It's so weird trying to explain Halloween to people who didn't grow up with it
beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 01/11/2011 02:26:52 PM
They're all "Wait... what is the point of this?"
The point is to have fun and dress up in costumes and eat candy. Duh.
That's why Halloween is the best holiday. All other holidays have a "reason." You're always celebrating because of the new year, or flags, or jesuses.
Halloween might have started as some weird "let's scare the spirits so they don't scare us" scheme, but honestly, I've always been suspect of that. I think that's just an excuse some partiers came up with to justify their party to the dour village elders or whatever.
It's just straight-up fun!
The point is to have fun and dress up in costumes and eat candy. Duh.
That's why Halloween is the best holiday. All other holidays have a "reason." You're always celebrating because of the new year, or flags, or jesuses.
Halloween might have started as some weird "let's scare the spirits so they don't scare us" scheme, but honestly, I've always been suspect of that. I think that's just an excuse some partiers came up with to justify their party to the dour village elders or whatever.
It's just straight-up fun!
I amuse myself.
It's so weird trying to explain Halloween to people who didn't grow up with it
- 01/11/2011 02:26:52 PM
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For a sec I was gonna go into the specifics for you...
- 01/11/2011 04:32:18 PM
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But its always just been an excuse to make a fire on the top of a hill.
- 01/11/2011 05:32:57 PM
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Yup. I know there are various pagan origins, but honestly, fuck'em
- 01/11/2011 08:17:12 PM
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I'm not going to do a history lesson, but...
- 01/11/2011 09:22:59 PM
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What would you say is the proper plural form of Jesus?
- 01/11/2011 09:51:31 PM
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Claudii is an established plural, actually.
- 01/11/2011 10:02:52 PM
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I want to reread Lamb: The story of Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal now
- 01/11/2011 11:38:26 PM
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Jesī *NM*
- 01/11/2011 10:06:29 PM
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Minor addendum: it seems to be a defective fourth declension. The plural should still be Iesūs.
- 01/11/2011 10:44:08 PM
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He is singular in nature 
- 01/11/2011 10:08:43 PM
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- 01/11/2011 10:08:43 PM
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I thing attempting to discuss the plurality of Jesus precludes any serious discussion
- 01/11/2011 10:41:01 PM
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Well, Zombie Jesus seems a legit matter for theological discussions
- 02/11/2011 01:03:38 AM
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Lots of Mexican guys in one room could still be "Jesuses". *NM*
- 01/11/2011 10:47:03 PM
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So is it Jesūs, Jesii, or Jesuses then?
- 02/11/2011 01:04:58 AM
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Well, in English I'd assume it's Jesuses. In Latin it would be Iesūs.
- 02/11/2011 01:06:09 AM
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As I mentioned above, the Latin plural would not be Jesi, but Jesūs.
- 01/11/2011 10:46:18 PM
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Halloween isn't a Christian holiday, at least not originally.
- 01/11/2011 10:26:58 PM
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I know all of this, and care not.
- 01/11/2011 11:37:12 PM
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Again halloween is a world thing, not US property
- 02/11/2011 12:01:25 AM
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Not according to the Defense of Halloween Act of 1997! We own all IP rights and residuals.
- 02/11/2011 01:12:22 AM
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Pagans and Satanists care a great deal about religion around Halloween.
- 02/11/2011 01:10:42 AM
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All Saints' Day is huge in New Orleans, as well. Lots of replastering and whitewashing cemeteries. *NM*
- 02/11/2011 02:14:40 AM
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It seems internationally understood from what I can tell.
- 01/11/2011 10:48:02 PM
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Aren't morbid celebrations to ward away spirits pretty common throughout the world? *NM*
- 01/11/2011 11:20:45 PM
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That's not what Halloween is in the US, though. Not anymore. *NM*
- 01/11/2011 11:34:27 PM
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