Why do adults in America get excited about Halloween? - GoFuckYourself.com

BradM · 10-30-2009, 08:47 AM

In Canada (at least where I am from) Halloween is purely a childrens holiday. Anyone over 15-16 doesn't get involved outside of getting candy and maybe making some pies and seeds.

Why is it that Americans (especially women) like to dress up and consume too much alcohol on what should be a childrens holiday?

Barefootsies · 10-30-2009, 08:51 AM

Corporate brain washing.

xNetworx · 10-30-2009, 08:52 AM

I like banging chicks in slutty costumes. Thats why I'm excited. Ever had a 3some with two care bears? I thought not.

BradM · 10-30-2009, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Barefootsies

Corporate brain washing.

Which corporations would brainwash people to wear slutty nurse and cop outfits?

CDSmith · 10-30-2009, 08:53 AM

Jeezuz Brad, what podunk sinkhole are you from? Here in Winnipeg, CANADA, there are literally tons of halloween bashes and costume parties for adults. Hell every bar in the city has a halloween bash every year, all for adults.

Halloween here is as big if not a bigger deal for adults. People get the kids thing done by 8:30 pm, then it's off to have the real fun.

If you've never gotten laid at/from a halloween bash you have not lived.

BradM · 10-30-2009, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by CDSmith

podunk sinkhole

Podunksinkhole, BC

okny · 10-30-2009, 08:55 AM

I guess it's the only thing time people can dress crazy without getting laughed at

Tom_PM · 10-30-2009, 08:56 AM

Any reasonable excuse to hoist a lovely alcoholic beverage.

BradM · 10-30-2009, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by PR_Tom

Any reasonable excuse to hoist a lovely alcoholic beverage.

That didn't take long. Thanks.

Americans are all closet alcoholics.

xNetworx · 10-30-2009, 08:58 AM

Jim_Gunn · 10-30-2009, 08:58 AM

The two most accurate comments on Halloween would be the Dead Kennedy's song "Halloween" and I think it was the Onion's satirical news report a few years ago that Halloween was officially going to be re-named "National Dress Like A Slut Day"

Bryan G · 10-30-2009, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by BradM

In Canada (at least where I am from) Halloween is purely a childrens holiday. Anyone over 15-16 doesn't get involved outside of getting candy and maybe making some pies and seeds.

Why is it that Americans (especially women) like to dress up and consume too much alcohol on what should be a childrens holiday?

Huh???

Dunno where you live but in Toronto Halloween is a big party. I'll be going to a few halloween parties this weekend, bring on the slutty costumes!!

BlackCrayon · 10-30-2009, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by BradM

In Canada (at least where I am from) Halloween is purely a childrens holiday. Anyone over 15-16 doesn't get involved outside of getting candy and maybe making some pies and seeds.

Why is it that Americans (especially women) like to dress up and consume too much alcohol on what should be a childrens holiday?

If you saw the mobs of adults at the costume stores last night looking for costumes for themselves you might think otherwise. Its just another fun party. Kids have their fun from 6-9pm, after that why can't adults have their fun too?

CDSmith · 10-30-2009, 09:03 AM

364 days a year you're you. For some people that's not a great thing I guess. But that one night of the year they can put on some crazy costume and literally be anyone or anything, and get away with it.

Ever had a shot at fucking an Elvira lookalike? A slutty witch? Zena? Wonderwoman? BATGIRL?

God bless Halloween.

King of Pop · 10-30-2009, 09:06 AM

the answer to your question is ; we have nothing better to do

96ukssob · 10-30-2009, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by pimpporn

I like banging chicks in slutty costumes. Thats why I'm excited. Ever had a 3some with two care bears? I thought not.

xNetworx · 10-30-2009, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by King of Pop

the answer to your question is ; we have nothing better to do

Mrs F.U.B.A.R. · 10-30-2009, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by CDSmith

Jeezuz Brad, what podunk sinkhole are you from? Here in Winnipeg, CANADA, there are literally tons of halloween bashes and costume parties for adults. Hell every bar in the city has a halloween bash every year, all for adults.

Halloween here is as big if not a bigger deal for adults. People get the kids thing done by 8:30 pm, then it's off to have the real fun.

If you've never gotten laid at/from a halloween bash you have not lived.

what he said but make that from anywhere in southern Ontario... how many other times a year do grown-ups get to dress in costume and behave outrageously ... yes even here in the 'Shwa halloween is a big deal

NOTR · 10-30-2009, 09:16 AM

Not sure where in Canada your from, but out in Quebec we take it seriously.

