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it’s stepford tribble…err pumpkin season

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When a friend sent me the above, I spit out my coffee. It’s like a Hard Sided Tribble Decorating Service for Stepford wives. (if you don’t know what a tribble is, look it up.)

I think it’s ridiculous. I did not know porches needed collectives. I did not know pumpkins required concierge service.

Oh and in spite of comments from the owner on social media that they just dreamed this up, it’s not original.

What am I talking about? A pumpkin decorating service called The Porch Collective. They say they are wait for it…a pumpkin concierge service.

But see next videos and article…not original.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/starting-a-business/her-up-to-8500-pumpkin-displays-are-already-sold-out-for/458216

Of course if you aren’t interested in “The Porch Collective” you can always go “Dwell“

I don’t know this must be like one of the few times a year that Stepford Village development dwellers allow color into their beige, beige world? But it’s carefully orchestrated color using a color wheel leftover from that pyramid scheme perhaps?

Oh am I being sarcastic? Why yes and that is very astute of all of you. I am not going to tell people how to spend their money, but part of decorating your home for the holidays is heart and caring. It does not take a Halloween witch to place pumpkins artfully, after all Martha Stewart has been doing it for years and tells you like clockwork every year in her magazine. Same with Country Living Magazine. Also, on Pinterest without a subscription. Or hey GOOGLE.

And don’t tell me you are too busy. No one is that busy that they can’t place a few pumpkins. And hey sure, not everyone wants to carve pumpkins, I personally don’t because I like to look at the pumpkins. And when our son was little, pumpkin hunting, hay rides, corn mazes, and a massive carving and decorating afternoon with friends was a tradition.

Seriously, have we so devolved into the land of samey same in a beige beige development world that we can no longer find joy in picking out pumpkins ourselves and placing them?

And if you do not have time to pick out pumpkins, psssst there is this great company called BloomBox and they have great prices and they deliver….

But seriously back to the Porch Collective. Not original. Here- just peruse the Internet:

Oh but dear rubes of a certain collective, they are doing you a favor and they dreamed it all up themselves over iced pumpkin lattes and a pumpkin flaxseed muffin in their cookie cutter kitchen in their cookie cutter house. Note the screenshots below, especially the comment left on their socials.

People this is as original as a grocery store apple pie. My eyes are dong the full roll. And I like pumpkins, but umm people after they dump all of these pumpkins on your McMansion porch who will be disposing of them for you? If you buy 30-60+ pumpkins where will you put them? I bet your HOA dragons might have something to say about that. They should have paid closer attention to some of the samey same businesses I found all over the country which include clean up in the prices.

But hey, what do I know? I can tell you I can place my own pumpkins and I don’t want to look like a giant vomited pumpkins all over the front of my house. I also do not want to see my design scheme replicated all over the place.

I just can’t get over the Stepford Wife of it all with this. If you use them, remember delivery and set up are extra.

Go ahead, call me a witch. It’s near Halloween, after all. But damn people, have we so fallen from reality that we can’t place our own freaking pumpkins?

Sign me cackling all the way….

seeking a 12 step program to deal with the absurdity of the ridiculous on social media.

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Well it started innocently enough. I literally said that I just can’t with these anonymous posts. This one needs the spin cycle. Good lord, the entitlement entertainment is just fabulous.

Well oh my golly in snowflake city you would have thought I said “Ok new group activity: let’s pull wings off of flies” or something. Below are but four of the absurd comments.

The ridiculous levels of anonymous posts on Facebook have reached critical mass. Anonymous posts are for truly sensitive topics. You know like needing a women’s shelter or agencies that help one get out of abusive relationships. Not what kind of toothpaste is best or where to buy pizza. Or another one I saw the other day where someone has a 21 or 22 year old who lost their driver’s license, what should they do and where do they go? At 21 or 22 shouldn’t they be learning to figure stuff out without helicopter moms?

I mean come on, people. 

And you can’t actually express how these stupid posts make you feel, even on your own pages. I expressed my opinion on my page that I found this to be another ridiculous anonymous post on Facebook. OMG it was a maelstrom of judgey judgersons.


However, a lot of the commenters have gone past expressing their opinion straight into pomposity and judgement and being a general pain in the ass and presumptive moral authority.


Oh and to be clear, I am not particularly sorry if they are upset by that but you see, I am not responsible for their feelings just like it isn’t their actual job to tell anyone how to feel about a post…especially when expressing one’s self on one’s own page. But hey these folks have a mission, right?


I shared this post because I found it absurd. It wasn’t a “cry for help” post and honestly what is wrong with those who can read so much into the post to begin with? And so many decided to read so much into it. Calling me judgmental, while ironically taking me to task and being judgmental and the comments they were posting was judgmental. Or the woman who had to tie it to a possibly mythical person who worked her fingers to the bone while their spouse did pro-bono work for the disenfranchised in Philadelphia. What the what? HOW and WHY did they read so much into a post that was about how ridiculous and unnecessary some of the “anonymous” posts are.

Do as I say damn it, not as I do. Only they wouldn’t say damn it because it would stop people from finding them Christian or spiritual or Donna Reed meets Carol Brady or whatever.

Now a bunch of people were more normal and conversational about the topic of anonymous posts. Even if you don’t agree with them, you can interact with them safely.

