• kilternkafuffle [any]
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    4 years ago

    Swaths of adults being obsessed with children’s media and basing their identities around it is a symptom of late stage neoliberal daycare treaty treat brain and I refuse to normalize it

    This is a fair argument. I think an adult playing with children's toys, so to speak, is by definition childish.

    However, you seem to me like the guy who reads, "Religion is the opium of the masses," and walks away saying, "Destroy all religion!" Childish things, like religion, are a salve to rub on the limbs weary from capitalism, the burdens of life. Attacking them isn't attacking capitalism, it's attacking its victims. And unlike religion, childish things seem mostly harmless to me.

    I'm someone who thinks most media is utter shit. "90+% on Rotten Tomatoes? Let me try it..." and then I cringe at how poorly it's written for an hour before turning it off. As I said, I thought MLP was wholesome and decently written, but I it was too boring to keep watching. If someone manages to find something they like, even if it's odd, why the need to ostracize them?