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   the artist formerly known as mer@cdrom.tokyo (mer@shrine.moe)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 21:21:59 JST the artist formerly known as mer@cdrom.tokyo
   candy for the little ones
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 22:05:10 JST SuperDicq

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     @mer@shrine.moe I can't believe you Frenchies actually just call it "Halloween".
     
     I would honestly expect you guys to call it something stupid like "Le jour de la Bonjourween".

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 22:13:21 JST SuperDicq

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     @mer@shrine.moe Isn't it American tho? In the Netherlands we didn't have Halloween before Y2K and now it's just been growing every year which the exact same traditions like they do in America.

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     the artist formerly known as mer@cdrom.tokyo (mer@shrine.moe)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 22:13:22 JST the artist formerly known as mer@cdrom.tokyo

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     • SuperDicq
     @SuperDicq in canada it's l'Halloween
     in France mostly the next day (all saints day >> toussain) is observed
     november 2nd is supposed to be observed too as the day of the dead but since only november 1st is a national holiday you'll get people doing grave visiting on the 1st
     I fucking swear halloween used to be observed a normal amount when I was a kid and then a wave of people saying it's an american thing happened. Not even just me growing out of the age, I've noticed this for parents with young children too.
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 22:24:42 JST SuperDicq

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     @mer@shrine.moe Yeah this is actually really stupid because this is actually the another Dutch tradition that the Americans stole from us and now we're re-importing their version of it!
     
     We already have a holiday where you WALK AROUND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A JACK O' LANTERN IN ORDER TO RECEIVE CANDY. It's called St. Martin's Day and it takes place on November 11th.
     
     Will we actually have to deal with two days a year, which are less than two weeks apart where we're expected to open the door to children and give them candy? Fuck this shit man.
     
     It's the same shit with fucking Santa Claus. We already have Sinterklaas on December 5th, why are people also importing fucking the fat Coca Cola guy now? Are parents now expected to get gifts for their children twice in the same month?

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     the artist formerly known as mer@cdrom.tokyo (mer@shrine.moe)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 22:24:43 JST the artist formerly known as mer@cdrom.tokyo

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     @SuperDicq it's americanized based on european stuff but like not more than christmas and easter got americanized
     for some reason boomers awakened a reactionary stance against it which I'm pretty sure has the same origin as the rest of the rightoid reactionary sentiments
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 22:30:17 JST SuperDicq

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     @mer@shrine.moe I don't care about traditionalism either, but replacing traditional holidays with overly capitalist ones sounds like a worse deal to me.

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     the artist formerly known as mer@cdrom.tokyo (mer@shrine.moe)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 22:30:18 JST the artist formerly known as mer@cdrom.tokyo

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     @SuperDicq I don't care about traditionalism and authenticity, it's just cultural circlejerk
     halloween is fun and I don't need to go back and dig up samhain to justify dressing up and giving out candy.
     and on the other hand if I can't fucking stand my family, I don't want someone to tell me it's important tradition that I go and visit them on christmas
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 22:33:16 JST SuperDicq

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     @mer@shrine.moe I don't like the overly commercial aspects of Halloween, but I damn I do like goth girls so it gets a pass from me.