to you that maybe that's why families don't have candy?

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fluff do you have any young hawt friends who want a rotund, yet handsome suger daddy?

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fluff do you have any young hawt friends who want a rotund, yet handsome suger daddy?

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a real rotund person would spell sugar correctly imo

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Jesus people do we really have to complain about everything? How the hell can we overcelebrate Halloween? You dress up and get candy, that is it. There are no 100 days of Halloween on the radio, or pumpkins in Home Depot on May 1st.

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You can't be serious? Sept 4th every Target, Wal-Mart, shopping center etc. was infiltrated w/ everything Halloween. I really don't see how this isn't going overboard.

Everyone keeps saying "damn you for not wanting to get free candy" blah blah blah. Wow, we are that hung up on candy huh? Sugar must be the end all be all to a kids happiness.

I have lived my entire life happy and it had nothing to do w/ candy. This thread turned out exactly the way I wanted it to, everyone reverting back to free candy, but the free candy, but the kids get FREE CANDY! lol. Kids don't need more candy, they need less candy if anything.

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You must not have kids, know kids, or have ever been a normal kid. Honestly every post you make in this thread is SO obnoxious and out of line, and it's your own thread! NLSoldier says that he likes your posts, so I am willing to give you the benefit of the doubt that you are just a holiday hater [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] I will stalk your other posts from now on to see if you are normally more happy and you're telling the truth.

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fwiw I told fluffpop that. I'm dressed up as nlsoldier this halloween

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fluff do you have any young hawt friends who want a rotund, yet handsome suger daddy?

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a real rotund person would spell sugar correctly imo

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im a stud trapped ina rotund body

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fluffpop,

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You were just bragging about your health conscious family and it doesn't occur to you that maybe that's why families don't have candy?

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wtf? You aren't making any sense. My response to tuq (make sure you read everything thoroughly) was that if someone is so poor that they are out "shopping" for free candy then maybe the Halloween thing isn't what they need to be worrying about. This has nothing to do w/ what you are talking about. Some families don't have candy in their house b/c of choice and some b/c of means, my response to tuq was b/c of means and you are clearly confused about what was going on.

Also, I didn't overreact...some guy starts making outlandish comments w/o anyway to back anything up creates an open lane for me to say anything I please to him. Please re-read what he initially wrote to me and think about how completely ridiculous he sounds, then think twice about my response (whether you agree w/ my stance on Halloween or not) and see if I am the "jerk."


BTW- I am loving all the theories in this thread. Keep them coming. *Note that nothing profoundly negative as ever really happened to me.

Sublime- Pop them sequins dawg.

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fwiw I told fluffpop that. I'm dressed up as nlsoldier this halloween

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pics plz!

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fluff do you have any young hawt friends who want a rotund, yet handsome suger daddy?

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a real rotund person would spell sugar correctly imo

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im a stud trapped ina rotund body

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confirmed.

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likes halloween when i was young, hate halloween now that im older

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fluffpop,

A little background on me:

My passion is teaching and teaching kids. I coach two select baseball teams 14U and 10U and I am a private professional instructor as well. This post isn't about bragging but I had a try-out for my 10U team last night and 127 kids showed up. This wasn't b/c we have the best team in Dallas, this is b/c parents talk and I am good at what I do. I am excellent w/ kids, I know how to treat kids, and I know how to communicate w/ kids...kids LOVE ME. I have an awesome baseball resume which initially brought myself business but being a jerk won't keep them coming back, since then my business has grown and in a short time b/c I create a great environment to be in.

Please don't think that b/c I can't stand a goofy holiday which has lost everything that it was all about that I don't enjoy kids or that I am not around them b/c that is absolutely false. I am around kids every day and to be honest kids are a huge part of what makes me happy.

For instance I passed out candy for a little bit tonight w/ my fiancee and there were about 25 total kids that showed up (when I was young the streets were packed). Anyway, two 16 year old girls showed up w/ Hollister bags and no costume and didn't say trick or treat. I asked them what they were and they said, "Just give me the candy." I shut the door and my fiancee got mad at me.

Those were the only two that didn't get candy but they weren't the only ones that weren't wearing costumes, had bad attitudes and basically acted like they weren't even enjoying the experience. It looked like it was more for the parents than anything and this was the whole point of the thread.


