Reminder to avoid offensive Halloween costumes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait when was it deemed offensive to put on a grey wig and dress as a little 90 year old grandma with a cane?

This is ageism. And it is a form of oppression.

It seems like there’s been a huge spike in “isms” recently. Getting a bit pathetic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it ok to dress up as P Diddy? Asking for a friend.

Dress as Diddy's bottle of lube. But don't black face a diddy costume.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well that doesn't leave anything fun. Not even the sexy corn cob would make the cut.

There's nothwrong with dressing up as a corn cob.

Look, going as President Taft is fine and going as "a fat person" is not. Going as Moana is fine, going as "a Polynesian" is not. This isn't hard.

Except that neither you nor OP make this decision for my kids! I really don't care whether you approve or not. Got that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it ok to dress up as P Diddy? Asking for a friend.

Dress as Diddy's bottle of lube. But don't black face a diddy costume.

Because joking about raping young teen girls is typically ok (or any women really), but joking about black face is never ok.

[Anonymous]

Since you are ruling out most costumes, can you give us the approved list and where you live so we can avoid your house?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know OP does sound kind of un-fun but I actually am glad for the political correctness around Halloween costumes these days and here is why:

For a while the deal with adult Halloween costumes was that they were supposed to be "clever" and since most people are not very clever this result in a lot of deeply stupid Halloween costumes that were also borderline (or not borderline) offensive.

Specifically I used to see a weird number of costumes that referenced or tried to make a joke of pedophilia and sexual assault and this is... weird? Disturbing? Completely lacking in any sense of humanity?

Like once people were donning "couple's costumes" featuring a catholic school boy and a priest carrying a sex toy I just think it was time for everyone to go sit in the corner and think about what they'd done.

And yes also all the offensive Native American and Asian costumes.

Keep sitting in the corner until you figure this out folks. Just do what kids do and dress up like a superhero or cartoon character. It's not that hard. Stop trying to be "edgy" or "clever" or "sexy." You ruined it for the group.

I mean, yes, for a lot of those, that was the point. To be offensive. They must have been thrilled that at least one person was offended.

Right that's what I'm saying. There used to be this idea that being offensive was a way to show you were edgy or funny. But at some point it's actually just you being a dick. Dressing up like a pedophile with a child victim isn't funny or edgy. And it shouldn't take much thinking to be like "oh wait this isn't funny it's actually horrible." But for a time people didn't do that.

Like what if someone showed up to a halloween party this year dressed like a dead Palestinian or an Israeli hostage (or both as a funny couples costume!). It sure is edgy. But it's also yes OFFENSIVE. I like that as a culture we've turned the page on using Halloween to try and shock people with how insensitive and cruel you are. It's stupid. Don't do it.

A person who is so off their rocker that they'll dress up like a dead Palestinian or Israel hostage isn't going to be affected at all by the culture police wagging their fingers and saying, "Let's remember folks....." The preaching and proselytizing about Halloween costumes is virtue signaling at it's finest and completely useless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since you are ruling out most costumes, can you give us the approved list and where you live so we can avoid your house?

She probably gives out raisins and pencils.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it ok to dress up as P Diddy? Asking for a friend.

Dress as Diddy's bottle of lube. But don't black face a diddy costume.

Pair with the corn cob for a couples costume

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well that doesn't leave anything fun. Not even the sexy corn cob would make the cut.

There's nothwrong with dressing up as a corn cob.

Look, going as President Taft is fine and going as "a fat person" is not. Going as Moana is fine, going as "a Polynesian" is not. This isn't hard.

Except that neither you nor OP make this decision for my kids! I really don't care whether you approve or not. Got that?

So do you think PP would be okay with dressing as a hula dancer as long as that hula dancer has a name and is based on a specific person?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hello, Halloween costume troll! How was your year?

I am not a troll. This is a serious issue.

You think trolls don't post about serious issues just to rile people up? Can we have a little perspective about what constitutes a serious issue? My three year old dressing up like her hero Pocahontas...it's not that. The VA state legislature trying to police history and what our kids learn? That. That's serious. When you make everything serious nothing is serious.

Years ago I posted asking if my daughter could dress up as Pocahontas and was annihilated on here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it ok to dress up as P Diddy? Asking for a friend.

Dress as Diddy's bottle of lube. But don't black face a diddy costume.

Pair with the corn cob for a couples costume

I spit out my water with this one. Thank you, PP.

[Anonymous]

Someone is definitely going as Hezbollah's beeper.



Shalom!

[Anonymous]

There is zero need for a post like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fall can be such a fun season, but it is important to remember: we are all in this together.

As you select costumes for yourself and your child, please avoid costumes which are culturally insensitive, as well as costumes that are racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, sizeist, or ageist.

MYOB

[Anonymous]

I’m going as P-Diddy.