For me, I’m nearly 40 and I really love Avatar the last Airbender, reading YA novels, and sometimes I make pasta with fun shapes, just because I can.
What do you enjoy?
Jumping in puddles. I almost never get the chance anymore, but if I have boots on and there’s a puddle YOU BEST BE PREPARED
Yes. I can get behind this.
Haha same! And shuffling through drifts of leaves in the fall.
I would feel this more, except that I now know how much stray cat shit is in my leaves and I just can’t 🫠
Sleeping with a teddy bear
Nothing wrong with sleeping with stuff animals.
Hard same. Can’t sleep properly without 'em.
I should probably get one seeing how I often end up just hugging the blanket when I sleep.
Pretending to use The Force to open automatic doors.
Oh, it isn’t just me then…
Riding on the shopping cart like a scooter
Yes! I get many looks. Here’s a late-thirties man with a bald head, gleefully grinning like a maniac while careening wildly down the parking lot aisle on a squeaky four-wheeled vehicle meant for vittles.
Late 20s here, same!
😅 Coloring books. Dino nuggies. Chocolate milk. Cartoons. Plushies. Fairy tales.
Also, ATLA is amazing no matter what age you are 🤩
This comment could’ve been written by me, haha! I loved the revival of coloring books in the past few years, there’s so many options now.
- Bluey, Legos, cold hotdogs.
Got into Lego again a few years ago. It definitely has changed a lot since I was a kid in the previous millennium.
YA Novels can be good – such an easy, engaging story. I really enjoyed the “I am Number Four” and “Jumper” series-es.
You’re all just being human. You’re not childish, just being human.
I love avatar the last airbender too. I haven’t found a show like it since. Besides that, I still like anime (though less nowadays because of some sexist parts)
Dino shaped chicken nuggets
Been thinking about getting the McCain smile fries at the store for a while now. Do you ever get weird looks from the cashier, or do they not care?
There’s a distinction between child-ish and child-like. So far I haven’t seen anyone say they enjoy anything child-ish (except maybe alternative song lyrics?), but all the lovely child-like responses warm my heart. I eat “sugar cereal” for dessert. Because I’m an adult and I can. Also, I make up silly songs all the time and talk to myself and my cats in silly voices.
Blowing on dandelions and watching the seeds float away.
Responsible adults don’t propagate weeds.
Well actually… Dandelions have a job. They soften the soil where it has become too dense.
Also every part of the dandelion is edible.
Dandelions are often the only flowers available for wildlife.
- Magic School Bus. To this day there are a dozen episodes that cross my mind all the time.
- What my father calls “crap pasta” — animal or cartoon shaped noodles in a sauce that’s 40% salt.
I thought there would be more, but nothing else is coming to mind.
There’s a lot of things. One easy one is I enjoy coloring in. And I really like teddy bears.
Stuffed animals in general are dope.
My daughter has a stuffed fox that I genuinely like to cuddle with when she lets me.
