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[–] EvaEverywhere 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I've observed a social phenomena over the past 20 years that I call permadolescence. I have never associated this with anything organized besides the need for giant corporations to make more money. Basically it's the greatest lifestyle on earth where an individual is congratulated (by marketers of high-margin, low value goods) for being stupid, inept and immature until they are in their 40s. It co-exists with the habit of infantilizing men in media and it is men who are primarily targetted for this. The American landscape is full of legal adults who are 13 years old forever. That's because the adolescent brain is easy to manipulate (talking in terms of maturity, not age). That's because the teenagers (persons between 13-19) are a huge market and they have massive amounts of money to waste on entertainment and teenager beer (energy drinks). Adult swim is the official TV channel (program segment) of the permadolescent. Its "edginess" is the sort of thing that was used to separate children from their parents during the birth of Rock'n'Roll. Before the age of inexpensive portable radios, there was no teenager class of children who are incentivized to imitate adult lifestyle. There was no way for marketers of shit goods and ideas to speak directly, in secret, to children. So those of us who get a vague gag reflex from trying to watch Adult Swim (because our fully formed adult brain works) can be derided as being old squares who don't get it :) And the douchebag overlords continue to win.