Do We Fear Adulthood?

Maybe.

Adult responsibilities are a whole goddamn thing. I’m not even going to define what they are or how the concept looks. I think you got that on your own. But by way of quick personal example, my dog woke me up at 4:52am this morning. I took him out because it seemed he needed to go. (He did.) What happened then? I try to fall back asleep and do so until about 6:15am. Now I’m awake and I’m thinking of various stuff I gotta do today (Mondays are no one’s favorite day, save for some married guy in Des Moines who only gets to have sex with his wife on Mondays) and all I can think is “Man, I just want to go back to sleep.”

I don’t think I’m a normal person, but … I think that attitude to Mondays and adult responsibilities is pretty normative. And there’s a couple of reasons we need to talk about here.

Adult responsibilities: Why do make it a joke? (№1)

Why do we even have the term “adulting?”

If you think about it, “adulting” is just designed to make fun of the process of adult responsibilities. Right?

And why do we create words to make fun of concepts?

Usually because we fear them in some way and making light of it is easier. Humor is often used in this regard. Emojis now too!