# Man, some people are too easily disturbed **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2008, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034 "2008-10-22T09:07:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JimmyFlair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@JimmyFlair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyFlair)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034/21 "2008-10-22T15:55:40Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Agreed. They can take their fairy-princess-with-mayonaise-on-white-bread Halloween and shove it up their collective uptight, anal-retentive ass. Not in Marin County! White bread? Sure, if you like white flour poison! Mayonnaise? No way! it would have to be soyonaise on sprouted quinoa loaf. And don’t even get me started on the minefield that the fairy princess costume would bring up… It would be an outrage to force young girls into the trap of the media’s idealized feminine image of physical perfection and docility! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034/22 "2008-10-22T15:56:53Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > And as we get closer to Halloween we’re going to start seeing assholes protesting any Halloween display that has a person hanging, because the only possible interpretation of that is a racial lynching. > > Like last year: > [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/27/nyregion/27noose.html](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/27/nyregion/27noose.html) Snerk… > [@](#): > > “I decided to put a post up through its back and stand it up in a fire pit,” Miss Cervero said. “I asked Reverend Gamble if there was a problem if we had the guy look like he was burning at the stake.” > > Mr. Gamble recalled his answer. > > “I have no problem with that,” he said. “That’d be just fine.” So, _hanging_ what is obviously (if viewed through moron-colored glasses) supposed to be a black man is bad, but _burning_ them is a-ok…thanks for clearing that up, Rev! ---
**Author:** ![Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki_Tikki_Tavi)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034/23 "2008-10-22T16:08:39Z")
> [@Acid\_Lamp](#): > > Some people are total weenies. His stuff is not scary, it’s the usual. > [My stuff](http://adamjprawlocki.googlepages.com/BeastofBrayroadkill.jpg) is scary. Cool! Can we see the rest of your decorations? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034/24 "2008-10-22T16:10:09Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Snerk… > So, _hanging_ what is obviously (if viewed through moron-colored glasses) supposed to be a black man is bad, but _burning_ them is a-ok…thanks for clearing that up, Rev! But you could argue that he(the victim) wasn’t that color before he was burned.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034/25 "2008-10-22T17:02:19Z")
> [@TroubleAgain](#): > > Well, I wouldn’t complain, but I wouldn’t be very happy about walking my dog in the late evening and having to pass by that house, or ::shudder:: **Acid Lamp’s**. And it could certainly be frightening for any small children in the neighborhood. That’s the idea! It’s supposed to be scary. If your children are very young, you’re accompanying them and explaining the whole thing to them. If they’re ultra-sensitive, you might map out a different route. Watering down the make-believe should not be the expectation. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034/26 "2008-10-22T18:08:09Z")
> [@JimmyFlair](#): > > Not in Marin County! White bread? Sure, if you like white flour poison! Mayonnaise? No way! it would have to be soyonaise on sprouted quinoa loaf. > And don’t even get me started on the minefield that the fairy princess costume would bring up… It would be an outrage to force young girls into the trap of the media’s idealized feminine image of physical perfection and docility! 😉 That made me laugh out loud. Won’t someone think of the vegan children. and yeah, the slideshow, creepy and somewhat over the top but whatever. If I were his neighbor I’d be shaking my head and thinking, better him than me because putting up and taking down all that junk would be more trouble than it’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034/27 "2008-10-22T18:23:58Z")
Saudis ask me to explain Halloween. I do not even understand it myself. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034/28 "2008-10-22T18:29:26Z")
A house in our neighborhood had an elaborate graveyard scene in their yard last year. Skeletons crawling out of graves, eerie lighting, scary music playing on Halloween night, the whole deal. Our neighbors took their then-16-month-old son trick-or-treating and were worried he would be too scared of it, but he LOVED it. They told him it was pretend and let him look at the decorations up close, and he was just fascinated. I thought that was good parenting – being sensitive to their kid’s possible reaction, but letting him make up his own mind. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034/29 "2008-10-22T20:27:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Saudis ask me to explain Halloween. I do not even understand it myself. There are two essential elements to Halloween: 1: Getting to dress up as something cool and possibly scary. 2: Getting a ton of free candy. I would have expected that both would cross cultural bounds. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034/30 "2008-10-22T20:41:49Z")
