This has been my favorite Halloween comic for many years now.
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For a brief moment during covid there was an edit that put masks on everyone and that made my year.
Was really hoping Death would be wearing one, too. This was posted by the comic's creator, so I guess Margaret canonically dyes her hair?
Hey thanks for the version with the artists name!
I wish the person I stole it from hadn't cropped the artists name
Margaret knows how to play this game.
Her second line of defence:
Do kids even trick-or-treat anymore?
My small U.S. family sample suggests "largely not."
I know c/fuckcars will be mad to hear this, but Trunk or Treats have taken off for a reason, and I would say are a large reason for Halloween dieoff. Conveniently scheduled to a weekend. (Removes school night problem) During daylight so its both warmer and visibility. (Ending early due to cold or fear of kids getting snatched or bullied for candy). You only really have to decorate your car (decor judgements and TPing people for not decorating) or the venue will have cars of approved people (removes chance of abduction or assault). It removes long walks parents may dislike - and the childhood stigma of shitty/good neighborhoods. AND kids like it because you can go to multiple through the month rather than just ONE night.
That sounds quite reasonable to me.
That is the lamest thing I have ever heard.
I don't like it but parents with kids will find anything and everything to get out of trudging 30 blocks on a muddy cold night where 3 out of 10 houses on a lane are even giving candy, listening to a temperamental 5 year old suddenly decide they're bored and its a 30 minute walk home and the temperature is dropping faster than you thought it would?
Fast forward to 10 years old, they go out with their friends and don't come back an hour later than you said to be home by, because they left their tracker-app phone at home and went to a party you told them not to. Sure parenting plays a part but anyone with kids will tell you those crafty shits will find a way to slip the sturdiest net.
I see why it took off and had held on. I hand out full size bars and host driveway games - aint spending big money on decor and blowups. My house is the one you WANT to come to. But I can tell you the rest of the neighborhood just shrugs and says "whatever".
I'll do it with my kids, but we live in Germsmany!!
Whenever some tabloid interviews some 112 year old lady, without fail she'll attribute her longevity to some random habit like having a lot of chocolate. Maybe this is what she meant...
Usually it's liquor and cigarettes lol
Her soup is safe.