Part of this is also cause Canadian identity is tied up in NOt BEING AMERICAn. A Canadian YouTuber talks about that a bit (JJ Mcullugh…I can’t spell Irish names as they decided to do weird things with the alphabet). Anyway, this also makes sense in a “we aren’t like those dreadful Americans” way too.
I’ve also noticed the adolescence stuff and you’re right largely. Though, I think some of the stuff was harmless if the person wasn’t being serious about it. Like I know my house or whatever but I don’t think it actually signifies anything real. Just something silly that is easily put away.
In my line of work, however, this extended adolescence means students who do little on their own and it’s one reason teachers are overburdened. I still try to instill independence but there’s lots in the way it seems.
100% true about the Canadian identity being nothing but “Not American”. It is hard to shake (sometimes even for me as a red pilled Canadian who proudly gained my American citizenship recently). The West has a bit of a separate identity and most of the adults live in Alberta. Now to see if they actually finally get up the gumption to do something about their toxic relationship with the rest of the country.
But the left coast, Vancouver is somewhere between Commiefornia and People’s Republic of China while the associated criminal and drug cartels transform it into an unlivable unaffordable threat to both Canada and the United States
Star Wars and Lord the Rings have similar use, as parables to explain things in real life. Historically the Bible was used in this role, but popular media has supplanted it. If you watch Thomas Massie’s Off the Grid video mostly on building his house, he describes himself as a Hobbit going to Mordor (Washington D. C.).
It reminds me of how you're never ever allowed to judge any of a woman's lifestyle choices. If she becomes a single mother, if she has an abortion, if she gives the baby up for adoption, if she keeps the baby, if she has children with multiple fathers, if she has children with men who are constantly in and out of jail, if she divorces or leaves the father of her children, if she moves in with or marries a man and experiences a negative result...it's never her fault. Ever. She was "forced" into it. None of her choices contributed to her negative outcomes in any way. How DARE you judge her for making certain choices...which weren't choices at all, because she was FORCED to do what she did.
My mother lived at home after graduating high school & had a full time job. The difference in those days was that you were now a contributing adult to the household & did your share of house work & paying bills. My parents were able to put a down payment on a house because of her savings from years of work. I believe most who attend college these days are on a four year all expense paid vacation. Parents send them off with a debit card & say have fun, don’t struggle. Is anyone surprised they’re incapable of managing everyday life let alone getting & holding down a job?
There’s no financial literacy being taught at home. Parents let their kids visit & pick their schools regardless of the cost or usefulness of the degree. They’ll either have the means to pay for it or many just let the kids get the loans that are doled out freely without educating them about what kind of money they need to earn to pay it off. Everybody is living in LaLa land.
A couple years ago at work we had a fun holiday activity--making our own Christmas ornaments for the tree by the receptionist area. Despite being busy as all heck I was like, fine, sure whatever. No one else stayed at their desk. After a few minutes I realized I was a 48-year old man doing things with glitter glue. I went back to work.
It's not just a preference of childish adults but corporate policy of infantilization. Let Big Mommy corporation run your emotional and spiritual life for you.
These things are usually started up by HR which are run by a lot of feminist type women who just get paid a lot of throw parties & events for “culture” at the company & if you actually need real HR help like insurance questions or 401K issues they hand you a business card. Most people don’t want to do these things I have found at work.
No, it’s really not HR who does these things. More than likely someone in the department suggested it as a holiday activity and the department manager approved it.
HR exists primarily to protect the company from legal problems, so they mainly process complaints and administer what lawyers and executives deem necessary to protect the corp and or keep in compliance with policy (which is always approved in the C-suite).
It was HR who sent out emails about various happenings, and whom I had to inform if I was attending BBQs and holiday work events. They were present at the check-in table when I arrived, and they ran the contest for the most festively decorated desk. They are way more involved in these kinds of things, or at least they were where I worked. Sure, they are there to protect the company from legal problems, but most of the real things you needed from them were outsourced to someone else when it came down to it.
There's nothing like continual office social activities to get in the way of work (not to mention pointless meetings). I always wished they'd just leave me alone and let me get my job done.
