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hahaha grown people buy and fill in coloring books just like 2 year olds. is this the stuff millennials like to do? or did babyboomers do this as well? i have many questions.
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here is one person who enjoy their coloring book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-V00Ow7hTk
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Aug 17, 2016 11:35
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It takes a lot of manual dexterity to color. I lack such things!
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Aug 17, 2016 11:38
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This poo poo must be laser-targeted at certain groups, and no one else. I only heard about these adult coloring books about a year ago, and thinking it the dumbest poo poo ever, I go an Amazon to see what 3rd rate publishing house is putting these out. Oh wait, there are tens of thousands of adult coloring books for sale. Where did this poo poo come from? When did it come from? How? Why?! EDIT: Jesus, she's using Prismacolors. So not only has she spent hundred on books, she's also spent hundreds on the pencils as well. Bloody Hedgehog fucked around with this message at 11:43 on Aug 17, 2016 |
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Aug 17, 2016 11:41
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:This poo poo must be laser-targeted at certain groups, and no one else. I only heard about these adult coloring books about a year ago, and thinking it the dumbest poo poo ever, I go an Amazon to see what 3rd rate publishing house is putting these out. Oh wait, there are tens of thousands of adult coloring books for sale. i want to blame someone for this
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Aug 17, 2016 11:43
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Tigern posted:i want to blame someone for this I thought you liked coloring books!
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Aug 17, 2016 11:46
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Apparently adult colouring books are the only growth market in publishing and are responsible for keeping a whole bunch of book stores solvent. That's loving depressing. But on the other hand it's not like the people doing all that colouring in would have been finding the cure for cancer or writing symphonies otherwise. They would have just been wasting their time on some other pointless endeavour so nothing of value has been lost.
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Aug 17, 2016 11:56
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Apparently adult colouring books are the only growth market in publishing and are responsible for keeping a whole bunch of book stores solvent. That's loving depressing. I think you are more right than wrong and but I do mostly agree with the points I didn't agree with.
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Aug 17, 2016 11:58
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Kang Wang posted:I thought you liked coloring books! no thats wrong. Snowglobe of Doom posted:Apparently adult colouring books are the only growth market in publishing and are responsible for keeping a whole bunch of book stores solvent. That's loving depressing. how did it get to this?
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Aug 17, 2016 12:04
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That was all my girlfriend's sister wanted for Christmas. She spends her days holding down the couch and coloring while keeping up with the Kardashians and bitching about being poor to Tumblr.
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Aug 17, 2016 12:09
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The subject came up in the LootCrate thread and it turned out there's several adult colouring book subscription services. Because of course there is.
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Aug 17, 2016 12:11
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Tigern posted:how did it get to this? I'm pretty sure the internet is mostly to blame but ebooks and audio books also helped kill off print. Why bother reading a book when you can watch Netflix or have Patrick Stewart read the book for you? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3v_ogRaTf4
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Aug 17, 2016 12:21
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If they had been "adult" in the same way as adult movies it would have been kinda cool, but afaik it's just pics of flowers and poo poo
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Aug 17, 2016 12:24
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I can only colour those ones with the felt to stop you going outside the lines.
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Aug 17, 2016 12:34
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:I'm pretty sure the internet is mostly to blame but ebooks and audio books also helped kill off print. Why bother reading a book when you can watch Netflix or have Patrick Stewart read the book for you? Never yet got the hang of audiobooks, but I did make the switch to buying primarily ebooks a few years ago -- the main argument for that was simply lack of storage space. Can't keep buying so many physical books or will need a bigger house.
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Aug 17, 2016 12:41
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Groke posted:Never yet got the hang of audiobooks, but I did make the switch to buying primarily ebooks a few years ago -- the main argument for that was simply lack of storage space. Can't keep buying so many physical books or will need a bigger house. Open a library!
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Aug 17, 2016 12:44
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They're meant to be all relaxing and poo poo. Lots of the books claim to offer "mindfulness".
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Aug 17, 2016 12:47
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Coloring books are to canvas/drawing paper what "graphic novels" are to actual novels.Hoplosternum posted:They're meant to be all relaxing and poo poo. Lots of the books claim to offer "mindfulness". If you want to be mindful just do what everyone else does: smoke weed.
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Aug 17, 2016 12:50
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Hoplosternum posted:Lots of the books claim to offer "mindfulness". That's not an actual thing. I mean, not for people who aren't insufferable trash.
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Aug 17, 2016 12:55
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I dunno you guys I don't see how an adult coloring book is any different from a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle or a model or something. I don't do adult coloring books but I see the appeal. It's relaxing to turn something incomplete into something finished and it's one of the few endeavors accessible to the average person where the process is as rewarding than the outcome.
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Aug 17, 2016 12:57
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I worked with a girl who bought a 'paint by number' book and would come in and tell everyone how she worked on it for 2 hours blah blah get the gently caress out you're 26 years old learn to drink alcohol and watch Vanderpump Rules with your stupid girlfriends or something else normal
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Aug 17, 2016 12:57
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Adults these days like kid's cartoons, superhero movies, coloring books, Harry Potter, etc. It's an infantilized culture. And they try to justify all of it with a single C.S Lewis quote.
