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dependent adulting

by Justanotherbrowngirl February 27, 2022
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When Millennials eventually find out that their version of adulthood looks drastically different than what was promised to them when they were young
After years of believing we'd be living in a world of flying cars and endless opportunities, the reality of student loans and renting forever hits hard—this is the true Millennials' adulthood disappointment.
by Emotional Cruiser October 2, 2025
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lunch like adults

Downing three Venti at Starbucks during your lunch break, in lieu of eating actual food.
It's the middle of the week, but we still have time to have "lunch like adults."
by Spencer's Humor June 30, 2016
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Legos for Adults

a term used by the firearms community for building out your own AR-15. Typically it means assembling the pieces of a stripped lower receiver and/or upper receiver. The components are all mil-spec are seamlessly connect with one another for a multitude of various companies and options.
"man, building your own AR really is like legos for adults, it's so fun"
by Anon930 December 7, 2020
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Group of Disney adults

A group of Disney adults is called an amber alert.
An amber alert went to Disneyland because it is their only joy in life.
by mausee September 20, 2023
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Fallacy of Adultism

The idea that adults bear sole and exclusive responsibility for their ideas, actions, and circumstances, completely ignoring or denying the role of external factors—socialization, culture, ideology, power structures, economic conditions, trauma, and the myriad forces that shape human beings. Adultism pretends that adults are fully autonomous, fully self-aware, fully in control of their beliefs and behaviors—that they spring fully formed from nowhere, untouched by history, culture, or circumstance. It's the logic of "you chose your beliefs, so you're entirely responsible for them," as if beliefs weren't shaped by family, education, media, community, and the whole weight of social life. Adultism is the cognitive foundation of victim-blaming, of meritocracy myths, of every ideology that pretends individuals are islands. It's the fallacy that adults are adults and nothing else—no history, no context, no complexity.
Example: "He blamed her for her political views as if she'd chosen them in a vacuum, as if family, community, media, and life experience hadn't shaped her. Fallacy of Adultism: pretending adults are autonomous agents untouched by the world. She wasn't just responsible for her beliefs; she was also their product. The fallacy ignored everything that made her who she was."
by Dumu The Void March 10, 2026
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