Another Step Toward Absolute Infantilization: University of Utah’s Cry Closet

The infantilization of college students has reached such an extreme that Marriott Library at the University of Utah currently features a Cry Closet to help them cope with the stress of exams by privately bursting into tears as they hug stuffed animals. No, seriously:

The makeshift room features a narrow door, and inside, dark fabric lining and a plush floor filled with stuffed animals.

A timer hangs on the inside of the door, and two dome lights provide a low, ambient light.

On the outside of the door, a framed page reads: “A Safe Place for Stressed Out Students.”

The Cry Closet was produced by an art student. Maybe it was intended as a statement on the pathetic fragility of snowflakes. But people are taking it at face value.

“It’s a great place to just come and decompress, and that’s really what it’s for,” said Jana Cunningham with the U of U communications office.

She said the university offers counseling to students who are feeling especially overwhelmed, but that The Cry Closet is great for students who need a moment in all the stress.

Coming next if we continue along this trajectory: Cry Cribs. Students can dress in diapers and crap in them as they bawl and shake rattles. The ABDL movement ought to explode on campus any semester now.

On tips from Guy B, Chronos Z. Wonderpig, KirklesWorth, and Jester.

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