The tasteless costume crown last year was placed upon bonce (britishslang.co.uk) of any wearing that bound and gagged Kim Kardashian robbery victim outfit (Latest Picks 11th Oct. 2016), but this year it’s likely an orange alt-bonce out of a basket of deplorables that will be wearing it—crown made in China, or even Mexico or Honduras of course (thisisnocave.blogspot.co.uk, 9th Nov. 2016):
“One Halloween company is selling a controversial costume that adds to the ever-growing list of insensitive and politically offensive garb that fills dress-up shops this time of year. And its poor taste and timing has resulted in online outrage. Spirit Halloween, well known for their massive variety of costumes, has sold sexy renditions of a border patrol’s uniform with the ‘Border Babe’ and ‘Agent Hall’ costumes for years. … But given the political climate where Trump has announced the end of DACA and continues to push for the construction of a $67 billion wall along the US-Mexico border, the joke is a low jab at the nearly 58 million Hispanics in the country, reported by the Pew Research Center. According to the Gothamist, the outfits are sold next to Trump masks in the store’s New York City shops, offering a hint at the market consumers of these politically offensive outfits.”
Even more scary than The Mail’s “that’s truly scary” fake news costume a few days back (Latest Picks 22nd Sept. 2017), but not entirely surprising either considering “border patrol sex” porn videos (dailydot.com, Dec. 2014) by MindGeek (owner of PornHub, XTube, RedTube etc.) are fapping fodder for a particular angry, girlfriendless 4chan social life alt-demographic.
The costumes themselves described as:
“The female costume takes the form of a tiny khaki green dress with fake leather trimming, a cinched waist belt, and badges, complete with a hat and set of questionable binoculars. Meanwhile, the male version comes with a button down khaki green shirt with an ‘Agent Wall’ name tag and matching hat that bears the legend ‘Border Patrol’.”
Perhaps reminding of that infamous Stanford prison experiment to investigate the psychological effects of perceived power (Wikipedia), but, of course, perception of perceived power could well be reversed should said “border agents” suddenly find some uninvited guests at party seemingly dressed as MS-13 or Barrio Azteca (Wikipedia) members, with “border babes questionable binoculars” being lodged up Agent Wall where the Sonoran Desert sun don’t shine.
But, indeed, why should adults, or even children, get all the dress up fun, with it noted back in 2013 that Americans shelled out $330 million on pet costumes (Pick of the Week 17th Oct. 2013):
Lick or treat! Kmart launches new range of Halloween costumes for cats and dogs … and they’re only $7 (dailymail.co.uk).
“While it’s still a month away before the night of trick or treating grips the nation it would be best to purchase the $7 fancy dress ensembles early to avoid disappointment. Instagram was awash with the #Kmartpets hashtags with pet-devoted accounts sampling the costumes for their eager followers. ‘Mum is obsessed with my new outfit from @kmartaus,’ one pooch named Kiba wrote on their personal social media handle. ‘I have this, the pineapple, the new shark and all the Halloween ones.”
With, understandably:
“‘I hate Kmart. Hate it,’ wrote another frenzied dog-lover.”
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