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The next stage of infantalisation. I never thought it would get this bad!
Another part of that trend that I've noticed of late is people calling piss "pee" and shit "poo" or "poop". Just like you did when you were a 2-year-old and Mommy said you had "poo poo diapers" that needed changing.
The next stage of infantalisation. I never thought it would get this bad!
Yeah! Adults should stop doing that childish stuff, like oolouring, watching cartoons, reading fantasy and sci-fi, eating sweets, playing video games and bordgames and roleplaying games, cosplaying, laughing at toilet humour, collecting stamps and postcards and action figures, make funny faces, eat junk food... :) My favourite quote: "To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up…
The next stage of infantalisation. I never thought it would get this bad!
Another part of that trend that I've noticed of late is people calling piss "pee" and shit "poo" or "poop". Just like you did when you were a 2-year-old and Mommy said you had "poo poo diapers" that needed changing.
Not sure if I was pleased or disappointed to discover this was not an implementation of the "all progress comes from pr0n" meme. Not discussed was the obvious manga / anime / comic book theme. Why the game of thrones and abstract art themes mentioned in the article, and not coloring manga or a book themed on anime? Maybe the copyright/licensing situation is super weird in those fields, I can't imagine no one has ever…
A couple of months later, I saw an ad in my Facebook feed, a Lithuanian publisher was selling it here (normally, the books and etc are published here quite a bit later, because it's a tiny market, it was surprising). Although I have pretty much nothing to do with the content we publish, it still felt great knowing it helped to change someones career :)
[1] http://www.boredpanda.com/coloring-books-for-adults-johanna-...
Suddenly? I thought this had already been going on for a year or two.
The next stage of infantalisation. I never thought it would get this bad!
The company I work for (BoredPanda) featured a post about the "Enchanted Forest"[1] over 3 months ago, which gained the author loads of attention. Later she sent us one of the coloring books, we still have it in the office. A couple of months later, I saw an ad in my Facebook feed, a Lithuanian publisher was selling it here (normally, the books and etc are published here quite a bit later, because it's a tiny market,…
[1] http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/05/colouring-books...
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Another part of that trend that I've noticed of late is people calling piss "pee" and shit "poo" or "poop". Just like you did when you were a 2-year-old and Mommy said you had "poo poo diapers" that needed changing.
"pee" and "poop" are like the base terms for those two things. With "piss" and "shit" being the crude terms, and "poo" or "wee" being the more childish terms. This is the most stupid conversation I've ever had on this website.