Each year my house gives out the best bags on the block. We budget about $400 for candy, and another $1000 or so in decorations. We tend to keep most of the stuff from each year so it gets bigger and bigger every year.

Halloween is fun, get to watch my wife and her hot friends in skimpy little outfits.

mona · 10-30-2009, 09:17 AM

Yep -- Girls can dress like sluts and not be judged because it's a "costume"!!!

Joxxy · 10-30-2009, 09:18 AM

On a side note, pimps and hookers dress business casual on Halloween.

Agent 488 · 10-30-2009, 09:23 AM

good excuse to send the kids to grandmas, get piled with booze and get a blowjob from the neighbors wife.

HeadPimp · 10-30-2009, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by okny

I guess it's the only thing time people can dress crazy without getting laughed at

Unless you live in Seattle and then you can pretty much wear what ever you want and no one will really pay any attention.

beerptrol · 10-30-2009, 10:17 AM

For the kids. The 9 yr old is all excited about it, so we carved pumpkins and put up halloween decorations.

and the chicks in slutty costumes

Nikki_Licks · 10-30-2009, 10:23 AM

Because I get to eat all of the Reese's butter cups

Yo Adrian · 10-30-2009, 10:26 AM

It's a reason to dress up and party! And for parents it's fun to go out trick-or-treating with the kids and then meet up with other parents at a halloween house party.. we get to unwind with some drinks while the kids get more amp't with candy and friends. It's a win win.

CheeseFrog · 10-30-2009, 10:31 AM

I believe we have lost what the spirit of Halloween truly represents. I feel like Halloween has become nothing more than the greatest gimmick for corporations to make millions at this time of the year. It used to be a very special time, however the American corporate commercialization of Halloween started a few years ago, how sad that we have relinquished our spirit of tradition to the way of commercialization.

Martin · 10-30-2009, 10:31 AM

Same reason people get excited for St Pas day etc. Just another reason to get drunk/party. On Halloween you get to be someone else on top of that. All good fun. Btw, Toronto is great on Halloween. Tons of parties.

TMM_Vlad · 10-30-2009, 10:34 AM

Yea, I don't think I will ever grow out of the dressing up thing..I get way too excited for it every year lol

munki · 10-30-2009, 10:45 AM

If you saw what women dress up in around here, you'd understand.

american pervert · 10-30-2009, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by CDSmith

If you've never gotten laid at/from a halloween bash you have not lived.

ain't that the truth! some of the best sex i've had were during or after a halloween party

ProG · 10-30-2009, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by BradM

That didn't take long. Thanks.

Americans are all closet alcoholics.

LOL

There is nothing closet about it. Americans love to drink and are proud to be alcoholics.

L-Pink · 10-30-2009, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by okny

I guess it's the only thing time people can dress crazy without getting laughed at

Wrong, you forgot golf courses.

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L-Pink · 10-30-2009, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by ProG

LOL

There is nothing closet about it. Americans love to drink and are proud to be alcoholics.

I would argue but I'm on my 2nd vodka/tonic .....

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ztik · 10-30-2009, 11:24 AM

Its fun.

Martin · 10-30-2009, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by L-Pink

Wrong, you forgot golf courses.

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LOL So true.

Bojangles · 10-30-2009, 11:57 AM

To put things plain and simple, Halloween is fucking bad ass.

_Richard_ · 10-30-2009, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by BradM

In Canada (at least where I am from) Halloween is purely a childrens holiday. Anyone over 15-16 doesn't get involved outside of getting candy and maybe making some pies and seeds.

Why is it that Americans (especially women) like to dress up and consume too much alcohol on what should be a childrens holiday?

so all these girls wearing cat suits and nurses uniforms are lying to me?!?

10-30-2009, 12:38 PM

Because it's the only time of the year I can be creepy and not have to worry about being arrested.

CyberHustler · 10-30-2009, 12:40 PM

Because it's fun...

marketsmart · 10-30-2009, 01:15 PM

I fucking hate halloween... last 3 years in a row i took home a hot chick only to find out it was a guy...

i still fucked it, but boy was i mad...

After Shock Media · 10-30-2009, 01:25 PM

It is the 2nd largest cash holiday in the US right behind Christmas, well not right behind dollar for dollar wise but way up there.

Although it did used to be a kids holiday and I did used to bitch that adults had hijacked it to act like pimps, sluts, and wear shit in bad taste - yet another holiday to go out and party from the "it is all about me, and the sun also revolves around me" generation. I am no longer bitching.

