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[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 3 points 35 minutes ago

That sounds like one of those "ok guys, no gifts, okay?" situation where some are too poor / cheap to afford something, but then everyone else is gonna be "fuck that noise" and gonna one up each other into the nicest gifts just to fuck with the rest. Hilarious.

[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 1 points 12 minutes ago

This is hilarious. Somewhere on the other end of the totalitarian spectrum is an HOA encouraging all residents to hand out candy!

[–] TrackenDaKracken@lemmy.world 9 points 2 hours ago

What I learned last year is many kids don't like typical candy bars. They want skittles and nerds, and the like, at least here.

All my "filler" candy was gone, and I ended up eating the candy bars myself. I dunno, maybe they all had food allergies?

Anyway, this year I got skittles and nerds, and less chocolate, so I'll probably end up with no chocolate and a bunch of skittles and nerds which I don't like.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

the Board

"We encourage/dictate that you hand out small/cheap candy bars only so that others do not feel pressured/inadequate."

[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

HOA are anti-social tyrants who force their idea of community onto a captive audience.

[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I would understand why my kids would want to go to a full size only candy bar neighborhood but I wouldn’t really want to take them there… the house that does that is supposed to be the rare extra thing, if every house does it it’s not special anymore and my kids are getting diabetes

[–] FlashMobOfOne@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 hours ago

That is some seriously petty bullshit on the part of the HOA.

Get a fucking life.

[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Master@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago

Photocopy the paper and and it out with full sized bars.

[–] moondoggie@lemmy.world 14 points 17 hours ago

Well, I guess that means I can still hand out out the little airplane bottles of whiskey to the kids.

[–] plz1@sh.itjust.works 18 points 23 hours ago

King Sized bars, it is. HOA's can kick rocks.

[–] iuseasahibtw@ani.social 4 points 17 hours ago

Buy like 500 USD worth of the big chocolate bars, the ones that are arranged in little squares, and hand them out.

[–] oxideseven@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 day ago

Every child now gets 2 full sized candy bars and a bag of chips.

Fuck off busy body!

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

When I was a kid, the fun-size candy bars were for me, and I gave the full size to my parents. I got to enjoy the variety without getting full as quickly, and I could scarf down way more of the small stuff before they figured out how much I'd eaten. The full size candy bars were merely a distraction for my elaborate heist of my own candy.

[–] weps@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

must protect the neighborhood from the pressure of having a variety of candy

and think of the children! they need a consistent experience in receiving their candy

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 73 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If people "feel pressured" over a candy bar, that's on them. Some people have no issue not even participating so your inferiority complex can suck it

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 29 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It's because someone gave out apples and nickles next door and got pissed because every kid walked away going "awww, man..."

Also entirely possible, someone's a cheap racist, classist prick and doesn't want kids from "other neighborhoods" incentivized to come to their part of town,

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[–] Axolotl_cpp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 1 day ago (10 children)

The whole concept of HOA is crazy for me

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[–] blackberry28@sh.itjust.works 57 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Imagine buying a home for several hundred k only to be told by others in minute detail what you can and can't do on your OWN property. Land of the free my ass lol.

[–] btsax@reddthat.com 3 points 18 hours ago

I have difficulty feeling sympathy for anyone who voluntarily bought a single-family home with an HOA

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