It’s all that they gave up their personal responsibility to the govt. the behavior is reactive. The govt has taken the position of the generational trauma and abuser and gaslit the citizens blaming someone who has no power over them is scapegoating and not taking personal accountability for their thoughts and actions. It seems the bypass result of a socialist country. And many in this country want to blame Trump for their inability to function as adults. He’s not doing it to them - they have given up their personal accountability. And previous administrations have presented them with gold stars and put victims on a pedestal and let them throw tantrums and destroy property with no accountability. “Oh, they have it hard so we are going to vilify anyone who acts like a responsible adult”
Nowadays , you don't even need a real villain . It's neither neccessary or effective to draw a parallel to historical figures . Or find real evidence. Besides, all those symbols were torn down in 2020. Culture & entertainment archetypes are the best way to divert accountability , and embrace as meaningful . Everyone knows Harry Potter . Voldemort was easy to assimilate by the virtually fixated populus civitas . I wonder if the actual spirit of Voldemort isn't really at work? Just not in the way they think.
The "childrening" of adults is real. It's really huge in Corporate America. "Team calls" or "team meeting" in which adults are treated like eight year olds during story hour. It starts in school with participation trophies and "your feelings/truth" and continues on. Today companies have informal means of communication (Slack, Teams) and it's something out of seventh grade.
It started with Generation X. Also included are Baby Boomers from the Vietnam Era that have been waiting for "I'd like to buy the world a Coke" to come back for 55 years now while wearing their fucking mask.
Now take some heart. It seems as though at least young men under age 25 are starting to reject this crap. There's a reason dude you were born with two testicles. Maybe start to use them beyond ejaculating all over yourself or in side some dumb, whinny woke bit$h that wants to drag you to the "Fight the ICE" rally.
One place I worked we were required to have quarterly check in meetings with our staff, 1:1. As part of the check in, I was supposed to ask my staff person about their personal life and how they were “really” doing. Seriously?!? That is none of my business or the company’s business. Ugh.
This is soooo good. You didn't mention it, but I've read about , and know personally, early middle-age people who make an annual pilgrimage to Disneyland/Disney World, leaving their kids behind!! If that isn't the height of arrested development, I don't know what would be, except, of course as you highlighted, the Harry Potter kidults. Kidults.🤣🤣🤣 Perfect! Trekkies and Star Wars obsessed adults give the Dizykidults a run for their money.
Now you know what is a very adult passion? Hurricane lamps. Yep. Sure sign we have an adult in the room.
Part of this is also cause Canadian identity is tied up in NOt BEING AMERICAn. A Canadian YouTuber talks about that a bit (JJ Mcullugh…I can’t spell Irish names as they decided to do weird things with the alphabet). Anyway, this also makes sense in a “we aren’t like those dreadful Americans” way too.
I’ve also noticed the adolescence stuff and you’re right largely. Though, I think some of the stuff was harmless if the person wasn’t being serious about it. Like I know my house or whatever but I don’t think it actually signifies anything real. Just something silly that is easily put away.
In my line of work, however, this extended adolescence means students who do little on their own and it’s one reason teachers are overburdened. I still try to instill independence but there’s lots in the way it seems.
100% true about the Canadian identity being nothing but “Not American”. It is hard to shake (sometimes even for me as a red pilled Canadian who proudly gained my American citizenship recently). The West has a bit of a separate identity and most of the adults live in Alberta. Now to see if they actually finally get up the gumption to do something about their toxic relationship with the rest of the country.
But the left coast, Vancouver is somewhere between Commiefornia and People’s Republic of China while the associated criminal and drug cartels transform it into an unlivable unaffordable threat to both Canada and the United States
Star Wars and Lord the Rings have similar use, as parables to explain things in real life. Historically the Bible was used in this role, but popular media has supplanted it. If you watch Thomas Massie’s Off the Grid video mostly on building his house, he describes himself as a Hobbit going to Mordor (Washington D. C.).
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=18_yXt1s2yc
It reminds me of how you're never ever allowed to judge any of a woman's lifestyle choices. If she becomes a single mother, if she has an abortion, if she gives the baby up for adoption, if she keeps the baby, if she has children with multiple fathers, if she has children with men who are constantly in and out of jail, if she divorces or leaves the father of her children, if she moves in with or marries a man and experiences a negative result...it's never her fault. Ever. She was "forced" into it. None of her choices contributed to her negative outcomes in any way. How DARE you judge her for making certain choices...which weren't choices at all, because she was FORCED to do what she did.
This has the same energy.
My mother lived at home after graduating high school & had a full time job. The difference in those days was that you were now a contributing adult to the household & did your share of house work & paying bills. My parents were able to put a down payment on a house because of her savings from years of work. I believe most who attend college these days are on a four year all expense paid vacation. Parents send them off with a debit card & say have fun, don’t struggle. Is anyone surprised they’re incapable of managing everyday life let alone getting & holding down a job?
There's NO financial literacy being taught in the schools let alone the acquisition of adulthood.
