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Disney Is Encouraging and Exploiting the Rise of “Kidults” (jacobin.com)

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[–] CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (3 children)

I don't see the connection between the "Disney adults" described by this article and the wider "kidult culture" that's supposedly characterized by playing Stardew Valley and watching K-Pop Demon Hunters.

On the one hand, this article points to people spending huge sums of money to permanently live in a constructed escapist fantasy, and on the other hand you have (relatively) cheap media where someone might spend a few hours engaging with in their free time each day.

Calling out "cozy games" where you "tend vegetable gardens" is especially odd: The clearest connection to escapism in those games is about living in a community where everyone is connected on a personal level. You know, the very thing capitalist society abolishes for profit every day. I don't see where enjoyment of that media connects to living a Disney-themed life, basically the complete opposite.

[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I am upset the dragged Stardew into this.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

Yeah if anything it's a very adult fantasy, closer to what my grandma would play than a more violent game

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 6 hours ago

Can't get any more wholesome than Stardew Valley.

[–] QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

Well thought out. This is Disney trying to maintain its stranglehold on culture. With the rising cost of everything, it certainly won't last for long...

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

why can't i play star dew and call of duty though?

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 hours ago

Call of Dewty