Author Topic: "Adulting" (Read 2295 times)

wallflower · « **on:** November 07, 2015, 04:42:48 PM »

I am so sick of this fad!! Ack. Does anyone else see/hear it everywhere? People are using the word "adult" as a verb, usually in a pouty, wannabe-cute context.

"I don't want to adult today."

"Taking a break from adulting."

It's supposed to be smart and humorous but it's wearing on my sanity. Anyone else find it disturbing or am I just a grouchy humbug?

TKGS · « **Reply #1 on:** November 07, 2015, 05:10:39 PM »

Actually, this is the first time I've heard it. I don't doubt, though, that they've been saying it on the radio all the time and I'm not paying that much attention. I'll probably hear it a dozen times over the next few days.

Nadir · « **Reply #2 on:** November 07, 2015, 05:25:33 PM »

I've never heard of it either. Must be another of those Americanisms that is swamping the world.:rolleyes:

2Vermont · « **Reply #3 on:** November 07, 2015, 06:11:03 PM »

Oh dear, I better not ever hear that. It will be very difficult for me to keep my mouth shut.

wallflower · « **Reply #4 on:** November 07, 2015, 07:57:02 PM »

I see it mainly on Facebook but it is creeping into everyday language.

Marlelar · « **Reply #5 on:** November 07, 2015, 08:19:51 PM »

Excellent reason to stay away from social media!

clare · « **Reply #6 on:** November 08, 2015, 01:36:24 AM »

Neil Obstat · « **Reply #7 on:** November 08, 2015, 01:54:09 AM »

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I haven't heard "adulting" used, but it reminds me of "parenting."

Access, impact...

Are there other "verbed" nouns or adjectives afoot?

Does "indulting" count?

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Matthew · « **Reply #8 on:** November 08, 2015, 09:40:11 AM »

Quote from: wallflower

I am so sick of this fad!! Ack. Does anyone else see/hear it everywhere? People are using the word "adult" as a verb, usually in a pouty, wannabe-cute context.

"I don't want to adult today."

"Taking a break from adulting."

It's supposed to be smart and humorous but it's wearing on my sanity. Anyone else find it disturbing or am I just a grouchy humbug?

In this case, the "verbing" of a noun isn't the main offense.

It's another lower stage, or further progression, of the Modern World's "be irresponsible", "worship youth", "we're here on earth to have fun" false religion.

The Modern World... turns 5 year olds into sɛҳuąƖized objects, and now that I think about it, it also sɛҳuąƖizes 68 year olds (viagra, various cosmetics to make one look "young", teaches that they all CERTAINLY need a good sex life, etc.)

It's too early this morning for me to go off on the Modern World...it's a mess.

It's like the devil wants to give us back a warped, twisted version of the Garden of Eden here on earth. He wants to put us back in the "paradise of pleasure" without heaven and without God. Adam and Eve were adults, but in the prime of life. In heaven, we will always be the perfect age, with eternal youth.

You know, in the olden days people looked on youths (say, people up to age 25) as "wet behind the ears", "kids", "foolish", "naive", "inexperienced", "green", "greenhorns", "rookies", etc.

Not exactly something everyone competed to be. People wanted to be grown up, experienced, wise.

But now, today, in the devil's world, we worship sex, and 18-24 year olds are the most vigorous in that category. Plus they aren't attached or have any kids yet, so it's easiest for them to be promiscuous, and they win the crown in that category. So let's all stay like that as long as possible! Delay marriage, act young, dress young, stay foolish. Our primary sympathies are directed towards "virgins". Nothing elicits more revulsion and/or sympathy today than the "40 year old virgin".

The modern world pushes experience all right -- sɛҳuąƖ experience. And that's the only kind! Other than that, it's the foolishness of youth all the way. Everyone is to act like a big kid (except when it conflicts with their OTHER program of switching around gender roles -- women must play A BIT LESS than the men, because women are to be the responsible ones)

In short, we're pretty much living in a dystopia, right out of a sci-fi movie.

Cantarella · « **Reply #9 on:** November 08, 2015, 12:18:35 PM »

The Era of the Child

http://www.traditioninaction.org/Cultural/C006cpEraOfChild.htm

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It is not difficult to understand where this adoration of the juvenile will end. It will breed self-centered children who imagine that the world revolves around them and everything exists for them to have fun. And instead of men and women capable with the spirit of self-sacrifice and heroism necessary for the building of a stable Christian Civilization, we will have childish men and women who think, act, dress and play like children.

Who will control a world with this kind of adult?

This is another article on the boy - father phenomenon:

http://www.traditioninaction.org/Cultural/G003cpIrresponsibleFathers.htm

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Instead of showing a stable seriousness that a child needs to be confident, calm and secure, the father takes on the air of big child, dressing, speaking, and acting like a boy. Playing, joking, and making life a game, they teach their children not only that life is not serious, but that authority is frivolous.

In a scene like this, apparently amiable and harmless, there is an inherent disorder. The son can easily think he is equal to the father and lose respect for him. The balance of the family becomes upset because paternal authority is lacking.

The disastrous results of this syndrome of a lack of seriousness about life are evident everywhere today. Look around you anywhere – the church, the store, a social event – and it is plain to see that many men, who should be responsible for maintaining the good sense and equilibrium of the family and society, act and look like big boys. The father of the past, respected for his experience, wisdom, keen discernment and strength of soul, is replaced by the foolish figure of a perpetual youth in pursuit of pleasure. How many fathers – and even grandfathers today – have the habits of boys and sport the clothing of youngsters.

St. Francis de Sales noted that the affection borne by fathers to their children is not called friendship, because friendship supposes a certain equality in vocation, rank, or aims. This equality, he continued, should not exist in the affection of fathers for their children. The love of fathers is, he says, a majestic love, and that of children a love of respect and submission. Everything is a Catholic society, including the dress of men in every level of society – from high to low, used to reflect this wise thinking.

Prayerful · « **Reply #10 on:** November 08, 2015, 03:47:34 PM »

Quote from: wallflower

I am so sick of this fad!! Ack. Does anyone else see/hear it everywhere? People are using the word "adult" as a verb, usually in a pouty, wannabe-cute context.

"I don't want to adult today."

"Taking a break from adulting."

It's supposed to be smart and humorous but it's wearing on my sanity. Anyone else find it disturbing or am I just a grouchy humbug?

I know you highlight it to condemn it, but it's just too excruciating a phrase to think about.

wallflower · « **Reply #11 on:** November 09, 2015, 10:59:40 AM »

Quote from: clare

Calvin can do what he wants, he has full artistic license!

Matthew I think you have hit the nail on why this particular fad is so annoying. I really do understand that people mean it to be funny so I try not to think badly of them, but to me it comes across as a symptom of a very real and very unfunny epidemic.

Jaynek · « **Reply #12 on:** November 09, 2015, 11:14:48 AM »

On Facebook "like" is a noun ("my post got 5 likes") and "friend" is a verb ("he friended me").

clare · « **Reply #13 on:** November 09, 2015, 11:27:59 AM »

Quote from: Jaynek

On Facebook... and "friend" is a verb ("he friended me").

And it's not as though there wasn't already a decent verb: befriend.

Dolores · « **Reply #14 on:** November 09, 2015, 12:00:05 PM »

I've never heard "adult" used as a verb, but I've certainly encountered the sentiment described, and it bothers me to no end. Why anyone thinks it is appealing to drag out adolescence through their twenties, and sometimes even thirties, is beyond me.