SICK DISNEY ADULTS: New York Post headline Sorry, childless millennials going to Disney World is weird
ROLLING STONE: (YES WE KNOW THEY ARE LEFTIST RAG)
How 'Disney Adults' Became the Most Hated Group on the Internet
..................On the internet, however, being a Disney adult is nothing short of an embarrassment. A Disney adult is someone who lives and breathes the brand, buying limited-edition mouse ears and popcorn buckets and branded fitness trackers the moment they drop, constantly posting free advertisements for the park....................
The reaction (TO A REDDIT POST about a bride who hosted a wedding at Disney and paid Mickey Mouse to appear rather than pay for a meal for guests) was swift and vicious. "People were saying Disney fans are a plague upon society, that they will be the end of Western civilization," says Jodi Eichler-Levine, a professor of religious studies at Lehigh University who studies the intersection of Disney and religion.
...................the word that kept coming up was, simply "cringe." On its most basic level, it strikes outsiders as deeply embarrassing to throw oneself into a subculture ostensibly aimed at children - despite the fact that the Disney parks, as Walt Disney first conceived of them, were very much intended for people of all ages.
"There's
a
real
moralistic
judgment
of
Disney
adults,"
she
says.
"It's
like,
'How
dare
you,
instead
of
putting
all
this
money
into
buying
a
house
or
raising
a
family,
put
[it]
into
fleeting
experiences?'
But
that
probably
corresponds
with
changing
cultural
expectations
for
young
adults.".........................