• UlyssesT [he/him]English
      29•2 years ago

      the idea we need to export or celebrate more america is brainworm

      I’m not. But if people in a local area are already doing it, like they are where I live, there’s an option to not participate by leaving the front lights off for a few hours. No one would want your high and mighty speech about your righteous non-participation if you were here.

      You’re arguing that living in a place that has a tradition that makes kids happy, while I have no actual means or ability to leave, has some arbitrary ethical mandate for me to not make kids happy on one fun day a year where kids wear costumes and run around collecting candy because you disapprove of it?

      The “invite” is just leaving the front light on, or decorating. You’re being sanctimonious in a way that kids around here would find hilariously lame. They’d be fine not getting candy from you, but the speech is just… stop.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]English
      22•2 years ago

      the idea we need to export or celebrate more america

      TIL, having fun by dressing up is a uniquely American tradition that nobody else in the world has ever done.

      • RyanGosling [none/use name]English
        6•2 years ago

        Americans invented giving away gifts and treats to the community. No one else was able to conceive this before 1845 in Wyoming

    • RyanGosling [none/use name]English
      4•2 years ago

      What no grass does to a mf

      As I said, have fun. Let me not have fun

      No. I will not “just let people enjoy things” nor will I “just let people not enjoy things.”