> If I ever meet an adult who makes videos aimed at kids ... or infantilizing themselves as extremely as possible, I have so many questions to ask them
I take it you're not from Australia?
Have you heard of The Wiggles? [1] Wikipedia says they earned $AUD 49 million in 2009 alone
Or Hi-5? [2] Wikipedia says $AUD 18 million in 2009 alone.
I see a difference between infantilizing oneself and being "kid-friendly". Just like I wouldn't think of Sesame Street as adults infantilizing themselves.
Take people like jackseptic and others with their "floundering around while being hyper" stuff. That's what I mean with infantilizing oneself in a way that harms development and is not kid-friendly at all.
"But kids like it". That's where the concept of being mature comes in. Adults cannot excuse what they are doing by what kids supposedly like. By that logic, it'd be better to give kids sweets than actual food.
I don't even have to try, ElsaGate is going strong as ever. Couldn't find you any live action extreme stuff with adults in diapers and all that, but I wouldn't be surpised if even some of that is still around.
Thanks to Youtube and Disney calling it "over" before it could gain the mainstream traction it absolutely still warrants. These unmarked mass graves, they will have to be talked about, make no mistake. Decades of normalization that lead up to this will have to be thrown out, too.
I take it you're not from Australia?
Have you heard of The Wiggles? [1] Wikipedia says they earned $AUD 49 million in 2009 alone
Or Hi-5? [2] Wikipedia says $AUD 18 million in 2009 alone.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wiggles
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-5_(Australian_band)