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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?

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[–] iliketurtles@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

sound effects with my mouth....engine noises, explosions, etc

[–] PonceDeLeon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I enjoy shirking my responsibilities and doing nothing, if I can help it.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Every so often I still indulge in the "don't step on the cracks" game while walking along the street :-)

[–] spicy_biscuits@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It's a habit at this point. Mentally I know it won't break my mama's back, but emotionally... emotionally, I -have- to step over it πŸ˜…

[–] rubbs@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago
[–] blackdragoness@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I literally did this just yesterday walking to the car from work. Then I had to figure out what actually constitutes as a "crack" and what is just a "purposeful indent' in the sidewalk. I decided that the indents that separate the squares in the sidewalk do not actually count as cracks and its ok to step on those.

[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, but you're liable to break your dad's spine that way.

[–] stabby_birdu@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Cartoons/ animation. I'll never grow out of it.

[–] Binzy_Boi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] Stiqy@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] pumpkin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I like banana flavoured milk too

[–] dethleffs@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You're all just being human. You're not childish, just being human.

[–] Cstrrider1@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Disneyland.

[–] marshadow@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] Thaliff@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretending to use The Force to open automatic doors.

[–] DJDarren@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, it isn’t just me then…

I like American Girl dolls!

[–] Chetzemoka@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Riding on the shopping cart like a scooter

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

[–] rodhlann@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Skipping rocks. If I'm near a body of water and there's a flat stone anywhere near me in 100% skipping that thing. This never gets old

[–] Ni@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Love this topic! I'm with you on the YA novels, sometimes I just like an easier read, and does loving Harry Potter count?

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.

[–] Mintyytea@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

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)

[–] Linnce@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sleeping with a teddy bear

[–] Binzy_Boi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I should probably get one seeing how I often end up just hugging the blanket when I sleep.

[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] stevo@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

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!

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

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?

[–] MrTHXcertified@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Dino shaped chicken nuggets

[–] L0Wigh@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Doing engine sound with my mouth

[–] SlowNPC@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Blowing on dandelions and watching the seeds float away.

Responsible adults don't propagate weeds.

[–] kommanditbolag@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well actually... Dandelions have a job. They soften the soil where it has become too dense.

[–] yngmnwntr@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Also every part of the dandelion is edible.