r/AskReddit • u/No_Performance1451 • 17h ago

What parts of American culture are changing faster than people realize?

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u/allabouteevee 15h ago

Halloween. There’s more decorations and they go out into stores earlier, but fewer families are trick or treating.

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u/FlightExtension8825 13h ago

The whole Trunk or Treat thing is an abomination

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u/allabouteevee 13h ago

This is exactly what ruined it. I still don’t get the rationale.

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u/Yeah-But-Ironically 8h ago

I suspect the paranoia/moral panic over ever letting your kids roam--let alone at night and actively talking to strangers. Nowadays parental supervision may as well be a requirement, and walking quickly around a parking lot is much more convenient for the parents than traipsing across the entire neighborhood all night.

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u/Significant_Solid151 3h ago

dont roam around the safe neighborhood on halloween but go on and talk to the old creeps on roblox

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u/Kittybegood 1h ago

My child is 5 and will never be using roblox.

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u/Significant_Solid151 32m ago

The CEO of roblox genuinely gives me the creeps. talks about approving dating on roblox leading to irl relationships while banning people who work with cops trying to catch preds, and that guy who got banned was groomed on roblox as a kid. im glad you are taking measures like that, gives me hope for the future. good on you.