Didn't you ever run around the backyard with your friends with a stick dressed up as Captain Video?
Bloody nuts. I thought the mad max world was a hellish vision of the future, not something to seek out.
I do not quite get the modern habit of young folks wanting to live in an imaginary world. Kind of like the comic-cons, where thousands of folks show up dressed up like super heros.
What is it with this need to escape reality, it seems so different from the world I grew up in, and I am 52.
I guess every generation has a hard time understanding the ones coming after.
“I do not quite get the modern habit of young folks wanting to live in an imaginary world.”
They’ve been raised on hours of it daily from day one. “Raise up a child as he should go, and his path shall not depart from it.”
“I do not quite get the modern habit of young folks wanting to live in an imaginary world. Kind of like the comic-cons, where thousands of folks show up dressed up like super heros. What is it with this need to escape reality, it seems so different from the world I grew up in, and I am 52.”
The same reason kids want to do it. And the same reason people look at books/movies/shows. Reality for most people is pretty boring and they want to experience new things. Playing is like acting out scenes and being in a book together.
Currently, the most acceptable way for adults to escape reality together seems to be drinking and acting stupid. Is that really better than pretend play?
I’ve been to Burning Man many times and it felt like being in an endless show where everyone is part of the entertainment. Unfortunately in recent years it has become more saturated by mainstream adult “play” - drinking, drugs and sex.
“What is it with this need to escape reality, it seems so different from the world I grew up in, and I am 52.”
I escape reality 3 nights a week playing World of Warcraft. In that world I am a panda chick Mage who casts spells and calls her water elemental pet Chastity.
Oh, I’m 55.
Didn't you ever run around the backyard with your friends with a stick dressed up as Captain Video?
At least this year the “no water” part of Mad Max’s world is true.