The very definition of a snowflake

The article below is from the Nextdoor app penned by a neighbor.  This defines the changes in culture and morality that are inevitable going to become the norm in the coming decades.  In case you didn't know, a "Snowflake" is someone who adheres to the values represented below.  These values are immoral and I will take them one by one as to why the are immoral.

First of all, being grumpy is not a crime and if you don't like grumpy people, as soon as you find out they are grumpy, get them out of your life.  Halloween does not have an age limit but trick or treating does.  You shouldn't trick or treat after age 12 or you will find yourself suspect.  That old lady didn't rob you of your childhood, biology did.  A hundred and fifty years ago you would have started menstruating at 18 and would have been shorter and slighter.  Too bad you're body is well on it's way to adulthood while your emotions are not.  Nothing you can do about that except mature. Again, there is no law and you are able to go out trick or treating as much as you want with the expectation that you will encounter grumpy or incredulous individuals.  This is the reason I stopped handing out candy.  While I enjoyed the costumes of children, giving candy to teens and above struck me as weird.  So I stopped handing out candy like the majority of people on my street.  Eventually, Halloween trick or treating neighborhood to neighborhood will die out.  Halloween trick or treating will become an single place event rather than the random geographic tradition.  A teenager is not a child and not an adult.  It is a time of putting away childish things and working on becoming an independent human being.  Teenagers and adults can dress up for Halloween and revel like children at parties or clubs, but they incur no cost to people who like to hand out candy.  You don't have as many trick or treaters as you did four years ago because the population is aging and the benefits of trick or treating is diminishing with the candy providers seeing less and less children and more teenagers.  You are creating your own demise of trick or treating by including teenagers.

The niece should have hung out with other 16 year olds at a party instead of trick or treating.  No one can make you feel anything, including grumpy old mean ladies.  "The lady doth protest too much, methinks".  The grumpy old lady has the right to distribute her candy to whoever she wishes and comment on any costume she wishes.  You came to her house with a reasonable expectation of candy and civil costume commentary.  You received neither.  Get over it.  Now you know not to go to the old lady's house for the next two years of your extended childhood.  Not to worry.  Like me, the old lady will be doing an internal cost benefit analysis and decide to stop handing out candy.  Trick or treating will decline slowly until your niece will describe in her declining years the joy of trick or treating until her 18th birthday.  A concept unfamiliar to her audience of grandchildren.  Little will her grandchildren realize that the tradition was killed and not passed on by their snowflake of a grandmother.  

To the grumpy old lady on Academy who gave out treat bags on Halloween. Halloween does not have an age limit. When a teenager chooses to embrace their childhood and go trick or treating in costume you give them candy. You give them candy because they could be out causing trouble, partying, or harassing people. But instead they choose to embrace their youth and enjoy one of their last Halloween’s as a child. It is also not for you to interrogate the children about their costume and tell them that their home-made costume isn’t good enough to receive a treat.

Halloween night you stole happiness from children, not just mine but many others. Mean people such as yourself are why we don’t have as many trick or treaters as we did 4years ago. Halloween night my 16year old niece chose to go with her younger brothers and her 2yr old cousin (my daughter) trick or treating. She did this because in her words “ I only have 2 Halloween’s left before I leave for college. I don’t want to miss out on making memories with the kids.” She dressed up in full Mary Poppins gear worthy of a Disney Castmember. When she came to your door you scolded her for being an adult trying to get candy. She politely explained that she is 16. Then you accused her of being a teen mom because my daughter was standing with her holding her hand. She told you no she is my cousin her mom is right there pointing to the sidewalk. You still refused to give her candy. You then went on to tell my 12year old nephew that his costume was not good enough to receive candy. He was dressed as Mike from Monsters Inc. He was wearing the homemade costume that I lovingly made to wear when I was pregnant with my son who passed away soon after birth. He asked to wear this costume specifically in memory of my son. (BTW it’s a cute costume with a glowing googly eyeball). You took it even further asking my 9yr old nephew to remove his head from his costume to make sure he wasn’t an adult. My kids are entirely too polite to argue with an adult and had I know what had happened I would have corrected you at that time. During the course of the evening I overheard other groups of children complaining about you and your interrogations. So congratulations  grumpy pants you successfully berated and harassed children and made them not want to trick or treat. You stole their youth and innocence. You stole their joy and excitement for a fun holiday.