Adults obsessed with Star Wars, Disney, Harry Potter etc...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do like star wars but don’t nerd out about it. I’m curious though, what is there for an adult to love about Disney?

I find this baffling too but have met adults who are obsessed with Disney so know it’s a real thing. Beyond weird. It’s usually women (maybe too much princess crap when they were little), but I’ve met a few men like this too (tho no straight men).

[Anonymous]

For all the people against young adult you realize that the 30-year-olds you're talking about grew up with Harry Potter. It came out when they were 11, 12, 13, 14. And it revolutionized, even fomented the entire genre. Why should they give up reading books and others like it just because they've gotten older?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I do like star wars but don’t nerd out about it. I’m curious though, what is there for an adult to love about Disney?

I find this baffling too but have met adults who are obsessed with Disney so know it’s a real thing. Beyond weird. It’s usually women (maybe too much princess crap when they were little), but I’ve met a few men like this too (tho no straight men).

Your mind will be blown when you find out about the Disney wedding collection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For all the people against young adult you realize that the 30-year-olds you're talking about grew up with Harry Potter. It came out when they were 11, 12, 13, 14. And it revolutionized, even fomented the entire genre. Why should they give up reading books and others like it just because they've gotten older?

And for the Gen Xers out there, the same is true for Star Wars. I don't talk about it all the time, but I've definitely seen all the movies, and I'm hard pressed to think what would have to happen to get me to skip one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For all the people against young adult you realize that the 30-year-olds you're talking about grew up with Harry Potter. It came out when they were 11, 12, 13, 14. And it revolutionized, even fomented the entire genre. Why should they give up reading books and others like it just because they've gotten older?

Huh? There have always been young adult books. I read voraciously from the time I was 8 and I was not reading Cider House Rules at the age of 11. For most people tho, as they mature, YA fiction doesn’t have the requisite depth or complexity to keep their interest so they move on to books that are written for adults.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For all the people against young adult you realize that the 30-year-olds you're talking about grew up with Harry Potter. It came out when they were 11, 12, 13, 14. And it revolutionized, even fomented the entire genre. Why should they give up reading books and others like it just because they've gotten older?

Huh? There have always been young adult books. I read voraciously from the time I was 8 and I was not reading Cider House Rules at the age of 11. For most people tho, as they mature, YA fiction doesn’t have the requisite depth or complexity to keep their interest so they move on to books that are written for adults.

You obviously didn't read enough. Cider House Rules is about as young adult as Of Mice and Men, which are literary fiction disguised as the narrative of newly independent teenagers coming to terms with a world of poverty, racism, inequality, and personal growth. They are dark, depressing, and pretty much the Gabriel Garcia Marquez literature of their times and trust me Love in the Time of Cholera may initially have a young protagonist, but it is not a young adult book.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all the people against young adult you realize that the 30-year-olds you're talking about grew up with Harry Potter. It came out when they were 11, 12, 13, 14. And it revolutionized, even fomented the entire genre. Why should they give up reading books and others like it just because they've gotten older?

Huh? There have always been young adult books. I read voraciously from the time I was 8 and I was not reading Cider House Rules at the age of 11. For most people tho, as they mature, YA fiction doesn’t have the requisite depth or complexity to keep their interest so they move on to books that are written for adults.

You obviously didn't read enough. Cider House Rules is about as young adult as Of Mice and Men, which are literary fiction disguised as the narrative of newly independent teenagers coming to terms with a world of poverty, racism, inequality, and personal growth. They are dark, depressing, and pretty much the Gabriel Garcia Marquez literature of their times and trust me Love in the Time of Cholera may initially have a young protagonist, but it is not a young adult book.

What are you talking about? My point was that there was YA fiction before Harry Potter. My point was that I was reading YA books at age 11, NOT CIder House Rules. Maybe if you read more challenging books, you’d have better reading comp.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For all the people against young adult you realize that the 30-year-olds you're talking about grew up with Harry Potter. It came out when they were 11, 12, 13, 14. And it revolutionized, even fomented the entire genre. Why should they give up reading books and others like it just because they've gotten older?

Huh? There have always been young adult books. I read voraciously from the time I was 8 and I was not reading Cider House Rules at the age of 11. For most people tho, as they mature, YA fiction doesn’t have the requisite depth or complexity to keep their interest so they move on to books that are written for adults.

