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
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Sleeping with a teddy bear
Nothing wrong with sleeping with stuff animals.
I should probably get one seeing how I often end up just hugging the blanket when I sleep.
Hard same. Can't sleep properly without 'em.
Pretending to use The Force to open automatic doors.
Oh, it isnβt just me thenβ¦
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!
- Bluey, Legos, cold hotdogs.
π Coloring books. Dino nuggies. Chocolate milk. Cartoons. Plushies. Fairy tales.
Also, ATLA is amazing no matter what age you are π€©
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.
YA Novels can be good -- such an easy, engaging story. I really enjoyed the "I am Number Four" and "Jumper" series-es.
Got into Lego again a few years ago. It definitely has changed a lot since I was a kid in the previous millennium.
You're all just being human. You're not childish, just being human.
I love avatar the last airbender too. I havenβt 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.
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.
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" β 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.
ATLA is awesome. Worth enjoying at any age.
I've got a decent collection of stuff animals. They're nice.
I am a 38-year-old adult and I love Tamagotchis. Also Pokemon, anime, comic books, stickers, sitting on the floor, and using the shower wand as a microphone.
I make a distinction between childish and child-like or simply the things from childhood. This isn't pedantry, it just serves to illustrate a way of thinking for me that's tangential to the question.
But, a lot actually. It is very unusual for me to not enjoy the things I enjoyed as a kid, and it is almost as uncommon that I reject new things that are for kids just because I'm an adult.
But yeah, I still play with Legos (as opposed to building kits). I finger paint (though I call it working primitive to the art snobs lol). I still watch some cartoons, and I still enjoy the ones I don't watch when they happen to be on.
Joy is a thing that should be cherished while it exists. It, like all things, is ephemeral, so if something that brings it is deemed for kids, I refuse to reject it solely because of age.
It's kinda sad at times though. My niece and my kid used to finger paint with me. Now they're too old for it in their heads, and I miss having that fun with them. The kind of silly play we used to do has been replaced with more structured activity, though there's still play and joy in it (even the knife fighting and general unarmed combat I'm teaching my kid and some others lol).
Retaining that sense of joy, cherishing it when it comes and being able to let it go when it moves on is essential to life.
As a young lad I loved and used my skateboard daily as transportation.
Now I've taken up slow longboard cruising and having a blast!
Chocolate milk.
I was really bummed out when I developed lactose intolerance, but I was shocked by how good the Silk Dark Chocolate soy one was.
Also found some brands sell it lactose free here, but unfortunately they're harder to come across in stores.
I've been thinking about getting some stuff from my childhood again. I recently watched We're Back on YouTube and while the movie is not great, it has a great charm, which has been making me think of getting the VHS tapes I used to have as a kid.
Aside from that movie, I'm also thinking of getting The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars, Anastasia, The Jungle Book, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Cartoons/ animation. I'll never grow out of it.
Disneyland.
I'm quite childish. Still play video games, still watch cartoons more than live-action shows, still eat (now sugar-free) candy. What's going to happen? Are the grown-up police going to break into my house and demand that I turn in my adulting license and my pubes?
I'm a similar age and my wife and I have just started watching the PokΓ©mon cartoons (they're on netflix!). She's seen them before but I never have and it's great.
Similarly we watched Phineas and Ferb and it was great.
At 33, I rather enjoy watching people play minecraft on youtube.
Nerf guns, I can't help but buy some when I find them for cheap on ebay
Pokemon games. I played all the games up to the Gameboy Advanced, missed the DS and have purchased all of the switch games. My wife and I actually buy both versions of each game so we can trade and battle.
Taking things apart and then ruining them. Had my girlfriends oldtimer out for a year because of that. Fixed it but she never looked at me the same way again. Hahaha
- Bluey, Legos, cold hotdogs, stuffed animals and squishmallows.
Love this topic! I'm with you on the YA novels, sometimes I just like an easier read, and does loving Harry Potter count?
Kiff!
rocking on a swing π
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