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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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[–] sanguinepar 50 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 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˜…

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[–] melonpunk 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Switching song lyrics for immature lines.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jingle bells, Batman smells...

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pretending to use The Force to open automatic doors.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Got into Lego again a few years ago. It definitely has changed a lot since I was a kid in the previous millennium.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I also got back into Lego. I'm early 20s, so the sets of my childhood weren't that different from what's being made now.

But it is cool to finally have the Death Star and Millennium Falcon like middle school me fantasized about.

[–] [email protected] 14 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)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Riding on the shopping cart like a scooter

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Sleeping with a teddy bear

[–] instamat 7 points 1 year ago

I vaguely recall an article linked on the SITE THAT SHALL NOT BE NAMED that something like 40% of adults sleep with a stuffed animal or comfort object

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Nothing wrong with sleeping with stuff animals.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

πŸ˜… Coloring books. Dino nuggies. Chocolate milk. Cartoons. Plushies. Fairy tales.

Also, ATLA is amazing no matter what age you are 🀩

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There's a lot of things. One easy one is I enjoy coloring in. And I really like teddy bears.

[–] Aviandelight 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love coloring! And now I can afford all the cool sharpies since I'm an adult.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But now you have to pay those cool sharpies with your own money, which is a bit of a tradeoff

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[–] Daq 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Words like fart, poop, boobies, etc.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yes. I can get behind this.

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[–] [email protected] 9 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?

[–] Dick_Justice 8 points 1 year ago

Chicken fingers 😣

[–] PonceDeLeon 8 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Dino shaped chicken nuggets

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[–] [email protected] 8 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.

[–] Bawt 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There is nothing childish about loving Avatar the last Airbender. Every time I watch it I feel like a part of the target audience.

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[–] [email protected] 7 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.

[–] iliketurtles 7 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Blowing on dandelions and watching the seeds float away.

Responsible adults don't propagate weeds.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

ATLA is awesome. Worth enjoying at any age.

I've got a decent collection of stuff animals. They're nice.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Disneyland.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago
  • 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Minecraft, though i'd like to see a child tangle with GregTech xD

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Doing engine sound with my mouth

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

YA Novels can be good -- such an easy, engaging story. I really enjoyed the "I am Number Four" and "Jumper" series-es.

[–] [email protected] 5 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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Stuffed animals and fun shaped foods/objects. I want the Super Mario macaroni to go with my Dino nuggets so my stuffies and I can have a nice dinner.

[–] [email protected] 5 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] instamat 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you think about the modern games? I can’t get into them

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Not the person you asked but I had a blast playing Scarlet even though I didn't really like Sword all that much

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