• elgordino
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    3823 days ago

    As a British guy who worked in the USA for a while, my colleagues couldn’t fathom that I had no interest in going to Disneyland. It was kinda weird the obsession some of them had with it.

    • Elle
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      2123 days ago

      Cult of Disney is eerily real. Maybe it’s the US version of how some Brits obsess over the royalty.

    • @blarghly@lemmy.world
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      1723 days ago

      Yeah, it’s weird and cringy how into it some adults are. I think part of it is status, though. Everyone knows Disney is expensive, so taking your family is a way to show off your status to everyone with the pics you take for social media.

      • @ExtantHuman@lemm.ee
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        121 days ago

        It used to not be that out of line with other amusement parks, but has gotten unattainablely expensive in the last decade or so.

    • @lobut@lemmy.ca
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      123 days ago

      I remember growing up in the UK and Disneyland or Disney world was always a bit of a joke about giving loads of offers but no takers.

      Then again, it wasn’t until I met Americans growing up did I realize how seriously they took Thanksgiving too.