The Bizarre “Adult Baby” Trend Taking Over China

What started as a so-called “healing” trend in China has slowly turned into one of the internet’s most bizarre and disturbing obsessions. Adults are now using pacifiers to cope with stress, gain attention online, and even infantilize themselves for views, donations, and viral fame. What was once promoted as emotional comfort has increasingly become a mix of social media addiction, fetishized content, and manipulative marketing targeting vulnerable young people. This trend says a lot about modern internet culture, where almost anything can be normalized, monetized, and turned into entertainment if it generates enough clicks. Humanity spent millions of years evolving… only to end up livestreaming ourselves sucking on silicone for donations.