I just wanted this post to clarify that not liking Halloween has nothing to do w/ kids. The reasons I don't like Halloween are for a lot of the reasons that other holidays are crap too--but we as people turn most things into crap. That isn't being a downer of a person, that is being realistic, I call it as I see it.

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As far as the kid's part of Halloween goes most of you are probably remembering how you felt about it when you were getting too old for it. My kids are 5 and 7 and I think the 7 year old has already peaked for Halloween.

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Confirmed. Just got back from trick or treating. 5 year old was way more into it than the 7 year old. It is definitely not just about getting candy for the little ones.

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fluffpop,

A little background on me:

My passion is teaching and teaching kids. I coach two select baseball teams 14U and 10U and I am a private professional instructor as well. This post isn't about bragging but I had a try-out for my 10U team last night and 127 kids showed up. This wasn't b/c we have the best team in Dallas, this is b/c parents talk and I am good at what I do. I am excellent w/ kids, I know how to treat kids, and I know how to communicate w/ kids...kids LOVE ME. I have an awesome baseball resume which initially brought myself business but being a jerk won't keep them coming back, since then my business has grown and in a short time b/c I create a great environment to be in.

Please don't think that b/c I can't stand a goofy holiday which has lost everything that it was all about that I don't enjoy kids or that I am not around them b/c that is absolutely false. I am around kids every day and to be honest kids are a huge part of what makes me happy.

For instance I passed out candy for a little bit tonight w/ my fiancee and there were about 25 total kids that showed up (when I was young the streets were packed). Anyway, two 16 year old girls showed up w/ Hollister bags and no costume and didn't say trick or treat. I asked them what they were and they said, "Just give me the candy." I shut the door and my fiancee got mad at me.

Those were the only two that didn't get candy but they weren't the only ones that weren't wearing costumes, had bad attitudes and basically acted like they weren't even enjoying the experience. It looked like it was more for the parents than anything and this was the whole point of the thread.


I just wanted this post to clarify that not liking Halloween has nothing to do w/ kids. The reasons I don't like Halloween are for a lot of the reasons that other holidays are crap too--but we as people turn most things into crap. That isn't being a downer of a person, that is being realistic, I call it as I see it.

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I'm with ya on Halloween. Seems like a fun little kid's holiday (spooky stories, candy, dressing up, etc.), that, like everything else, has been co-opted by adults. I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure Halloween as an adult holiday is a fairly recent phenomenon. Just let the young kids have their fun.

In general I find most adult holidays annoying. They often get their start as fun days of celebration. Problem is, they usually devolve into just another excuse for low-IQ adults to get drunk and act like retards. See also New Year's Eve, 4th of July, etc.

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Yes, because you should be the one to decide this. Guess what, plenty of kids can eat a 100 lbs of candy on Halloween and still not get fat. It isn't about the candy, it is about you hating on something that is so harmless. That is why people mention the candy, because you're making a giant bitching thread about a holiday that is basically all about people having fun and getting free stuff.

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The effect candy has on kids has really not a lot to do w/ a kid getting fat. We can turn this into a nutritional thread if you would like b/c that is an area I have studied but just understand that your post was way off base and you are looking at the effects of candy incorrectly. Anyway, this thread isn't about high GI food and its effects--it is about Halloween!!

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I agree with Ser William. You're just hating on this holiday for no real reason other than you're being a grouch. I don't get it. Who cares if Targets or Wal-Marts start selling Halloween merchandise on the 4th of September? Why does this bother you? If people want to celebrate a holiday and it makes them happy, then they should.

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Just got back from an hour-plus at my friend's house. Had a really good time. Definitely the kids are younger than I expected and thus many did require parental supervision. I remember going trick-or-treating until I was nearly in high school. It seems like the average age out there tonight was 5-6 years old. Maybe it's just not "cool" anymore?

Most at least wore costumes. One did not. My buddies wife asked him what he was, he said "a soccer player". She then asked the kid where his kneepads were and he had no answer for that. But most of them were wearing nice costumes and seemed into the spirit, most were really polite (I think it's pretty cool when they're all about the "please" and the "thank you" and the "happy halloween" and sometimes even sticking around to converse rather than having to hurry off to the next house). One little kid wearing a NASCAR outfit biffed in my buddy's driveway but he got up and gathered his candy and seemed to make it out of there OK.

