our kids are weak and this society is failing

10/19/2026 8:38:42 AM

k...

10/19/2026 10:12:06 AM

I agree. I'm glad I was never subjected to that lameness and instead got to wonder around the neighborhood and woods.

[Edited on October 19, 2026 at 10:17 AM. Reason : wander]

10/19/2026 10:14:29 AM

I’ve always assumed it’s a church thing

10/19/2026 10:57:13 AM

didn't know what it was, just looked it up

seems lame as shit

but child abduction has always been a thing. just easier to get away with when we were younger since we were wandering around alone. now it's heavily publicized

we just got lucky lol

well, that, and we knew how to run fast and who not to trust, I suppose :3

it could just be today's kids are dumber (or weak, as you said initially)


also cameras are ubiquitous, so now that I think about it, normal trick or treating should be easier these days... :thinking_face:

this is definitely a subject worth pondering about

kids just suck. ain't nobody got time for kids

not sure what any of you who have kids were thinking lol

10/19/2026 11:13:37 AM

Hey, little boy! I have all kinds of candy and goodies right here in my trunk! Come closer and check it out! . . .

10/19/2026 1:40:31 PM

I always felt like it was one of those church things they did out in the deep country because door-to-door trick-or-treating wasn't really possible given the distance between houses. Then I guess lazy parents co-opted it? Seems about right for today's helicopter parenting.


Luckily, my neighborhood still does the normal door-to-door thing. Or driveway-to-driveway at least. My old neighborhood didn't really do shit.

10/19/2026 2:24:13 PM

It's definitely popular with churches. To keep the kids from participating in Satan-worshiping and playing with Ouija boards.

10/19/2026 2:33:08 PM

It was probably invented to keep smog levels down from cars idling through neighborhoods all night.

10/19/2026 3:20:07 PM

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/31/1209559780/what-is-trunk-or-treat-halloween

Quote :

"Early mentions of trunk-or-treating date as far back as 1994 and are commonly associated with churches, who present the events as safer alternatives to door-to-door trick-or-treating."

[Edited on October 19, 2026 at 3:29 PM. Reason : and keeping kids from eating razor-blades and crack-laced candy]

10/19/2026 3:24:19 PM

We're lucky that we're in a neighborhood with a good amount of trick-or-treaters.

My kids have been to some trunk or treat things (not on Halloween, and usually with in-laws), and while you get a ton of candy fast, it just seems kinda hollow (more like Holloween)

10/19/2026 5:48:26 PM

Also, some people these days interpret masked strangers coming to their door and demanding “trick or treat” as a threat to their person and/or property if they don’t hand over the goods

10/19/2026 6:41:25 PM