Interesting the weird things which crop up as Apocalypse approaches:
Tykables, the only brick and mortar storefront in the United States dedicated to adult baby diaper lovers (ABDL), is located in Mount Prospect, a suburb of Chicago. Its customers, John-Michael Williams, the store’s owner says, include those ABDL who have a fetish or sexual interest in dressing like or pretending to be a baby; people who have a medical need for adult diapers and enjoy the brand’s options; and individuals, some of whom are on the autism spectrum, who find the diapers and child-style clothing provide a sense of comfort and stress relief.
To be clear, those in the ABDL community are not interested in sexual contact with children or babies, as some people mistakenly believe, but are interested in items and activities related to behaving like or pretending to be children. What’s more, some ABDL aren’t interested in role playing as a child at all and instead find pleasure in the texture or sound or feeling of clothing and pieces associated with the community.
Saying that people who identify as ABDL are misunderstood and maligned would be a colossal understatement. Even worse, not only do they face ridicule for having desires or inclinations that exist outside of what is considered by mainstream culture to “normal,” there are few places beyond the internet to express their identity, find community or buy goods related to their interests.
For those reasons, the mere existence of Tykables, which offers all three, is something of a marvel. What’s even more incredible to me, though, is that aside from some Mount Prospect residents who initially expressed concern about the storefront after it opened last spring, it’s operated for almost a year without incident. In fact, Williams recently told me that he hasn’t even experienced so much as someone ringing the doorbell and running away.
Would you have ever seen this in the fifties? I’d wager not. So what was different?
Imagine you are designed for a world of free resources, where everyone flees confrontation, and everything is always taken care of. Suddenly K-selection is in view and getting closer. That is a stress you are not designed for, so your brain begins scanning for ways to turn that amygdala off.
If I picture myself being turned into a giant baby, who people coo at as they tickle my cheek, with busty women stuffing breasts in my face whenever I cry, that sounds like an amygdala relaxant. I think these fantasies are ways these people are releasing the stress of oncoming K-selection, by imaging themselves as babies who will not have to confront the coming collapse.
Imagine what is going through the minds of the rabbits, that these are the lengths they will go to, in order to avoid seeing their amygdalae jacked the way the coming K-selection would jack them, if they didn’t do anything.
The funny thing is, this is still a relatively stress-free environment, compared to what is coming. This may be the tip of the iceberg on the weirdness we are going to see when the economic system comes down. White’s dressing up as black people, people faking comas, people living covertly inside air ducts in public buildings to avoid encountering other people, and probably things we cannot even imagine.
May you live in interesting times.
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