Also, things were definitely thinning out at 8PM again. Man, we used to stay out much later than that. I also thought it was funny how many parents were boozing, generally either a glass of wine or a cocktail. One guy had a 40 oz in a paper bag. I would have taken some pics but I didn't want parents to freak out and think I'm a pederast or something. Spider Man was definitely the most popular costume.

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bebe,

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You're just hating on this holiday for no real reason other than you're being a grouch.

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Should this really be directed at me? I guess, I mean I started this thread but I am hardly the only one taking this stance within this thread.

I also never said people shouldn't celebrate, they can do whatever they want. The Da Vinci Code is a [censored] book but that didn't stop it from being a best selling book and breaking records, just b/c I realize it is no more than an airplane read doesn't mean that some knotheads are claiming that it changed the way they look at literature. Am I a grouch b/c I can't stand Dan Brown and millions love him? I let them be, when someone brings up that crap book mentioning how it is their favorite, I don't say anything--they can be happy in their own little bubble, this is fine.

Same thing w/ Halloween, I am not a grouch b/c I think the holiday has lost everything that it once was. We all aren't going to like the same stuff, notice that all I did was say that Halloween was ridiculous and then I was the one that was called names for it. Maybe some of you Halloween lovers should be the ones to relax a little, do you guys own shares of Halloween on the DOW or something?

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tuq,

I saw 4 Spider-Man costumes and 2 Venom. Definitely more than anything else. Well 2 of the Spider-Men were twins but that still counts.

Princess was the next most.

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Same thing w/ Halloween, I am not a grouch b/c I think the holiday has lost everything that it once was.

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LOL, I mean, cmon. All that Halloween ever was? Good grief. Unless you really are in touch with your puritanical roots, I think we can drop the charade that Halloween ever meant anything more than a good party and some kids getting free stuff (candy, nuts, straw dolls, whatever).

In reality this thread quickly became a platform for you to tell us how great you are. Congrats! I don't even like Halloween all that much, but I just think people find the dumbest things to complain about.

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Same thing w/ Halloween, I am not a grouch b/c I think the holiday has lost everything that it once was. We all aren't going to like the same stuff, notice that all I did was say that Halloween was ridiculous and then I was the one that was called names for it. Maybe some of you Halloween lovers should be the ones to relax a little, do you guys own shares of Halloween on the DOW or something?

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Obviously, if you think a particular holiday is dumb and overrated, you must therefore be a miserable old fart who does nothing but yell at kids to get off his lawn all day.

This is the same line of thinking used by everyone who thinks lame things are awesome, from painting their chest at a football game, to standing in Times Square and watching a ball slide down a pole.

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I think we can drop the charade that Halloween ever meant anything more than a good party and some kids getting free stuff (candy, nuts, straw dolls, whatever).

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Do you live in some Norman Rockwell town from the 50s where no one vandalizes cars, lobs eggs at houses, urinates in the street, or shoots people with paintballs on Halloween? If so I'd like to send some of the sullen disaffected teens from my neighborhood over there next year.

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Do you live in some Norman Rockwell town from the 50s where no one vandalizes cars, lobs eggs at houses, urinates in the street, or shoots people with paintballs on Halloween? If so I'd like to send some of the sullen disaffected teens from my neighborhood over there next year.

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I lived in the suburbs and did half that stuff growing up. Grow a pair? You make it sound like World War III out there. Hope you got in your bomb shelter tonight and waited out the nuclear egg bomb fallout...

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Do you live in some Norman Rockwell town from the 50s where no one vandalizes cars, lobs eggs at houses, urinates in the street, or shoots people with paintballs on Halloween? If so I'd like to send some of the sullen disaffected teens from my neighborhood over there next year.

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I lived in the suburbs and did half that stuff growing up. Grow a pair? You make it sound like World War III out there. Hope you got in your bomb shelter tonight and waited out the nuclear egg bomb fallout...

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Ser William-

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In reality this thread quickly became a platform for you to tell us how great you are.

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Actually no. If I am being attacked am I supposed to just go away and not defend myself? All I ever did was defend myself in this thread, I never used this thread to talk about myself--others attacked me personally making false assumptions and all I did was correct them. This is fact, go through the thread.

Revots-

Please read my post at the end of page 1. If you don't understand it please re-read it again if you need to b/c if you have read it you don't understand it judging from your "yelling at kids to get of his lawn" comment, but most likely you didn't read it.

