Something I'm hoping not to see this year. Then again, with most celebrations canceled for Halloween this year, there's a good chance there won't be too many, except maybe a few Facebook or Instagram posts of those who might do this. And in my neck of the woods, I never seem to see any costumes that are projected to be the most popular each Halloween, anyway. In 2009, I did not see one person as Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett or Billy Mays (the Oxi Clean guy). And there was not a single Hillary or Trump to be seen in 2016. Nor any Caitlin Jenners either. Yet I still do wonder about the following.
In a normal year seeing a costume such as this might not seem bad, but how would dressing as a Corona Beer bottle seem this year, what with the beer having the same name as the virus?
But it can be worse...
Both these costumes are for sale on Amazon. |
And wouldn't you know there are hand sanitizer costumes for sale? And toilet paper rolls and disinfectant wipes (both of these are for sale at rastaimposta.com):
And even before Covid hit, someone made this group costume including a container of Lysol disinfectant wipes (click the link to see how they got this idea and how it was done):
Yahoo came out with a list of the most controversial costumes for the year, which not surprisingly includes the Karen masks and the Corona-19 bottle pictured above, as well as political costumes, something I don't want to get started on. I would not expect to see any political costumes where I live, anyway, since I never seem to see these in a normal year.
And this list from Yahoo ranking the "best worst worst 2020-themed Halloween costumes." A lot of the stuff on this list isn't surprising either. Also, many of them I wouldn't expect to see in my neighborhood.
I'm usually one to avoid topical pop-culture based costumes. Many were hoping for the virus to end before this year is over, but that is obviously not happening, but even if it had, I certainly would not have chosen any costume based on the virus. It's got to be the worst choice for a costume in any year.
Shudder. I am not certain that I would open the door to anyone dressed in any of these costumes.
ReplyDeleteYeah, those are just bad costumes. lol
ReplyDeleteI think all Halloween costumes this year should come with a face mask - just saying that would be appropriate.
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