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Aug 17, 2016 13:03
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:That's not an actual thing. Mindfulness meditation, albeit by a different name, has been around for thousands of years.
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Aug 17, 2016 13:07
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The Dennis System posted:Adults these days like kid's cartoons, superhero movies, coloring books, Harry Potter, etc. It's an infantilized culture. And they try to justify all of it with a single C.S Lewis quote. I know it well: "Remember that all worlds draw to an end and that noble death is a treasure that no man is too poor to buy."
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Aug 17, 2016 13:08
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Applewhite posted:I dunno you guys I don't see how an adult coloring book is any different from a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle or a model or something. i don't think we can help you anymore friend
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Aug 17, 2016 13:12
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Tigern posted:i don't think we can help you anymore friend I mean I'm just saying jigsaw puzzles are for children, too but i remember a decade or so ago they had a huge comeback with adults and it was basically the exact same thing.
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Aug 17, 2016 13:12
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Applewhite posted:I know it well: That's a surprisingly baller quote from a poor man's Philip Pullman like C.S. Lewis.
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Aug 17, 2016 13:15
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Applewhite posted:I mean I'm just saying jigsaw puzzles are for children, too but i remember a decade or so ago they had a huge comeback with adults and it was basically the exact same thing. business idea: puzzle coloring. input?
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Aug 17, 2016 13:17
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Tigern posted:business idea: puzzle coloring. I'm stealing it.
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Aug 17, 2016 13:19
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Being an adult sucks and our generation has unabashedly commercialized this to the highest degree yet.
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Aug 17, 2016 13:22
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i just assumed they were for retards
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Aug 17, 2016 13:22
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Applewhite posted:I'm stealing it.  vols bitch posted:i just assumed they were for retards i think they are
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Aug 17, 2016 13:24
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:This poo poo must be laser-targeted at certain groups, and no one else. Bored housewives and 20-somethings who still live with their parents.
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Aug 17, 2016 13:26
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Wicker Man posted:Being an adult sucks and our generation has unabashedly commercialized this to the highest degree yet. The bad aspects of adulthood, adult responsibilities and loss of children's capacity to marvel at new experiences, is not something that can be fixed with a shiny new toy. Theoretically, you can start living like a 5-year old, but the negative effects of a lifetime of experiences (unless you were raised as a feral child until adolescence), jadedness etc, are part of what defines an adult's psyche. You won't enjoy the toy the same way you would have as a young child, because it doesn't challenge you or show you something you haven't seen before. In that regard, nostalgia can only go so far. What I'm saying is adults that enjoy these sort of things are developmentally challenged by definition.
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Aug 17, 2016 13:29
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Why not learn to draw or paint your own original work, no one wants to put effort into anything anymore.
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Aug 17, 2016 13:32
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they should look into more productive pursuits, like posting
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The Dennis System posted:Adults these days like kid's cartoons, superhero movies, coloring books, Harry Potter, etc. It's an infantilized culture. And they try to justify all of it with a single C.S Lewis quote. The only time I ever hear people talk smack about other people liking things "for children" is in gbs and when actual children are making fun of other actual children. Makes u think. One of the benefits of having kids I've heard over and over is that it helps you recapture some of that childlike magic for yourself. (Presumably you latch your mouth over your child's and suck out some of theirs). Besides all adults like kid things. Who doesn't like ice cream? Is there anyone who hates summer vacation or playtime? What is wrong with enjoying things rather than stressing out and being miserable all the time (totally an adult thing), or refusing to enjoy things you could because you are a shallow jackass that doesnt want anyone thinking your 35 year old rear end is childlike in the least? Remins me of this guy I chilled out with for a few minutes outside. He offered me a piece of pie and I offered him a smoke. When I noticed he was having issues getting his smoke lit cuz his hands were full, I offered to light it and he said, "uh haha no only GIRLS get their smokes lit." Said a lot more about him than anyone else imo. Here's a quotation for your dumb rear end. "How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye." Here's another one. "You're a monster, Mr. Grinch. Your heart's an empty hole. Your brain is full of spiders. You've got garlic in your soul, Mr Grinch. I wouldn't touch you with a Thirty-nine and a half foot pooooole"
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Nathilus posted:The only time I ever hear people talk smack about other people liking things "for children" is in gbs and when actual children are making fun of other actual children. Makes u think. One of the benefits of having kids I've heard over and over is that it helps you recapture some of that childlike magic for yourself. (Presumably you latch your mouth over your child's and suck out some of theirs). how many coloring books do you own?
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Pannus posted:If they had been "adult" in the same way as adult movies it would have been kinda cool, but afaik it's just pics of flowers and poo poo
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Applewhite posted:It's relaxing to turn something incomplete into something finished and it's one of the few endeavors accessible to the average person where the process is as rewarding than the outcome. Looks like somebody has never heard of a little thing called masturbation.
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