What fresh hell has the American imagination wrought for us this year? Well, the hell may not be fresh as in original, but it is actually really, really scary in how weirdly dumb it is.
The Most Googled Costume Ideas For Each State Are Scarier Than Halloween Itself.
By
Michael Avery in
Facts
On 20th October 2015
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What fresh hell has the American imagination wrought for us this year? Well, the hell may not be fresh as in original, but it is actually really, really scary in how weirdly dumb it is. The 3rd week of October means it's officially time for Americans to panic-Google Halloween costumes, and the data-crunching real estate blog Estately has created this map of which costumes each state Googles more than any other. Except, that is, for a handful of states labeled "none," which all Googled the same tired ideas as the other states, but at lower rates. As unoriginal as these states seem, however, they all pale in comparison to South Dakota, where they search "Costume Ideas" more than anyone else. At least they're honest (with themselves) about it.
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Other highlights in the map below include Texas's completely non-shocking shocking costume, Louisianans' simple desire to become a gun, Doc McStuffins (which was a new one for this writer), and "Slutty Pumpkin," a slutty costume so amusing it could well be a prank costume inserted into Halloween store shelves. The rest of it is pretty much horrifying in its implication:
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Wait. Arkansas' #1 costume is Rock? The Rock? A personification of Little Rock itself? The spirit of Rock 'n Roll? Indiana is Tree? COW, South Carolina? What's next, a potato? Oh. Hi, Ohio.
