Halloween is stupid

halloween refers to the christian "all hallow evenin", it has nothing to do with the celtic tradition as hroth said.

I'm about 100% sure that Christianity has no native holidays, only co-opted paganisms

I mean, obviously things changed, but that's adaptation, not innovation :smug:
 
don't you like halloween? i like it a lot, when people in strange and awful suits get outside and try to scare other people. It is very unusual and funny
 
They have what now ?
Is this like an EU thing ?

I;d imagine in germany you would get a 1 hour lecture on what proper singing was, correct way of dressing, how good or bad the song was, a war story about that time in the East before receiving a minute portion of waterdowned Polish Wodka

your view of Germany is pretty warped :lol:

We call them Polizei and they're there all year.

best post itt :goodjob:
 
: :lol::lol::lol::,i already thhought about it, but our policemans have their own day to celebrate, it is every Friday
 
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I'm about 100% sure that Christianity has no native holidays, only co-opted paganisms

I mean, obviously things changed, but that's adaptation, not innovation :smug:
Oh, there's dozens of uniquely Christian holidays, it's just that nobody cares. Something like the Assumption is a wholly Christian invention, but, perhaps because of that, it has no fun traditions attached, so the only people who care are pious Catholics and, for some reason, Cajuns.
 
Oh, there's dozens of uniquely Christian holidays, it's just that nobody cares. Something like the Assumption is a wholly Christian invention, but, perhaps because of that, it has no fun traditions attached, so the only people who care are pious Catholics and, for some reason, Cajuns.
Amazing that Christianity would come up with something called the "Assumption..."
 
Amazing that Christianity would come up with something called the "Assumption..."
It derives from the Latin assumptio, mean "a taking". It celebrates the Virgin's ascent into heaven. The pun only really works in English.
 
It derives from the Latin assumptio, mean "a taking". It celebrates the Virgin's ascent into heaven. The pun only really works in English.
Funny that Christianity would name a holiday after God "taking" a Virgin. Still works, but not as well.
 
Funny that Christianity would name a holiday after God "taking" a Virgin. Still works, but not as well.
It's more in the sense of accepting or adopting, rather than obtaining.

Puns just don't translate well, I guess.
 
It's more in the sense of accepting or adopting, rather than obtaining.

Puns just don't translate well, I guess.
I seem to recall reading an Athenian play once that had some pun involving a cow. Made absolutely no sense, but I'm sure the Athenians were rolling in the aisles.
 
don't you like halloween? i like it a lot, when people in strange and awful suits get outside and try to scare other people. It is very unusual and funny
You forgot the most important part. Trying to trick-or-treat at enough houses to fill at least one full pillowcase with candy.
 
The crappy part of apartment living is you don't get trick or treaters. Or at least I haven't in all the apartments I've lived in. I would love to give out candy.
 
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The crappy part of apartment living is you don't get halloweeners. Or at least I haven't in all the apartments I've lived in. I would love to give out candy.

Come visit. You can hang out in the driveway with me and the neighbors.
 
The crappy part of apartment living is you don't get trick or treaters. Or at least I haven't in all the apartments I've lived in. I would love to give out candy.
LET me come to your apartment and to take some candies
 
Yeah candy searches are paranoid endeavors - particularly those that are obsessed over finding drugs. Drugs are expensive and addictive - people don't just give them away.
I'm not sure that even older kids are allowed to run loose the way we were. Parental paranoia seems to have reached pretty astonishing levels.
Plus kids have video games, youtube and reddit to occupy themselves. Why exert yourself throwing eggs when you can just take the piss out of hapless randos online?
 
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