Kennesaw, GA. – Halloweekend has come and passed. As students come to class with colds due to not wearing any cover in 40-degree weather, among other ailments, many students were reportedly frustrated with their experience. Students like Jen Smith complained that no one got her costume. Her costume? Sexy George W. Bush and her boyfriend went as the shoe that almost hit him.
“I had to explain to so many people about it,” reports Jen, “Like yeah, that’s a part of the fun of the costume, but I barely had any time to actually party, explaining my costume and what other people explain theirs.”
This follows a study by postgrad sociology student and Alpha Kappa Omega member Brad Winters, who estimated that in every Halloween party he went to for the past two years, 46.7% of parties have been spent explaining Halloween costumes.
Winters expands,” It’s really fascinating. It has only gone up over the years. You don’t even see people just going as The Lorax as a joke costume. You see them going as the kid dancing weirdly at the end of the Lorax movie instead. So obviously, when a third of the party is that, the festivities get slowed down.”
“It’s not just memes, though, a huge chunk is also contributed to guys doing last-minute or low effort costumes so they can get into parties. No, Rick, wearing a dark green t-shirt is not enough for a Shaggy costume. At least get a mask.”
Winters tried to use this as his dissertation, but found that his ways of gathering data were compromised. Apparently, doing five keg stands in a night during data collection is one too many to be taken legitimately. This year, he only did three to do it properly.
“I’m excited to see what the data says. It’s crazy to see someone go as the “sad Japanese girl smoking in the snow” meme and proudly explain that, but gets too shy to dance with three people dressed as cops.”
