Halloween Logic - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Analog Kid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 31, 2024, 12:10:32 am
content: Trick AND treat: "You're going to give me candy after you stomp out that flaming bag of dogshit".

author: Xena E
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 31, 2024, 06:26:52 pm
content: Quote from: Analog Kid on October 31, 2024, 12:10:32 amThe old classics are the best.

author: Nominal Animal
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 31, 2024, 06:43:18 pm
content: I forgot today was Halloween, and had to disappoint two kids. :'(In my defense, it's not an actual holiday here, or traditional in any way; it's just TV and stores pushing it. If you ask me, there's no logic in it.

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 31, 2024, 06:49:50 pm
content: Quote from: Analog Kid on October 31, 2024, 12:10:32 amThat is not an AND situation, since the events are not concurrent. Its a causal thing - trick THEN treat THEN .NOT. trick. The more insidious situation is that one kid who comes home crying "they all gave me candy. I wanted an excuse to burn someone's house down". There is also treat THEN trick when the treats run out. Again, a causal relationship, not concurrency.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 31, 2024, 08:38:54 pm
content: Quote from: Nominal Animal on October 31, 2024, 06:43:18 pmYes, same in many parts of the world in which Halloween was just "imported" from the USA.If marketers are brilliant enough, maybe in a decade we'll all be celebrating Thanksgiving too.Otherwise this comes from a pretty old celtic tradition and got imported in the US somehow by accident (by Irish immigrants). It wasn't even called Halloween.

author: TimFox
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 31, 2024, 08:52:50 pm
content: The original term in English is “Eve of all Hallows” and variations, since it is the night before All Saints’ Day in the church calendar since the 7th century.‘een’ is an abbreviation for ‘evening’ and ‘hallow’ is a cognate of the German ‘Heilige’ for holy person or saint.

author: Analog Kid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 31, 2024, 09:23:33 pm
content: Quote from: coppice on October 31, 2024, 06:49:50 pmMore like this?

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 31, 2024, 09:53:06 pm
content: Quote from: SiliconWizard on October 31, 2024, 08:38:54 pmThey are already making good progress with the sequel that is probably more important to them, Black Friday...

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 31, 2024, 09:54:24 pm
content: Quote from: ebastler on October 31, 2024, 09:53:06 pmTrue!

author: Analog Kid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 31, 2024, 10:28:41 pm
content: Quote from: ebastler on October 31, 2024, 09:53:06 pmThe time is long past when we should just 'fess up and admit that these holidays are now strictly about gross materialism and have nothing whatever to do with their religious or social origins:Halloween:Get candy and goodies from strangers (and for some, break and mess up a bunch of shit)Thanksgiving:Stuff your face (and prepare for Black Friday, where you can buy a bunch of shit cheap)Christmas:Get a bunch of shit under the tree4th of July:Set off fireworks and blow shit up

author: Retro Jack
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 01, 2024, 03:00:15 am
content: Quote from: Nominal Animal on October 31, 2024, 06:43:18 pmFWIW, I'm a Kiwi, and the same's true here! 😋

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 01, 2024, 03:48:33 pm
content: Amazon just sent me another "Get ready for Halloween" message. Is their calendar wrong, or have they already started pushing Halloween for next year? Maybe even 2026?

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 01, 2024, 08:35:04 pm
content: Quote from: coppice on November 01, 2024, 03:48:33 pmAre your ready?

author: Nominal Animal
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 01, 2024, 09:17:24 pm
content: Quote from: SiliconWizard on November 01, 2024, 08:35:04 pmHave you ready?

author: Nominal Animal
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 01, 2024, 09:18:05 pm
content: (I'm assuming this is Halloween logic, you see.)