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JimMcGill t1_iuixgov wrote

The greatest time of year to have a seamstress as a mom.

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IthilienBoy t1_iuiy2l6 wrote

can't be the seventies. Internet points to the person who identifies why.

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edit:Smurfs!

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LongjumpingCheck2638 t1_iuiz3qb wrote

and now I have little people nightmares to look forward to when I sleep

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cYberSport91 t1_iuiz8ln wrote

Those costumes still haven’t broken down in the landfill yet

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IthilienBoy t1_iuj0bac wrote

who are the two blonde twins flanking the smurf?

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edit: Evil Kineval

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NerdOfPlay t1_iuj0hgg wrote

Ahh those masks that fog up your skin, with edges that cut and the elastic string that's stapled on.

But yeah this is 80s.

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Factorybelt t1_iuj0ytv wrote

I can still smell the plastic off-gassing.

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ToysNoiz t1_iuj1i3s wrote

Oh man those old bagged costumes were the worst! So ugly

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VictimOfFun t1_iuj2lz6 wrote

I can still remember the plastic smell these costumes had.

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kclct t1_iuj2w6m wrote

r/oddlyterrifying

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Juzlookn0224 t1_iuj34an wrote

Seventies , Eighty’s either way Halloween at schools has been ruined for most now days. Kids can’t do that and a lot of things because someone cried and whined to much.

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numsixof1 t1_iuj3z0d wrote

I had that same Darth Vader costume but yeah it was probably 1980 or 1981.. Smurfs definitely weren't a thing in the 70s at least not here.

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ZJtheOZ t1_iuj5w1w wrote

Wrong decade but if the intent was to remind me how shitty costumes were back then, then mission accomplished.

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Ssj2luffy OP t1_iuj63eq wrote

Replying to IthilienBoy (#394,310)

Yeah you are probably right. My mom sent me this picture and when I asked her when it was she told me 70's. But she was in school during both 70's and 80's so she very well could have mixed it up

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Wizdad-1000 t1_iuj6agk wrote

Halloween 1977, Superman and Evel Knievel were very popular, surprised to see Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo and Chewbacca were also popular. I was R2 D2 with a paper mache dome mom made. Couldn’t see a thing and had to be carried by my arms up stairs with a parent on each side.

Edit: Smurf off you stupid smurf! Ruining my happy memory of 1977!

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abortizjr t1_iuj6bc1 wrote

I had a C-3PO costume. ^_^

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yamaha2000us t1_iuj9vs3 wrote

That is an affluent neighborhood. All but that one kid is wearing store bought costumes.

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ispeektroof t1_iuj9y92 wrote

Don’t put your tongue in the mouth hole.

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Repulsive-Pop9900 t1_iujadwz wrote

As a person of a certain age that actually wore masks such as these, let me tell you they really sucked. The plastic stank, it made you itchy and it made you sweat like you were in the Sahara in July…

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Korith_Eaglecry t1_iujar7c wrote

I remember how God awful these things were to wear. The whole thing being this thin plastic that was still able to make you sweat and you'd stew in this all say or a good portion of it during the class Halloween party. And the masks, always moist and hot from breathing on the damn things.

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kinkyghost t1_iujayuz wrote

Replying to Factorybelt (#395,235)

Holy fuck lol I just remembered how much my 90s childhood Halloween costume masks smelled, never connected until now that that shit was all probably not the best to be breathing lol

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almosttherelazy55 t1_iujb17m wrote

A kid in my class had that exact same Smurf costume in 1983

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NobodyMcGee t1_iujeddl wrote

1980s. 1982-1983 if I had to guess.

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cactusjackalope t1_iujg977 wrote

Those awful plastic costumes that had the picture of what the costume was supposed to be on the front of the costume. Gawd I hated wearing those.

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EuSouOGringo t1_iujgazk wrote

Was explaining to my son this morning, as he donned his $30, 100% show-accurate Mandalorian armor, that costumes in the 80s really sucked. He lives in a golden age.

Who wants a Megatron costume made of garbage bag plastic, that has a picture of Optimus Prime on the chest? This is the LEAST likely Megatron possible.

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acanthiel t1_iujis20 wrote

I need to point out, that that is NOT an Evil Knievel costume.

It is DUKES OF HAZZARD!

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Muffstic t1_iujjf3y wrote

smurfs

Edit: Guess I should've checked the comments to see it was already answered.

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lifth3avy84 t1_iujk543 wrote

Not a single tongue made it home safely after they all we cut by the tiny hole in the masks while speaking.

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BlunderBliss t1_iujl6wb wrote

Good to see the orange pumpkin buckets have been serving the youths on Halloween for decades.

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BennyBrok t1_iujl72i wrote

This is the absolute horror

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sevenwheel t1_iujnkwi wrote

Replying to acanthiel (#401,424)

Go google pictures of Evel Knievel. It's absolutely him and not Dukes of Hazzard.

We all scraped and bruised ourselves up trying to jump over the local drainage ditch on our Schwinns.

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esoteric_mannequin t1_iujovi8 wrote

Replying to IthilienBoy (#394,310)

Smurfs have been around since the late 1950s. I mean, for the sake of argument, we could say it is the 70s, and a German relative sent over a Smurf costume for the kid. It's not likely, but...you never know. ;)

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UnRollThePlay t1_iujpqau wrote

I distinctly remember when the Smurf’s showed up in 81 because they replaced my favorite cartoon Dungeons and Dragons.

Saturday morning bowl of cereal ready, excited for new D&D cartoon and LA LA LA LALALA…what the fuck is this shit.

Hated smurfs ever since.

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bigredthesnorer t1_iujr9sv wrote

No wonder our GenX bodies are filled with microplastics.

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youchooseforme t1_iujsoo3 wrote

These were the worst! Can still smell that awful plastic and the masks always had at least one rough edge that cut into your face.

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sleeze02 t1_iuju0ig wrote

What the hell? You see that one kid in the back dressed as a Chinaman?! Cancel him! Murder his family!

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d4nowar t1_iujxo07 wrote

Raggedy Anne is always terrifying

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DocBalls t1_iujyhu2 wrote

Hopefully the planet gets destroyed and this is the only remaining picture in the universe.

Any future beings who come across this picture will hand many questions.

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supernovaj t1_iujz2hy wrote

Looks like the 80s. We all wore those creepy masks back then.

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bitrunnerr t1_iuk3s9e wrote

I think I had that superman costume!

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Low_Ad_3139 t1_iuk4m63 wrote

Omg I remember these and my sweet mom made my hair for my Raggedy Ann costume.

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Amaline4 t1_iuk52fk wrote

Old School Nightmare Fuel

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sheavill t1_iuk56cc wrote

The Senate has assembled.

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wormholeweapons t1_iuk8vp6 wrote

It’s definitely at least early 80’s. The smurfs debuted in 1981.

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irvingggg t1_iuk9fjl wrote

Come join us, teacher. Come join us.

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Mahaloth t1_iukbduz wrote

Oh, I had that superman mask in the 80's. You could barely breathe in those things while it dug into you.

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