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Coloring books are suddenly catching on with adults

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If you look through the past fifty years of culture, there is a distinct shift from ultra-masculinity and characteristics of maturity being favored to emotions, childlike playing, and feminine attire becming the characteristics that the youth favor in their sexual partners. Do we not want to acknowledge this is happening, or was it merely the "tone" we're supposedly downvoting once again? One little nitpick, you fo…

You would be guessing wrong, should you wish to guess. Unfortunately, this means your entire post is a Strawman Fallacy. But more importantly, are you saying our culture is not shifting towards the directions I mentioned?

Unfortunately, this means your entire post is a Strawman Fallacy.

Fallacies apply to arguments. The parent poster made none.

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Girlfriend has pretty deep mental health issues, she got one of these for Christmas and it works really well as a coping technique. Takes her mind off of whatever she's obsessing about and instead she gets lost in colouring. Highly recommended as a distraction to an overthinking brain.

I make colouring(with paint) books for kids on iPad and have been giving serious thought to make adult ones. Do you think your girlfriend would interested in working on a digital surface?

Sorry, only just noticed my comment actually got replies. She's not really too into digital surfaces, she prefers using pen(cil) and paper wherever she can. So for my specific use-case it probably wouldn't be to fruitful, but there may be other people who feel differently. I'd say go for it and see what comes of it!
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