Most of the Halloween myths are dieing off. Thank gawd that some are getting over stranger danger, and shows such as myth busters and other TV programs have been better explaining that nobody gets poison, nobody finds needles or razor blades in their candy, hospitals using X-ray machines on candy is fucking stupid, etc. Nobody but your fucking Ex is going to kidnap your kid and odds are it will be your cousin and not some stranger who will diddle your child.

Kids are sort of recapturing going out trick or treating and just doing safe malls and crap are slowing down. However the one major saving grace that can save the holiday for kids and adults alike is our generations fucking vanity.
Thanks to super stores like Spirit Halloween that are pop up for the holiday disappear a week after stores who specialize in Halloween, and that people fucking love haunted houses and mazes.

What we are seeing is a HUGE fucking trend in house decorations for Halloween flying off the shelves. What used to be paying a couple bucks for some pumpkins has gone to people spending hundreds to thousands each year to decorate their houses. Most of these decorations are interactive and visual. This means in order to show off, you need visitors. Add that with how our generation needs to do more and be more than everyone else (McMansions, High end cars, Name brand everything, etc) and a holiday that already has people visiting and going door to door very well can salvage the holiday and once again get the kids on the streets.
Perhaps not walking, but being driven around - it still is a step in the right direction.

The Heron · 10-30-2009, 01:31 PM

Cause most people have shitty lives and are too stupid to fix that, instead they get drunk once every few months during 'holidays'.

Jman · 10-30-2009, 01:34 PM

If your inner child as died, then I feel really sorry. The day I stop having fun I'll shoot muself

10-30-2009, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Jean-Francois

If your inner child as died, then I feel really sorry. The day I stop having fun I'll shoot muself

My dad always told me, never grow up, only be a grown up when you need to be. He died at 48 years old, still acting like a 12 year old.

BradM · 10-30-2009, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Killswitch

My dad always told me, never grow up, only be a grown up when you need to be. He died at 48 years old, still acting like a 12 year old.

He ate too much candy.

Waddymelon · 10-30-2009, 01:45 PM

If you have to ask, you wouldnt understand. Now go slit your wrist and bleed out.

BradM · 10-30-2009, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Waddymelon

If you have to ask, you wouldnt understand. Now go slit your wrist and bleed out.

Sounds like you have a small penis. See sig

Waddymelon · 10-30-2009, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by BradM

Sounds like you have a small penis. See sig

My penis is quite adequate for recreation and procreation. And unless you're a cock gobbler, why would it matter to you anyway? Dont need your sig, I wont be clicking it.

I've never seen a board where people are so obsessed over everyone else's penis. Have a gun? You must have a small penis. You have a nice car? Well thats because you have a small penis. You have huge stats? Thats all the fault of your small penis.

Now I wish I had a small penis. Want to trade?

xNetworx · 10-30-2009, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Waddymelon

My penis is quite adequate for recreation and procreation. And unless you're a cock gobbler, why would it matter to you anyway? Dont need your sig, I wont be clicking it.

I've never seen a board where people are so obsessed over everyone else's penis. Have a gun? You must have a small penis. You have a nice car? Well thats because you have a small penis. You have huge stats? Thats all the fault of your small penis.

Now I wish I had a small penis. Want to trade?

You just said "penis" 24 times. Sure you arent the one thinking of penis?

10-30-2009, 08:47 AM	#1
BradM Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: 1123,6536,5231 Posts: 3,397	Why do adults in America get excited about Halloween? In Canada (at least where I am from) Halloween is purely a childrens holiday. Anyone over 15-16 doesn't get involved outside of getting candy and maybe making some pies and seeds. Why is it that Americans (especially women) like to dress up and consume too much alcohol on what should be a childrens holiday?

10-30-2009, 08:51 AM	#2
Barefootsies Choice is an Illusion Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Land of Obama Posts: 42,635	Corporate brain washing. __________________ Should You Email Your Members? Link1 \| Link2 \| Link3 Enough Said. "Would you rather live like a king for a year or like a prince forever?"

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CDSmith Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Location: My network is hosted at TECHIEMEDIA.net ...Wait, you meant where am I located at? Oh... okay, I'm in Winnipeg, Canada. Oops. :) Posts: 51,460	Jeezuz Brad, what podunk sinkhole are you from? Here in Winnipeg, CANADA, there are literally tons of halloween bashes and costume parties for adults. Hell every bar in the city has a halloween bash every year, all for adults. Halloween here is as big if not a bigger deal for adults. People get the kids thing done by 8:30 pm, then it's off to have the real fun. If you've never gotten laid at/from a halloween bash you have not lived. __________________ *Promote Wildmatch, ImLive, Sexier.com, and more!!* ALWAYS THE HIGHEST PAYOUTS: Big Bux/ImLive SIGNUP ON NOW!!! Put some PUSSYCA$H in your pocket. ICQ me at: 31024634

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okny Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Vault Posts: 5,761	I guess it's the only thing time people can dress crazy without getting laughed at __________________ Aim: okny Icq: 306232 Skype: OlegKrasBT

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xNetworx So Fucking What Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Whore Island Posts: 14,445	I like banging chicks in slutty costumes. Thats why I'm excited. Ever had a 3some with two care bears? I thought not.