You obviously didn't read enough. Cider House Rules is about as young adult as Of Mice and Men, which are literary fiction disguised as the narrative of newly independent teenagers coming to terms with a world of poverty, racism, inequality, and personal growth. They are dark, depressing, and pretty much the Gabriel Garcia Marquez literature of their times and trust me Love in the Time of Cholera may initially have a young protagonist, but it is not a young adult book.

Go back and Re-read the post. I was pointing out that there was YA fiction before Harry Potter; afterall I read a ton as a kid and it was NOT Cider House Rules. To totally spell it out, my point was that I was reading YA books as a kid, not adult books. The ridiculous statement that YA books did not exist before Harry Potter was what I was responding too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For all the people against young adult you realize that the 30-year-olds you're talking about grew up with Harry Potter. It came out when they were 11, 12, 13, 14. And it revolutionized, even fomented the entire genre. Why should they give up reading books and others like it just because they've gotten older?

Huh? There have always been young adult books. I read voraciously from the time I was 8 and I was not reading Cider House Rules at the age of 11. For most people tho, as they mature, YA fiction doesn’t have the requisite depth or complexity to keep their interest so they move on to books that are written for adults.

You obviously didn't read enough. Cider House Rules is about as young adult as Of Mice and Men, which are literary fiction disguised as the narrative of newly independent teenagers coming to terms with a world of poverty, racism, inequality, and personal growth. They are dark, depressing, and pretty much the Gabriel Garcia Marquez literature of their times and trust me Love in the Time of Cholera may initially have a young protagonist, but it is not a young adult book.

What are you talking about? My point was that there was YA fiction before Harry Potter. My point was that I was reading YA books at age 11, NOT CIder House Rules. Maybe if you read more challenging books, you’d have better reading comp.

And I said that Harry Potter revolutionized the genre. Until J.K. Rowling there were no billionaire children's authors, hell there wasn't even a single, solitary author who was a billionaire. So I'm not sure what you're arguing against.

[Anonymous]

I'm not into Star Wars, Harry Potter, or video games but your post makes you sound pretty unlikeable OP, so at this rate I'd rather get to know those folks than you.

[Anonymous]

Any major obsession is odd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any major obsession is odd.

Does that include people obsessed with their kids? Have it and suddenly nothing else before exists person?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Op, what are you interested in?

Nothing that specific. Like general travel, world news, food, real estate etc...much more general topics. Most people I can converse with very easily but I can't take talking about topics that seem suited for a 12 year old rather than a 35 year old.

I wonder how the conversation starts. Do you notice their books or movies and ask, so that they take that as an opening to go in depth? What would happen if you mentioned eating at a new hot restaurant where you had some interesting wine. The person with whom you are talking turns out to be a huge oenophile and goes in depth on that particular wine, its grapes, terroir etc. Would you feel the same about their interests being strange?

I'm not OP, but its the "obsession" that makes me wonder about people, not so much particular interests. I like Harry Potter, Star Wars and old school video games. But there's no obsession, so if I met a fellow adult whose life revolved around Harry Potter, I'd smile and nod and bail just as fast as I would on the oenophile who doesn't realize that IDGAF about wine and keeps droning on about it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op, what are you interested in?

Nothing that specific. Like general travel, world news, food, real estate etc...much more general topics. Most people I can converse with very easily but I can't take talking about topics that seem suited for a 12 year old rather than a 35 year old.

I wonder how the conversation starts. Do you notice their books or movies and ask, so that they take that as an opening to go in depth? What would happen if you mentioned eating at a new hot restaurant where you had some interesting wine. The person with whom you are talking turns out to be a huge oenophile and goes in depth on that particular wine, its grapes, terroir etc. Would you feel the same about their interests being strange?

I'm not OP, but its the "obsession" that makes me wonder about people, not so much particular interests. I like Harry Potter, Star Wars and old school video games. But there's no obsession, so if I met a fellow adult whose life revolved around Harry Potter, I'd smile and nod and bail just as fast as I would on the oenophile who doesn't realize that IDGAF about wine and keeps droning on about it.

Op here. Yeah I think it's any obsession actually. And "collections". It just feels pointless to me. And I enjoy drinking wine but would be just as annoyed if someone started going on and on about the grapes. Because I don't care that much.

[Anonymous]

Nope, I haven't had that experience OP. Matter of fact, I just found out 2 weeks ago that someone that I've known for 20 years has been playing dungeons and dragons since he was in high school (we are in our 40's). He said he goes to a biweekly game of D&D. I had no idea, this has never come up before! I was pretty shocked. Even his wife, who i'm pretty close with, never mentioned this to me.