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We've been needing something like this for long enough. Collect examples of Disney lunacy here.
What is a Disney Adult?
A Disney Adult is hard to define, but much like Justice Potter Stewart's famous quote about porn, you know it when you see it.
A Disney Adult is not just someone who might enjoy the company's IP, or who has fond memories of films or trips to the parks, nor are they even a family who indulges occasionally as a tradition with their children. Instead, the Disney Adult goes further beyond.
These individuals define themselves by what they consume, and have made their consumption of Disney products and parks part of their core identity.
They are pueri aeterni of the modern era. Peter Pan fans with Peter Pan syndrome. They generally tend to be childless millennials, but a hot young crop of zoomers is hot on their tail, as is reflected in the park visitor data:
(Source | Archive: https://archive.is/EZolc)
(Source | Archive: https://archive.ph/ew8aR)
(Source | Archive: https://archive.is/5mEGT)
You could even argue that these hyper-consumerist individuals are the ones for shitting up the parks and merch for everyone else, as their constant arms-race against Disney is what has led to things like the creation of the Genie system and their constant drive to consoom enables the creation of low-quality products that are guaranteed to sell.
For discussing the company itself, please go to THE DISNEY THREAD.
For general consumerism and consumption, please visit THE CONSOOMER THREAD.
Example Videos
Why Disney Doesn't Let Adults Dress Up
Who is the Biggest Disney Adult?
Being a Disney Adult
And the opposite: Why I am No Longer a Disney Adult
YouTube Channels to Check for Content
Sample Articles
Related Threads
Sample TikToks (More in post below)
Posts of Note:
What is a Disney Adult?
A Disney Adult is hard to define, but much like Justice Potter Stewart's famous quote about porn, you know it when you see it.
A Disney Adult is not just someone who might enjoy the company's IP, or who has fond memories of films or trips to the parks, nor are they even a family who indulges occasionally as a tradition with their children. Instead, the Disney Adult goes further beyond.
These individuals define themselves by what they consume, and have made their consumption of Disney products and parks part of their core identity.
They are pueri aeterni of the modern era. Peter Pan fans with Peter Pan syndrome. They generally tend to be childless millennials, but a hot young crop of zoomers is hot on their tail, as is reflected in the park visitor data:
(Source | Archive: https://archive.is/EZolc)
(Source | Archive: https://archive.ph/ew8aR)
(Source | Archive: https://archive.is/5mEGT)
You could even argue that these hyper-consumerist individuals are the ones for shitting up the parks and merch for everyone else, as their constant arms-race against Disney is what has led to things like the creation of the Genie system and their constant drive to consoom enables the creation of low-quality products that are guaranteed to sell.
For discussing the company itself, please go to THE DISNEY THREAD.
For general consumerism and consumption, please visit THE CONSOOMER THREAD.
Example Videos
Why Disney Doesn't Let Adults Dress Up
Who is the Biggest Disney Adult?
Being a Disney Adult
And the opposite: Why I am No Longer a Disney Adult
YouTube Channels to Check for Content
- Ordinary Adventures: https://www.youtube.com/@OrdinaryAdventures
- Paging Mr. Morrow: https://www.youtube.com/@PagingMrMorrow
- Disney Food Blog: https://www.youtube.com/@DFBGuide*
- Mammoth Club: https://www.youtube.com/@Mammoth_Club*
- TheTimTracker: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTimTracker
- Magic Journeys: https://www.youtube.com/@Magic_Journeys
- Pammie Plus Parks: https://www.youtube.com/@PammiePlusParks
- Travel with Josh & Taylor: https://www.youtube.com/@travelwithjoshandtaylor
- Lisaland: https://www.youtube.com/@Lisaoflisaland
- Adam Hattan: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSi1tI9v5Z-GUlU58oDn3jg
- Cinema Sickness: https://www.youtube.com/c/cinemasickness
- PCDev: https://www.youtube.com/@PCDev
Sample Articles
- ‘It’s like a religion’: Viral video of sobbing woman reignites debate over ‘Disney adults’
- What can ‘Disney adults’ teach us about religion? A lot, according to this professor
- Disney turns kids into dysfunctional adults
- How ‘Disney Adults’ Became the Most Hated Group on the Internet
- Queer Disney Adults are Struggling to Reconcile the Company’s Politics with Its Output
- Disney Adults Are Having A Magical Time Whether You Like It Or Not
- Disney is developing planned communities for fans who never want to leave its clutches
Related Threads
- Disney General - For company shenanigans
- Disney Fetishists - Bring the eye bleach
- Frequently spotted in the Munchies thread
- GlitterandLazers - Fatty Sally Shine who flees to Disney when she's sad despite being incapable of doing anything but eating while there. She was one of the first people on the newest Disney Cruise liner and you've probably seen the resulting image elsewhere already:
- Jenny Nicholson - Basic white girl on the Internet who got successful by being a 7/10 who talks about mainstream geek things (Anything Disney, Harry Potter, MLP, stuff like that) - @Rob_Mercury
- Lindsay Ellis - Pseudo-intellectual video essayist, everything is political (currently on hiatus)
- Clownfish TV - Disney Adult couple who are only left the cult because they had beef with the parks
- MovieBob - The absolute embodiment of the stereotypical nerdy fat white manchild, a real-life Comicbook Guy (right down to the sanctimonious and arrogant attitude about pop-culture) who styles himself as a "journalist" & cultural critic, often found to be white knighting for Marvel films online - @Done
- Bex - Associated with the video game industry and tangentially related to gamergate. When she's not changing her pronouns, or adopting another "marginalized" identity to add to her checklist, she likes to whine until her duo of cucks takes her to Disney. She is known to whine constantly about money, despite staying for days at Disneyland Resorts (while living within easy driving distance of the park), eating expensive food that is never kosher (in spite of her "Jewish" identity), and having a hideous wardrobe of Disney-themed clothing and accessories. Disney was the site of one of her weddings, at least one honeymoon, and her destination of choice every time she's feeling very oppressed - so park trips are more frequent than many cows shower - @MadDisaster
Sample TikToks (More in post below)
Posts of Note:
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