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I'm an Ausgoon and Halloween isn't as big here as it is in the northern hemisphere. Shops barely have any decorations, trick or treating is really only a few streets per suburb, and the day could easily come and go without you noticing! This year I'm in lockdown and looking to embrace all things  ~*spooky*~ I've bought some lil pumpkin decorations, but what else is there to do?What (lockdown safe) suggestions do you have so that I can celebrate Halloween in an authentically spooky way with you guys  Tell me what you do for Halloween! |
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Sep 26, 2020 13:49
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Peel a bowl of grapes then stick your hand in and pretend it's eyeballs |
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Sep 26, 2020 14:01
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Download all of the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes up until Treehouse of Horror X. Watch them all. |
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Sep 26, 2020 15:29
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SweetWillyRollbar posted:Download all of the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes up until Treehouse of Horror X. Watch them all. |
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Sep 26, 2020 16:30
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SweetWillyRollbar posted:Download all of the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes up until Treehouse of Horror X. Watch them all.
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Sep 26, 2020 16:32
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if you are under 13 years of age you can wear storebought costumes of fictional characters and go through your neighborhood asking people for candy if you are 13-18 you can gather with friends in discreet places and smoke weed and drink cheap wine. if you are 19-32 you can go to grown up parties people wear 'clever' costumes if you are 32-70 you can enjoy the halloween season with your kids/grandkids under age 13 if you are 70+ you can lurk in a spooky house with your secret deformed serial killer child and torment any children foolish enough to break into your spooky house on a dare |
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Sep 26, 2020 16:36
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Here are some pics of my local grocery store, gearing up for Halloween: 
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Sep 26, 2020 17:57
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you can wear your kinky outfits in public and the only people who get upset about it are old folks and bitter singles |
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Sep 26, 2020 18:15
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I doubt trick or treating will be allowed cos of rona 
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Sep 27, 2020 00:33
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Chewbecca posted:I doubt trick or treating will be allowed cos of rona You could also go to the store on Halloween when it's on sale and eat it while watching Simpsons Treehouse of Horror. This way you also get all of the good candy and don't have to deal with bs like Smarties (the American kind). |
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Sep 27, 2020 00:53
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SweetWillyRollbar posted:You could also go to the store on Halloween when it's on sale and eat it while watching Simpsons Treehouse of Horror. This way you also get all of the good candy and don't have to deal with bs like Smarties (the American kind). What candies or desserts are considered very halloween? We've got bad dollar store chocolates which are wrapped in eyeball tinfoil which I refuse to eat I like The Simpsons suggestion, that's ace!
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Sep 27, 2020 00:55
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Tiny versions of candy bars, weird wax lips (bad), Smarties (American kind), tiny packets of Sweet Tarts, mini Nerds, etc |
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Sep 27, 2020 00:57
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Chewbecca posted:I doubt trick or treating will be allowed cos of rona spooky hazmat suit is going to be a bestseller this year |
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Sep 27, 2020 01:11
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SweetWillyRollbar posted:Download all of the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes up until Treehouse of Horror X. Watch them all. |
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Sep 27, 2020 01:30
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deep dish peat moss posted:Peel a bowl of grapes then stick your hand in and pretend it's eyeballs At first, I read this as, "Pee in a bowl of grapes. . . " This is NOT the sort of thing I recall doing when I was young.
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Sep 27, 2020 02:08
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SweetWillyRollbar posted:You could also go to the store on Halloween when it's on sale and eat it while watching Simpsons Treehouse of Horror. This way you also get all of the good candy and don't have to deal with bs like Smarties (the American kind). American Smarties are wonderful! (But then, I hate most candy, so my opinion might differ from most)
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Sep 27, 2020 02:10
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Go to a farmer's market and buy a bunch of weird and wonderful gourds to complement your pumpkins! there's ones that look like green swans, ones that look like they're covered in peanut shells, gigantic butternut squash looking pals and more! though I admit i don't know if there's a big weird gourd market in Australia so your mileage may vary. but up here in the US, in Virginia, we've got a bunch of weird stuff!
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Sep 27, 2020 02:54
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sig by Heather Papps!
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FPzero posted:Go to a farmer's market and buy a bunch of weird and wonderful gourds to complement your pumpkins! there's ones that look like green swans, ones that look like they're covered in peanut shells, gigantic butternut squash looking pals and more! though I admit i don't know if there's a big weird gourd market in Australia so your mileage may vary. but up here in the US, in Virginia, we've got a bunch of weird stuff! I'm fairly certain that there's no such thing in Australia. I've certainly not seen it if it dies exist 
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Sep 27, 2020 02:57
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Years past I watched the simpsons and tried to eat the Reece’s pb cups real fast bc when they were gone I could turn off the porch light. This year I get to cut the the middle man out and just turn off the porch light at dusk and eat my candy uninterrupted
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Sep 27, 2020 02:59
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FluffieDuckie posted:Years past I watched the simpsons and tried to eat the Reece’s pb cups real fast bc when they were gone I could turn off the porch light. Oooh I'll have to see if I can get peanut butter cups cos they sound badass
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Sep 27, 2020 03:01
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I haven't seen them in the shops but here's hoping!
