So’s that kfc you chow down after netball, karen but I don’t see you memeing that shit.
(And it’s a celtic tradition, a large chunk of which makes up the Australian population.)
Happy American import day
Submitted 19 hours ago by Zagorath@aussie.zone to ausmemes@aussie.zone
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Taleya@aussie.zone 4 hours ago
CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Imagine getting pissy over a holiday for kids with cos play and candy.
Bat shit insane 🤣.
squigum@aussie.zone 16 hours ago
The trick or treaters in our area were so cautious not to be a nuisance - had a skeleton in the front garden bed but many walked by unsure because we didn’t have a sign specifically inviting them to knock for lollies. Those that did were very polite and thankful.
Least of our worries when it comes to malign US influence. What really needs a smack in the mouth is our Google/Apple/etc. dependency.
turdcollector69@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
This is what happens when you mainline internet politics and refuse to touch grass for 10 years
Zozano@aussie.zone 16 hours ago
It’s so funny that Australia prides itself on being multicultural.
Just not american-type multicultural.
a_postmodern_hat@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
This is not an important by the vibrant American expat community though right? This is being pushed by huge chains to sell plastic and sugar, and they push it to kids. That’s what shits me.
On the other hand it was a cool community event to witness and we don’t really see too much of anymore imho. I just resent the aggressive way it’s inculcated on us by greedy companies to suck our value.
prettygorgeous@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
This!
kandoh@reddthat.com 6 hours ago
M o n o c u l t u r e
Lumisal@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
indomara@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Halloween has been celebrated in the UK and Ireland for hundreds of years, and the Irish brought it to America.
There has been dressing up and going door to door for hundreds of years too, and even jack o lanterns have been around for ages.
The holiday is much more a UK thing than it is an American thing, it’s rather surprising actually that it’s not as much a thing in Australia…
CodandChips@lemmy.ml 5 hours ago
Zagorath@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
Oh please. Nobody of sound mind actually believes that the Hallowe’en celebrated in America, that some corporations are trying to make a thing here too, has anything more than a passing resemblance to the traditional Celtic practices it’s based upon.
indomara@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
The Halloween celebrated in the UK is literally just kids getting dressed up and going door to door for free candy. They have been doing that in the UK for hundreds of years before the US started doing it when Irish immigrants brought it over.
This isn’t some whacky theory dude, it’s fact.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick-or-treating#Guising
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween
No one is saying the modern Halloween is meant to be a Celtic tradition, it’s just a bit of fun.
It’s also probably the least commercialized holiday as well. You buy some candy and put the porch light on, or don’t and leave the porch light off.
Get a costume, or throw something together, grab a pillowcase and off you go.
It’s a far cry from Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s Day, etc. which are far more commercialized worldwide.
Tagger@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Fun fact, it was actually a Canadian import to America, and before that came from Ireland and Scotland.
turdcollector69@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Damn now I feel stupid for getting mad at nothing
Zagorath@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
and before that came from Ireland and Scotland
The American version of Hallowe’en (which is what supermarkets are trying to import into Australia) has only the most passing resemblance to its origins in Celtic tradition. And it’s certainly not being important because of its Celtic connections.
Rothe@piefed.social 18 hours ago
How it is now is uniquely American though, and has almost nothing to do with those older origins.
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 15 hours ago
Are you from Ireland or from Scotland?
dumbass@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
We just gotta change it to " Oi, fuckin, give us some candy cunt or we’ll fuck your house up!" instead of trick or treat.
notgold@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
Shouldn’t they be bumming darts not hunting candy
dumbass@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Nah they do that down at the shops.
Fun fact, if someone’s coming on your property and stealing your bumpers from your ashtray, what you do is collect a few ashtrays worth of them, piss on them, let them dry and repeat for a week, then you put an ashtray of the fermented piss infused bumpers out and let them steal it, do this for a few days and they will stop.
Unlearned9545@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
As an American in NZ I did not expect any trick or treaters this year as we didn’t have any last year. But we got a few dozen Indian kids.
twinnie@feddit.uk 16 hours ago
I don’t care that Halloween’s an American import, it’s still the best day of the year.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 12 hours ago
I guess you never experienced full on Walpurgisnacht celebrations celebrations (incl. Waldmeisterbowle) then, or Dark Carnival.
halfapage@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Well, this got me thinking…
I assume holidays are not established worldwide at the moment they are created. At least not instantaneously.
Which in turn would mean all of the holidays are being established in a limited area, and then being spread.
Would it be possible to calculate an average propagation speed of each given holiday in earth surface conditions (atmospheric air, 1g gravity etc.)?
bradhd@programming.dev 15 hours ago
I suddenly have an idea for a themed version of Risk…
Zagorath@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
It’s probably a little overly simplistic to think of it as being “established” like that. Instead, multiple different elements of the holiday, which might originate in different places at different times and radiate out in different ways.
glimse@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I think the internet broke that possibility. Things and ideas don’t spread “naturally” anymore.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 11 hours ago
Instead of “trick or treat” say “Give us some sweets ya fuckin drongo, or we’ll egg your house! Gettin this outfit together was hard yakka.”
Baggie@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago
See I can tell you aren’t Australian because you didn’t say cunt once. But I respect the effort.
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Zagorath@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
That might be the scariest thing I see all year.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
Somehow I don’t think travelling around in the suburbs with your kid in your SUV, going to stranger’s places because Facebook told you these houses give the best goodies is how it should work.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 hours ago
We need this but Saxton Hale plz
Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone 14 minutes ago
Haha bonza, old mate’s dressed up as a boxing roo! Ripper costume, might wear something like it same time next year!
(Waiting until all youse weirdoes with a hate-boner for this one particular cultural tradition to chuck a wobbly when you find out that christmas, easter and new year’s as defined by the gregorian calendar are also foreign imports)