Pissed Off Pokes (aka The POP): Homecoming-Halloweekend Hangover

The Homecoming-Halloweekend Hangover is real, and not over yet. The team at the POP surveyed students about the highs and lows of what they got into during the end-of-October festivities: getting into the car of a stranger when it is NOT your Uber, getting into disagreements about how women dress up for Halloween, you get the idea. Content warning for anyone who does not want to learn about the favorite indulgences to recover from too much indulging.  

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STUFF OSU SHOULD KNOW

SEASON SEVEN: EPISODE SIX: “The POP”

PRODUCED & RELEASED FALL 2023

(7:43)

CAST

Julianna Rizzo

Camie Garcia

INTRO: Welcome to OSU’s Pissed Off Pokes A.K.A. The P.O.P. I'm one of your hosts, Christian Schrader, and this is the podcast where we ask you guys what's got you pissed off today? Get that popcorn ready because you are listening to the P.O.P.

Julianna: Welcome back to “The POP”, we’re your hosts Julianna…

Camie: and Camie

Julianna: and today we're gonna be talking about the homecoming and halloweekend hangover.

Camie: So we asked a bunch of people what the craziest thing that happened to them during homecoming or Halloween weekend was and somebody literally said that a stranger got into their car thinking they were an Uber.

Julianna: Yeah, um, maybe let's use our context clues and look at the stickers on the car or the big blue Uber lights and if it's not there don't get into the car. No other yeah.

Camie: That is my biggest fear whenever I call an Uber. I'm convinced every single time I'm going to get kidnapped by a stranger, one-hundred percent.

Julianna: Well I feel like this guy was probably just worried that this girl was going to kidnap him from going into his car. All right now we're gonna be getting into some illegal activities. So we have two submissions, one said that someone threw a rock at my truck and the other said that they ran from the cops. Now, I'm not condoning illegal activities, but, running from the cops is just something you might have to do sometimes but this is literally has like very little significance to the conversation but I just want to talk about how come the dry campus rule goes literally out the window as soon as it’s a game day. There are like 50-year-old men in tailgates drinking from 9 AM to whatever the game time is, the game could be at 7 AM and their drinking at 9 AM, and nobody bats an eye. It’s just wild, it’s just a wild concept.

Camie: And why only for football games, like can we not tailgate for the basketball game? Can we not drink at the basketball games?

Julianna: Yeah if I can watch three, seventy year old man like down four 24 packs, that’s an exaggeration, but like why, I don't know it's just, it's just weird, it's just weird how they're so strict with alcohol rules until there's one big sporting event and then everything goes out the window.

Camie: Especially because then the next day you see all the cans and stuff and like packages for alcohol, just out and about, like in parking lots on campus, like by the dorms and stuff, and they don't even say anything.

Julianna: Yeah it's just, “oh we're not going to look at that, but today don't worry about it guys.” I don’t know, it’s just the weird duality of rule thing.

Camie: Now to move on to some halloweekend stories! Somebody said that there was a significant divide that emerged within their friend group, due to their habit of criticizing women's Halloween costumes as provocative. “While they claim to support women, it made me uncomfortable when they

made derogatory comments about women with revealing outfits, such as referring to them as ridiculous, sluts or hoes, or any of the such. It made me worry about the judgment if I or others wanted to express ourselves in a slightly sexy manner.” Somebody else also said that somebody tried to fight them because of their Halloween costume. I don't understand the stigma around judging people on what they wear for Halloween. It’s literally one day a year and on campus, what is a three day weekend event, where you can wear whatever you want, whenever you want?

Julianna: And also not to mention it was low-key kinda hot, like it was warm, but why are we putting women down for their Halloween costumes, cause a lot of the ones that I’ve seen on campus were not revealing like I’ve seen worse regular outfits than on Halloween. We shouldn't be judging them on whether their outfits are provocative or not because everybody slayed Halloween this year. I didn't see a single bad Halloween costume this year.

Camie: And also if a womans going to wear it, it means she feels comfortable wearing it so no men should have the right to judge them for that, but the same goes the other way around. No woman should have the right to judge a man for their Halloween costume, because at the end of the day it’s our bodies and we can wear whatever we want on them.

Julianna: Exactly and it’s Halloween, it’s just supposed to be a fun night but I am very proud of whoever submitted that for separating themselves from such a misogynistic viewpoint because it means that you stuck to your values. Go pokes!

Camie: Couldn't say much better than that. We asked these same people what's the best way to cure this Halloween and homecoming weekend hangover. One of the best replies we probably got was smoke after heavy drinking. I mean to each their own, can’t be me but if that's your thing, they said it's the cure to all hangovers.

Julianna: Somebody else that their best hangover cure is gatorade and a Mcgriddle and I could not agree with you more. There's nothing better than being so exhausted and then eating a Mcgriddle.

Camie: Honestly Mcgriddles slap.

Julianna: For real!

Camie: I mean I’m more of a muffin person but like, to each their own.

Julianna: I’m not a huge McDonald's girly but I would bust it down for a Mcgriddle.

Camie: That and like a baja blast from Taco Bell, day after, like just simple tacos. I can only eat Taco Bell after being drunk or something, but that’s another good one.

Julianna: Oh my gosh I literally think the day after homecoming my friends, we all went and got Taco Bell breakfast and it was probably the best thing I've ever experienced ever.

Camie: That sounds amazing. I think the night of homecoming, we ordered a crap ton of wings from Wingstop and just grubbed and devoured them all. It was amazing!

Julianna: There's nothing better than food for real. But another submission talked about getting away, as far away from campus as possible, somewhere quieter. Yeah I wish for real.

Camie: I wish I could do that, I just slept in until like noon the next day, truthfully.

Julianna: I would love to just get away but my legs can only take me so far.

Camie: Get on my bicycle and start pedaling as hard as I can down the street.

Julianna: Another great hangover cure is a really good sleep and hot chocolate or turkey to celebrate the beginning of new seasons.

Camie: Wild! Those two things are so different.

Julianna: If I had to choose between hot chocolate or turkey, I think my brain would have an aneurysm.

Camie: I don't know, cause it was cold that weekend so my brain is telling me hot chocolate, but like love a good turkey.

Julianna: I know somebody prepared a turkey for me, I would feel so blessed.

Camie: Imagine, the parking lot of the Commons, somebody frying a turkey.

Julianna: They have like the deep fryer, but don't worry because this person, I hope they had a really good weekend after having turkey and hot chocolate.

Camie: In our last response for this, somebody said eating Panera and painting my nails. All I got to say is, was it good? And what color did you paint your nails?

Julianna: I hope they got the chicken and rice soup. That’s not what it’s called, but that’s what it is. It’s really good, go Panera!

Camie: And for our concluding statement, remember, if you do illegal shit, just don't get caught.

Julianna: Respect women's bodies and eat a Mcgriddle or turkey if you have a hangover. This concludes this episode of the POP.

Camie and Julianna: Hashtag, stay pissed off!

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