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Sep 27, 2020 03:02
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Can you access a pumpkin? You’re going to need a pumpkin
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Sep 27, 2020 03:04
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I can buy a pumpkin from the grocery store but carving a pumpkin seems dangerous and hard lol I'm going to try though!
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Sep 27, 2020 03:06
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ok do something like this.  or if that's too scary you can make a (not fully sexual) snail  or you can go simple if your baseball team is playing in the world series on halloween night and just use their logo 
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Sep 27, 2020 03:27
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FluffieDuckie posted:Years past I watched the simpsons and tried to eat the Reece’s pb cups real fast bc when they were gone I could turn off the porch light. Str8 baller. If you can't access a pumpkin a turnip is more traditional for a jack o lantern and looks creepy AF. You can also decorate butter cookies or cupcakes to look like jack o lanterns. The Evil Dead series is also great Halloween viewing |
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Sep 27, 2020 03:59
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I live on a dead end street at the far end of my neighborhood, which means no one comes over my way aside from like, the few kids on the street. So after they come and go, I'm generally left with tons of candy all for myself. a couple years ago when I was in an apartment, there was no trick or treating, so i just bought a bag of candy for myself--after halloween was over so i got discounts on them!
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Sep 27, 2020 05:01
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What we’re saying is it’s a really candy forward holiday
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Sep 27, 2020 05:44
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FluffieDuckie posted:What we’re saying is it’s a really candy forward holiday Does the term candy include chocolate? In Australia we call 'em lollies and I like chocolate better than lollies Or is 'candy' more generic than that?
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Sep 27, 2020 05:51
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Chewbecca posted:Does the term candy include chocolate? In Australia we call 'em lollies and I like chocolate better than lollies yeah Halloween candy is inclusive of chocolate (usually like little bite sized snickers/Milky Way/Hershey/etc bars, or m&ms) and various hard candies, gummies, etc
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Sep 27, 2020 05:53
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Here’s a definitive listing of all the kinds of candy one kid got for Halloween with quantity and rankings. https://www.phillymag.com/news/2018/11/01/best-halloween-candy-worst/
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Sep 27, 2020 06:11
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make sugar cookie bats and frost them black, appreciate the results of eating black frosting get a lot of mini candy and sort it. fight with people about which is best, and make trades with dummies who think snickers is better than milky way 
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Sep 27, 2020 06:36
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Halloween is the best holiday ever and probably the very best thing about my otherwise very culturally effed up country (US) Like think about it, it's a holiday where it's suddenly totally normal, family friendly even, to have a display of skeletons and blood and murders in your front yard. It's considered completely wholesome to do so.
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Sep 27, 2020 06:47
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i know if you are from outside the us you probably think of us as a land of mass shootings and stuff and you're not wrong to do so, but please try to separate that from your thoughts of halloween and its cultural place here. I honestly don't see the fake murders we joyfully put on our front porches once a year as being related to that. I'm not being sarcastic. I wouldn't blame you for thinking oh those americans do a lot of mass murder irl so they also love fake halloween murder but it's very different things i think. |
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Sep 27, 2020 06:57
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alnilam posted:i know if you are from outside the us you probably think of us as a land of mass shootings and stuff and you're not wrong to do so, but please try to separate that from your thoughts of halloween and its cultural place here. I honestly don't see the fake murders we joyfully put on our front porches once a year as being related to that. I'm not being sarcastic. I wouldn't blame you for thinking oh those americans do a lot of mass murder irl so they also love fake halloween murder but it's very different things i think. 
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Sep 27, 2020 06:58
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I have tried to explain halloween to people from other countries many times and it's not easy at all I'm sorry. I'm also drunk
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Sep 27, 2020 06:58
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Witches and magic kicks rear end honestly
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Sep 27, 2020 06:59
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doesn't the southern hemisphere have spring when the rest of the world has fall and vice versa? like, your easter should probably pretty much be halloween |
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Sep 27, 2020 07:27
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The Voice of Labor posted:doesn't the southern hemisphere have spring when the rest of the world has fall and vice versa? But I wanna celebrate with you guys 
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Sep 27, 2020 07:29
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cpJVQkClBU |
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Sep 27, 2020 07:31
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Chewbecca posted:But I wanna celebrate with you guys get a bag of cheap, lovely american Halloween candies on eBay if necessary. unnamed chewy peanut butter cubes wrapped in orange or black wax paper is what you're looking 4. There's probably some candy corn and tootsie rolls in there 4 good measure. All in all it sucks poo poo but hey that's Halloween ... Unless u receive a green popcorn ball after the hayride. That's the jackpot
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