Yea, most lame things that are thought of as awesome are just that--lame. I don't go around complaining about the guy painting himself into a Bengal for the Cincy game nor do I tell him he looks dumb. Nobody is making money off of him.

Some of you keep talking about issues that I don't have a problem w/. Kids being the biggest non-issue of Halloween.

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I lived in the suburbs and did half that stuff growing up.

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Yes and I lived in the suburbs and thought all that stuff was moronic growing up. Different strokes, I guess.


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Grow a pair? You make it sound like World War III out there. Hope you got in your bomb shelter tonight and waited out the nuclear egg bomb fallout...

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I love how you went from "who could hate Halloween, it's just fun parties and candy", to "grow a pair, it's just a few eggs." And anyway since when do I need to grow a pair just because I think something is dumb?

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Wow, lots of boobirds out tonight, tdarko [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

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Skunk- My motto is "bend don't break."

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Some of you keep talking about issues that I don't have a problem w/. Kids being the biggest non-issue of Halloween.

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Right, instead you're talking about the evil presence and rising prices of the capitalist pumpkin-patch market, declaring the candy in your pantry was much better than the candy the rest of the world ate when you were a kid, saying you were either too scared or not scared enough to appreciate haunted houses, and that you and your childhood friends were generally miserable because it was your parents fault.

I think it boils down to the fact that you seem determined to not enjoy this holiday, and are searching for reasons to justify it. Why you don't enjoy it, I can only speculate.

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I love how you went from "who could hate Halloween, it's just fun parties and candy", to "grow a pair, it's just a few eggs."

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Ever get picked on in High School? Some people did but that doesn't make High School terrible. I'm sorry you feel the need to overdramatize Halloween into this giant cesspool of egg throwers and car vandalizers and paintball shooters. Sure, there are a few kids who do this. For the most part though it IS all about having harmless fun. Maybe we can continue this discussion after you've finished putting the barbed wire fence up around your house. Between that and the moat I'm sure none of the horrible rabid egg throwers will be bothering you this Halloween.

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bebe,

1. I never once said that myself or my friends were ever miserable, as children or even now so I don't know where you're getting that from. If you go back you will see that all I said was that Halloween was something that we felt our parents made us do--and personally once I got old enough and started to voice my opinion I wasn't going trick-or-treating anymore. Nowhere did I say anything about being miserable.

2. Since I have never been miserable I don't see where a parental fault comes in?

Why are you just making stuff up, that is just weird?

Whatever, no worries over here I just thought it was odd that you just start ranting and getting angry and going on and on (as well as make up stuff) yet I am the grouch...maybe you should re-read that post of yours and think again--actually I think somebody got too many Now & Laters tonight and not enough Snickers like he wanted.

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tdarko 4 mod

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...I was talking to some friends the other night and we were talking about we dressed up as kids for trick-or-treating and everyone of us came to the conclusion that we hated dressing up and it was basically something our parents made us do....

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That's a little snippet from your OP.

Okay, the technicality card has been played, you didn't use the word miserable. But you used the term "hated dressing up" and phrased the rest of that in your OP with a negative connotation if you ask me.

If you can follow my logic, you said you hated dressing up (hated = [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]). Then you said it was something your parents made you do (people making you do stuff you hate = [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]). I hope you can see where I went with that. It wasn't that much of a stretch of my imagination.

All I'm doing is voicing my own opinion, which is the opposite of yours: Halloween is indeed very fun, and should be celebrated without inhibition. (and without inhibition doesn't really mean egging people's cars or houses, it's not something I'd do at least)

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Maybe we can continue this discussion after you've finished putting the barbed wire fence up around your house. Between that and the moat I'm sure none of the horrible rabid egg throwers will be bothering you this Halloween.

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Again you're missing the point. I think Halloween is fun for little kids, but otherwise pretty damn stupid. It has nothing to do with being afraid of egg throwers, any more than it has to do with being afraid of people dressed like pirates or my neighbor putting a giant air-powered light-up inflatable pumpkin on his front lawn. I just think it's stupid.

I can't understand why someone thinking Halloween is stupid bothers you so much. I'm sure I like things that you think are stupid, and I wouldn't resort to insulting you over it.

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I can't understand why someone thinking Halloween is stupid bothers you so much. I'm sure I like things that you think are stupid, and I wouldn't resort to insulting you over it.

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So why does everyone celebrating Halloween, or "overcelebrating", bother tdarko so much?