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Jim_Gunn Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Where The Teens Are Posts: 5,702	The two most accurate comments on Halloween would be the Dead Kennedy's song "Halloween" and I think it was the Onion's satirical news report a few years ago that Halloween was officially going to be re-named "National Dress Like A Slut Day"

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CDSmith Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Location: My network is hosted at TECHIEMEDIA.net ...Wait, you meant where am I located at? Oh... okay, I'm in Winnipeg, Canada. Oops. :) Posts: 51,460	364 days a year you're you. For some people that's not a great thing I guess. But that one night of the year they can put on some crazy costume and literally be anyone or anything, and get away with it. Ever had a shot at fucking an Elvira lookalike? A slutty witch? Zena? Wonderwoman? BATGIRL? God bless Halloween. __________________ *Promote Wildmatch, ImLive, Sexier.com, and more!!* ALWAYS THE HIGHEST PAYOUTS: Big Bux/ImLive SIGNUP ON NOW!!! Put some PUSSYCA$H in your pocket. ICQ me at: 31024634

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King of Pop So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 230	the answer to your question is ; we have nothing better to do

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NOTR Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: MTL Posts: 380	Not sure where in Canada your from, but out in Quebec we take it seriously. Each year my house gives out the best bags on the block. We budget about $400 for candy, and another $1000 or so in decorations. We tend to keep most of the stuff from each year so it gets bigger and bigger every year. Halloween is fun, get to watch my wife and her hot friends in skimpy little outfits.

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mona Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mona = "female monkey" in Spanish Posts: 1,940	Yep -- Girls can dress like sluts and not be judged because it's a "costume"!!!

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Agent 488 Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 22,511	good excuse to send the kids to grandmas, get piled with booze and get a blowjob from the neighbors wife.

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Martin "Assassins" Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: At home Posts: 17,277	Same reason people get excited for St Pas day etc. Just another reason to get drunk/party. On Halloween you get to be someone else on top of that. All good fun. Btw, Toronto is great on Halloween. Tons of parties. __________________

10-30-2009, 10:34 AM	#29
TMM_Vlad Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,220	Yea, I don't think I will ever grow out of the dressing up thing..I get way too excited for it every year lol

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Bojangles Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 5,419	To put things plain and simple, Halloween is fucking bad ass.

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After Shock Media It's coming look busy Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn". Posts: 35,299	It is the 2nd largest cash holiday in the US right behind Christmas, well not right behind dollar for dollar wise but way up there. Although it did used to be a kids holiday and I did used to bitch that adults had hijacked it to act like pimps, sluts, and wear shit in bad taste - yet another holiday to go out and party from the "it is all about me, and the sun also revolves around me" generation. I am no longer bitching. Most of the Halloween myths are dieing off. Thank gawd that some are getting over stranger danger, and shows such as myth busters and other TV programs have been better explaining that nobody gets poison, nobody finds needles or razor blades in their candy, hospitals using X-ray machines on candy is fucking stupid, etc. Nobody but your fucking Ex is going to kidnap your kid and odds are it will be your cousin and not some stranger who will diddle your child. Kids are sort of recapturing going out trick or treating and just doing safe malls and crap are slowing down. However the one major saving grace that can save the holiday for kids and adults alike is our generations fucking vanity. Thanks to super stores like Spirit Halloween that are pop up for the holiday disappear a week after stores who specialize in Halloween, and that people fucking love haunted houses and mazes. What we are seeing is a HUGE fucking trend in house decorations for Halloween flying off the shelves. What used to be paying a couple bucks for some pumpkins has gone to people spending hundreds to thousands each year to decorate their houses. Most of these decorations are interactive and visual. This means in order to show off, you need visitors. Add that with how our generation needs to do more and be more than everyone else (McMansions, High end cars, Name brand everything, etc) and a holiday that already has people visiting and going door to door very well can salvage the holiday and once again get the kids on the streets. Perhaps not walking, but being driven around - it still is a step in the right direction. __________________ [email protected] ICQ:135982156 AIM: Aftershockmed1a MSN: [email protected]

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