I have never understood the people that feel the need to comment on EVERY post on social media. Do they ever just scroll by? Or have their opinion on their own social media pages? If it’s not pink fuzzy bunnies and unicorns farting rainbows, they show extreme discomfort. This of course begs the question of why are they on social media to begin with if it is so Sodom and Gomorrah ? Are they social media missionaries for freaks sake?

And the thing about social media is we can carve our own niche. We quite literally do not have to be up anyone else’s ass on their social media pages. And yet? That is exactly what a lot of these people do. And a lot of them feel the need to do it to me which is mostly sociologically curious to me because of the simple fact why are they on my blog’s Facebook page if they find me, a total stranger, so objectionable? I am not breaking any laws, but I do express my own opinions. Why are my opinions a threat or is it more anyone else’s opinions other than their own are a threat? Of course that brings the full circle thought of why are they on a particular social media page or social media at all?

And then these people get annoyed if I comment back other than in a groveling please may I have some more passive aggressive abuse manner, or heaven forbid delete their comment or remove them from the page entirely. Gosh and don’t call these people out or write about them.

But I will call people out if I see fit. Sometimes it is merely for amusement, other times it is just because we all get tired of people who tell us how we are supposed to be in order to make them comfortable. Other times, like this, they provide me with writing material.

People, we all do not have to be the same and think the same. Then we would be Stepford Wives, which would be a fate worse than death. I think a lot of these anonymous posts are truly absurd. And it’s perfectly acceptable to say so. And no one has to agree with anyone’s opinion, but preaching unicorns fart rainbows constantly? It activates the gag reflex.

I leave you all with an pictural explanation of WHY unicorns fart rainbows. Have a great rest of your weekends all!

8/1/18 update to :maybe they should have a tofu roast?

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August 1, 2018 UPDATE: So last evening the fire company released the above. Very carefully scripted in my humble opinion. They say several factors including low ticket sales and the amount of volunteer work to get it done properly- however it’s not not exclusively those reasons necessarily is it? They didn’t say there wasn’t any protest did they?

While I am super happy to hear they are doing well with other fund raisers, many questions remain since the whole pig roast protest thing was reported by multiple individuals including the lady who first posted about this in Malvern Community Forum.

Maybe I have an overly suspicious mind, I really don’t know, but I still think there is more to the story than the public knows. And to Malvern Fire Company, no, I would never undo a donation I gave, but after hearing what I heard, like many others I sent in a small donation because I felt so badly about what I had heard. Now I do not know what to think and honestly, I also don’t quite know how I feel about THAT.

Original post intact below.

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I received this from a friend at 4:51 PM today. I first heard about this this morning. And I was outraged. What I was told is that the poor fire company got emails and phone calls saying a pig roast was a horrible thing to do to an animal, and HUH???

I’m sorry where do these people think that bacon, hotdogs, ribs and more come from?What the hell is wrong with people? And I’m sorry that this news is worth a “what the hell.” This pig roast is a community event that has been quite successful in Malvern Borough for the Malvern Fire Company. Our communities are served by mostly volunteer fire companies and community fundraisers help a lot!

I do not know what is wrong with people moving out here but do they think that their food is grown on either of the roofs of Wegmans, Kimberton Whole Foods, or Whole Foods?

What do they want? A tofu roast?To say you love the community and then to throw a monkey wrench into a successful community summer fundraiser for a local fire company is shameful. And those people who wrote those emails and made those phone calls should be giving immediate donations to the Malvern Fire Company to make up for what they will lose by canceling this event. I know I made a small donation to the Malvern Fire Company this afternoon after I heard about this.

You can make a donation by going to their website and looking for the yellow donate button or my mailing them a check or dropping it off at the fire house on King. They are at 424 E. King Malvern, PA 19355.

Pig roasts, clam bakes, chicken dinners, fairs, carnivals and barbecues are also a hallmark of summer. Old fashioned fun steeped in traditions older than we are.They foster a sense of community and for local fire companies they raise money and help them out. Plus they are helping all of us out by hosting an all-American community event.

If this craziness is true, it is anti-American in my book to fuss and get it cancelled. Anyone who either called or emailed the fire company to protest a pig roast also has no clue as to the agricultural history of Chester County! I get that people are vegan and vegetarian, but that doesn’t mean the entire community at large is or should be. And truthfully when you go to these events if you are vegan and vegetarian you either bring your own food or you find a way to eat around the meat. You don’t up and get a community event cancelled for that or because you dont like it in general do you?

And before somebody rolls up on me saying I am discriminating against vegans and vegetarians, I have them in my family. And what I know about my own family members is they’re not going to go protest to have a community event canceled because it’s not food they eat. They just eat around it and support the community event. Hey what a novel idea – that’s what grown-ups do.

I’ve gone to plenty of beef and beer fundraisers over the course of my life and I don’t drink beer. I have soda instead.

The screenshot above is one I have in its original format but the poster’s name was crossed out for post purposes to protect their identity.

In communities, I don’t think you mess with traditions. Now maybe this pig roast wasn’t an age-old fire company tradition, but it has been a successful event for the past few years and was becoming a new tradition in the summer. I think it’s really pathetic that people would ruin that for the public at large, their community in which they live, and for a beloved local volunteer fire company.

Please consider giving an immediate donation to the Malvern fire company to help them offset the loss they will experience for not holding this event if this is true.

I still think this event should go on and if ignorant people want to protest it like they protest planned deer hunts in Valley Forge Park, let them. They are the ones who are the smaller, ignorant people for it. I’m getting off my soapbox now. I am just appalled at this news if it’s true.