> [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](#): > > Cool! Can we see the rest of your decorations? Sure. I’ll set up a folder and post back to this thread later. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034/31 "2008-10-22T21:08:46Z")
Update. [HERE](http://picasaweb.google.com/adamjprawlocki/Random#) is a small album with dome more of the decor. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034/32 "2008-10-22T21:32:37Z")
> [@Jolly\_Roger](#): > > Are people really becoming this easy to disturb? Yes. Cite: > [@TroubleAgain](#): > > Well, I wouldn’t complain, but I wouldn’t be very happy about walking my dog in the late evening and having to pass by that house, or ::shudder:: **Acid Lamp’s**. And it could certainly be frightening for any small children in the neighborhood. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034/33 "2008-10-22T22:27:07Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Fussy HOA-worthy nitpick: As with bijoux, manteaux and choux, tableaux is plural. If you’re writing in French. The English singular is _tableau_ and the English plural is _tableaus_. The hanging [grammarian](http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/grammarian.htm) has also been used as a Halloween decoration. Problem: not scary enough. :eek::dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034/34 "2008-10-22T22:33:25Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > A house in our neighborhood had an elaborate graveyard scene in their yard last year. Skeletons crawling out of graves, eerie lighting, scary music playing on Halloween night, the whole deal. Our neighbors took their then-16-month-old son trick-or-treating and were worried he would be too scared of it, but he LOVED it. They told him it was pretend and let him look at the decorations up close, and he was just fascinated. I thought that was good parenting – being sensitive to their kid’s possible reaction, but letting him make up his own mind. My aunt was, for many years, a first grade teacher in a parochial school. Those bloodthirsty little kids liked the stories about the Egyptian plagues the best. In my church, up front, there are twelve huge stained glass window depicting the twelve original disciples of Jesus. I take my second grade class down there each year and tell some of the stories. So St. Bartholomew is depicted as holding a knife. I tell the kids that’s a symbol of how legends say he was martyred, by being flayed. St. Peter has an upside down cross with him, so I explain that, and the X shaped cross of St. Andrew. By the third or fourth disciple it’s “oooh, how did THIS one die?” from the little monsters. Don’t get me wrong, I love the kids, but they’re a lot tougher than folks give them credit for. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034/35 "2008-10-22T22:42:22Z")
Yeah, I grew up with a Catholic mom and a fundamentalist non-denominational dad. It was wall-to-wall stories about people getting tortured and killed. But of course we weren’t allowed to watch horror movies because they were considered unpleasant subject matter that would “put horrible images in your mind that you could never forget.” Yeah…too late, Dad. ---
**Author:** ![Sami41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sami41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sami41)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034/36 "2008-10-23T08:57:34Z")
[quote=“Jolly\_Roger, post:1, topic:469034”] Are people really becoming this easy to disturb? [A man in California has decorated his yard for Halloween and the Homeowners Association is upset about it?](http://www.ktvu.com/news/17770688/detail.html) Further down on the same page. . . a little scarier. > **[What Is Genital Herpes? Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention](https://www.everydayhealth.com/genital-herpes/guide/)** > > Most people infected with herpes don’t know it, but they can still pass it to other people. Those who do have herpes symptoms may have periodic outbreaks with painful sores that start as blisters and gradually scab over and heal. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034/37 "2008-10-23T11:01:16Z")
Think of the type of people that would want to be leading a home owners association. Only their options (opinions) are suitable. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034/38 "2008-10-23T12:15:20Z")
I took Kid Kalhoun to a Haunted Path (on a golf course) when he was about four. It was a chilly Halloween and he was wearing a jacket with a hood. When it got a little too freaky for him, he put his jacket on backwards and put the hood over his face. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034/39 "2008-10-23T13:02:17Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > There are two essential elements to Halloween: > > 1: Getting to dress up as something cool and possibly scary. > > 2: Getting a ton of free candy. > > I would have expected that both would cross cultural bounds. Other places do it in Carnaval and Christmas (December 28th is a combo between April’s Fools and Trick-or-Treat). And our own Day of the Dead celebration is simply completely different (plus in Spain it takes place on November 2nd). ---
**Author:** ![Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki_Tikki_Tavi)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034/40 "2008-10-23T14:31:10Z")
> [@Acid\_Lamp](#): > > Update. > > [HERE](http://picasaweb.google.com/adamjprawlocki/Random#) is a small album with dome more of the decor. You really go all out! Very neat, your house must be the hit of the block. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-some-people-are-too-easily-disturbed/469034.md?page=3)