Pumpkin Memes to Pass Time While Awaiting the Great Pumpkin (October 8, 2026)

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Oct 8, 2026 7:45 AM EDT

Is the Great Pumpkin real?

Experts have recently reported that pumpkin products can pose great risks of salmonella to young children. That is pretty rotten news if you're a concerned parent with kids who want to go to the pumpkin patch this season. If you're a childless adult like me who wants to go to the pumpkin patch, you're probably safe, just as long as you don't lick the outside of the pumpkin. 

There have been a lot of posts on Twitter lately questioning why a childless adult would subject themselves to an apple orchard or a pumpkin patch if they don't have kids to share it with. As an adult who has braved the pumpkin patch for my own enjoyment, it's because I'm trying to keep the magic of Halloween alive within me! Halloween as an adult can be exhausting, especially in NYC. People expect you to have three different Halloween costumes for all of the parties you're attending, and that's far too many costumes for me. I long for the days of yore, when I would come up with an idea for a costume, my mom and grandma would make it, and I would be the belle of the ball at my Elementary school. Sometimes I just want to enjoy the simple pleasures of Halloween, like carving pumpkins, instead of trying to come up with the most creative Halloween costume in North Brooklyn. 

When I want to indulge in the pleasures of my childhood, pumpkin memes remind me both of the pumpkin carving of my youth, and the endless meme scrolling of my teens. The best of both worlds!

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    "The perfect jack-o-lantern doesn't exi--"
    via webgemmedia
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    forever chasing this vibe brau
    via lucky_hellcat

    My coworker (who DJs on the side) hosted a Halloween party last year where guests could only request a song if they successfully bobbed an apple. She did this thinking that nobody would bob for apples (because it's gross), and therefore she would get no song requests, but it was quite the opposite! She had to play so many horrible songs because adults at a Halloween party were so down to bob for apples. 

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    I don't want to answer emails, I want to be spooky
    via jilldvln
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    Quitting my job to focus on Halloween
    via halloweengirll
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    it's spooky season
    via officephotos
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    they could NEVER make me hate you. Watermelon Sir @Watermelon1Sir They taste good to those pure of heart. But as soon as you eat too many they detect your greed and start tasting awful as a self-defense mechanism.
    via reallydumbtweets

    A couple of years ago, I hosted a Halloween themed birthday party for myself, and I got so much candy corn that nobody ate. I tried to eat it over the course of the month, but one person just can't consume nearly a gallon of candy corn, even if they love candy corn and they try to consume as much as possible!

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    lauren @aptkr I work in an animation studio with some of the best artists I've ever met and this is the pumpkin that won our carving contest yesterday. 1ST PRIZE
    via dorpyy
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    Me watching Hocus Pocus for the 110th time
    via spookyb****esrus
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    this is what happens when we drain pumpkins of their spice, think twice before u order that latte
    via creepyafshow
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    she is defrosting.
    via allysbookshoparoundthecorner
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    autumn affirmations @ragzandrelics i will thrift with the focus of a squirrel storing acorns i am grounded like a pumpkin on a porch i trust the perfect oversized sweater will reveal itself to me i am allowed to build an entire idenity around soup and apple cider i am a cozy little goblin doing my best i will not chase. i will haunt
    via ragzandrelics

    I am in such need of a new vintage autumnal sweater. It feels like it's been years since I have gotten my paws on one!

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    $2,850 a month. 1 bedroom, 1 bat.
    via evilpez4

    This is what my friend is paying for a one bedroom in Brooklyn, and it's around the same size as the pumpkin.

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    When it's been a rough year but you're still excited for Halloween
    via julianthe2nd

    The last time I got pumpkins for Halloween, I didn't carve them, and it took so much longer for them to start looking like this. I don't think I had to toss the pumpkin that I painted in 2024 until December of that year!

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    when ur the ugly friend
    via meltingmarshmallows
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    me and gang when we link up
    via tumblrarrchive
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    In case you needed something to brighten your day, here's a picture of a cute pumpkin who lives inside of a pumpkin house.
    via budsies
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    my body functions at its highest level when I am eating fresh in-season. produce
    via lgtt_official
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    happy fall it's time for me to post squidward and his pumpkin
    via nyc.sponge
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    Shawty said she wanna go to a pumpkin patch Pumpkins right here pick your favoritese Everyday Low Price 62 67 25 Everyday Low Price 762
    via ms.kitt3n

    The last time I went to a pumpkin patch, it made me understand why my parents wanted to buy pumpkins from the grocery store. Pumpkin patch pumpkins are so expensive!

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    this is what's going on inside my head
    via thesandlotvintage
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    the vibe I bring to the function
    via tales.from.the.thrift
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    Practiced carving my first pumpkin last night. Pretty much nailed it.
    via actualmemes
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    Shrimpycake @BigPenny_ The pumpkin I made last year! A
    via fruitsnacks

    When I was a kid, I was so scared of Nosferatu at the end of this SpongeBob episode that I would cover my eyes at the end of it every time I watched it. I loved SpongeBob so much that I wasn't going to skip even the scariest of episodes. 

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    On a scale of Jack O Lantern, how are you feeling today? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
    via calliegifts
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    Me when the leaves start falling and the breeze starts. crisping it's ween 椰
    via cheezburger
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    My face when I insist on being in fall mode but it's still 90 degrees outside
    via better.off.redd

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