Halloween is Dogsh*t: One Writer’s Bitter Rant

halloween.jpgI hate Halloween. I have always hated Halloween. One of the first pictures anyone ever took of me is in a pumpkin costume at age 4, crying my eyes out. I don’t hate other people who like Halloween, but the holiday itself makes me so pissed that when prompted to write a Halloween article I refused to write a positive one.

So if you want to hear about why Halloween rocks you should go somewhere else because I f*cking hate it and I’m about to make you hate it too by listing some reasons why it’s terrible and should be canceled.

Costumes: Yah, I said it. F*ck costumes. I have never trusted motherf*ckers in costumes. Why are you wearing that? People in costumes can do anything they want, and often do on Halloween, because it’s basically the official Holiday for burglary and assault.  That’s really what I want, a day where it’s impossible to spot criminals because everyone is wearing a godd*mn mask.

I don’t even like people at Disneyland and sh*t wearing costumes. Ask any nerd which day was the worst in high school and I guarantee you that Halloween is up near the top of the list. “I sure wish I knew who was beating the sh*t of out me right now, beyond ‘guy in gas mask’ and ‘guy in hockey mask!’”

Additionally, wearing costumes is probably the most uncomfortable thing ever. It’s hot and you can’t hear sh*t and you can’t run away from other people in costume without making a ridiculous shuffling noise. F*ck costumes. Unless you’re on a stage or in a movie, no costumes ever. Street performers shouldn’t be allowed to wear costumes. No one. EVER.

Candy: Yah, that is exactly what we need, an excuse to shovel more diabetes-inducing sugar into our insatiable legion of fat children. Candy on Halloween teaches people two things, how to gorge yourself, and how to beg. Why not call a spade a spade, call it ‘Insulin Day,’ and just chop everyones’ foot off right now.

TV Programming: On Halloween, every channel on the dial shows whatever scary movie they have in the vault, all night. As someone who’s imagination is more then enough to literally make me sh*t when alone in a dark room, the last thing I want is every Friday the 13th, Halloween, and Nightmare on Elm Street playing all at once.

Haunted Houses: I don’t really feel the need to elaborate on this. Haunted Houses, hay rides, and other various haunted locales go from boring (high school) to grotesque (every haunted house run for profit) with no middle ground to actually enjoy yourself. F*ck haunted houses.

CLEVERNESS”: It’s in quotes and caps for a reason. That’s about as subtle as people are on Halloween. LOOK HOW FUNNY/SEXY/EDGY I AM.

People dress either in lingerie (I’M A SEXY CAT/BUNNY/CONSTRUCTION WORKER/COP/DENTIST/CHEF/PERSON WHO WORKS AT HOME DEPOT), go ‘edgy’ and do something so tasteless they know it’s gonna start a fight once everyone is drunk enough (‘dude are you seriously going as someone who’s HIV positive?’), or ‘clever’ — which usually amounts to going as a hotdog or a tampon or a giant sperm. Also, anything phallic that comes with its own retarded catchphrase. Everyone has crap ideas on Halloween. The night literally destroys creativity and feeds off tacky bullsh*t.

You’re probably wondering if I go out at all. I do. I dress as a Pokemon and throw bricks through car windshields.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN.

19 Comments on "Halloween is Dogsh*t: One Writer’s Bitter Rant"

  1. Kari - Florida State says:
    Wed, 1st Oct 200812:38 pm 

    Conan, if I were a single woman I would e-propose. you make me chuckle.

  2. Kat says:
    Wed, 1st Oct 200812:51 pm 

    Hahahahah Wow that made my day. You are hilarious

  3. Laura says:
    Wed, 1st Oct 200812:54 pm 

    Hurray for the Debbie Downers and fun-suckers of the world!

    Although coming from you, I shouldn’t be surprised. You have a track record of writing very negative, pessimistic posts…it gets old.

  4. J - NYU says:
    Wed, 1st Oct 200812:58 pm 

    oh man, debbie downers can be HILARIOUS

  5. Melanie - Northeastern University says:
    Wed, 1st Oct 20081:13 pm 

    “You’re probably wondering if I go out at all. I do. I dress as a Pokemon and throw bricks through car windshields.”

    made my day.

  6. Audrey says:
    Wed, 1st Oct 20083:06 pm 

    Haha. All so totally true!

  7. Sarah says:
    Wed, 1st Oct 20083:08 pm 

    haha…I still like Halloween. You lose.

  8. Belle says:
    Wed, 1st Oct 20083:31 pm 

    Hahaha I love the part about the insatiable legion of fat children…I wish I could hear your ridiculous shuffling noise as your Pokemon flees from their greedy little hands:)

  9. Regina says:
    Wed, 1st Oct 20084:42 pm 

    This made me laugh so hard that I squirted a few tears. “’dude are you seriously going as someone who’s HIV positive?’” was my favorite part…I can count on two hands the douchebagss I know who would actually do that.

    this is totally my kind of humor…

  10. Marie says:
    Wed, 1st Oct 20086:07 pm 

    I disagree….with everything except the last part.

    I know my outfit. I’m going as a Panda….and no it’s not going to be revealing..because Panda’s are already sexy enough!

    Can’t wait for Halloween.

  11. Maria says:
    Wed, 1st Oct 20086:25 pm 

    I’m so glad that I’m not the only person who hates halloween. My friends all think I’m a freak because I think it’s the worst holiday ever.

  12. Kaitlyn says:
    Wed, 1st Oct 20089:16 pm 

    I love Halloween… Of course, this is coming from a theatre major. O.o I think it’s just fun to dress up and have good time. We don’t trick-or-treat or anything, but we just have a fun get together in the main lobby of our dorm and sometimes put on a dorm hallway trick-or-treat for the little kids in our area.

  13. Stephanie says:
    Thu, 2nd Oct 200810:53 am 

    Ahahahhahahahaha, lmao.

    I love Halloween, but this article was very funny, good job !

  14. Joe says:
    Fri, 3rd Oct 20081:30 am 

    By far the worst holiday has to be New Year’s. Nothing more depressing than one more year closer to death and only to reflect on how crappy the past year has been. I make sure to go to bed early and turn off the TV for new years eve.

    Halloween – so much more fun in comparison

  15. Jenny from the Blog says:
    Fri, 3rd Oct 200810:35 pm 

    Awesome post, had me rollin’.

  16. Conan - Columbia College says:
    Sat, 4th Oct 20082:42 am 

    I guess I would agree, new years can be depressing but my guard is down so I can drink on New Years since most people are wearing normal clothing.

  17. Conan - Columbia College says:
    Sat, 4th Oct 20082:42 am 

    Also, to the panda person.

    The best Halloween ive ever had was at a mmw concert where i danced with a panda. so props.

  18. T says:
    Tue, 14th Oct 20085:40 am 

    Eff you, Laura. Conan is my hero. He wrote the article about Teddy Graham cereal.

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