There’s no financial literacy being taught at home. Parents let their kids visit & pick their schools regardless of the cost or usefulness of the degree. They’ll either have the means to pay for it or many just let the kids get the loans that are doled out freely without educating them about what kind of money they need to earn to pay it off. Everybody is living in LaLa land.
A couple years ago at work we had a fun holiday activity--making our own Christmas ornaments for the tree by the receptionist area. Despite being busy as all heck I was like, fine, sure whatever. No one else stayed at their desk. After a few minutes I realized I was a 48-year old man doing things with glitter glue. I went back to work.
It's not just a preference of childish adults but corporate policy of infantilization. Let Big Mommy corporation run your emotional and spiritual life for you.
These things are usually started up by HR which are run by a lot of feminist type women who just get paid a lot of throw parties & events for “culture” at the company & if you actually need real HR help like insurance questions or 401K issues they hand you a business card. Most people don’t want to do these things I have found at work.
No, it’s really not HR who does these things. More than likely someone in the department suggested it as a holiday activity and the department manager approved it.
HR exists primarily to protect the company from legal problems, so they mainly process complaints and administer what lawyers and executives deem necessary to protect the corp and or keep in compliance with policy (which is always approved in the C-suite).
It was HR who sent out emails about various happenings, and whom I had to inform if I was attending BBQs and holiday work events. They were present at the check-in table when I arrived, and they ran the contest for the most festively decorated desk. They are way more involved in these kinds of things, or at least they were where I worked. Sure, they are there to protect the company from legal problems, but most of the real things you needed from them were outsourced to someone else when it came down to it.
I always found HR to be useless meddlers.
Speaking only from my experience. I guess I was lucky. That said, I did leave the corporate world to do my own thing quite awhile ago.
There's nothing like continual office social activities to get in the way of work (not to mention pointless meetings). I always wished they'd just leave me alone and let me get my job done.
It’s all that they gave up their personal responsibility to the govt. the behavior is reactive. The govt has taken the position of the generational trauma and abuser and gaslit the citizens blaming someone who has no power over them is scapegoating and not taking personal accountability for their thoughts and actions. It seems the bypass result of a socialist country. And many in this country want to blame Trump for their inability to function as adults. He’s not doing it to them - they have given up their personal accountability. And previous administrations have presented them with gold stars and put victims on a pedestal and let them throw tantrums and destroy property with no accountability. “Oh, they have it hard so we are going to vilify anyone who acts like a responsible adult”
Nowadays , you don't even need a real villain . It's neither neccessary or effective to draw a parallel to historical figures . Or find real evidence. Besides, all those symbols were torn down in 2020. Culture & entertainment archetypes are the best way to divert accountability , and embrace as meaningful . Everyone knows Harry Potter . Voldemort was easy to assimilate by the virtually fixated populus civitas . I wonder if the actual spirit of Voldemort isn't really at work? Just not in the way they think.
Voldemort who? I've never read Harry Porter or seen the movies.
He's the evil majik sorcerer bad guy villain in the story.
The "childrening" of adults is real. It's really huge in Corporate America. "Team calls" or "team meeting" in which adults are treated like eight year olds during story hour. It starts in school with participation trophies and "your feelings/truth" and continues on. Today companies have informal means of communication (Slack, Teams) and it's something out of seventh grade.
It started with Generation X. Also included are Baby Boomers from the Vietnam Era that have been waiting for "I'd like to buy the world a Coke" to come back for 55 years now while wearing their fucking mask.
Now take some heart. It seems as though at least young men under age 25 are starting to reject this crap. There's a reason dude you were born with two testicles. Maybe start to use them beyond ejaculating all over yourself or in side some dumb, whinny woke bit$h that wants to drag you to the "Fight the ICE" rally.
Oh my gosh, yes.
One place I worked we were required to have quarterly check in meetings with our staff, 1:1. As part of the check in, I was supposed to ask my staff person about their personal life and how they were “really” doing. Seriously?!? That is none of my business or the company’s business. Ugh.
This is soooo good. You didn't mention it, but I've read about , and know personally, early middle-age people who make an annual pilgrimage to Disneyland/Disney World, leaving their kids behind!! If that isn't the height of arrested development, I don't know what would be, except, of course as you highlighted, the Harry Potter kidults. Kidults.🤣🤣🤣 Perfect! Trekkies and Star Wars obsessed adults give the Dizykidults a run for their money.
Now you know what is a very adult passion? Hurricane lamps. Yep. Sure sign we have an adult in the room.
1 Corinthians 13:11 comes to mind.
I’ve seen T-shirts that say ‘not adulting today’. When did adult become a verb??
Some days I’m pretty sure my 19 yo daughter is more adult than most people over 40.