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I sometimes like to ignore the sat nav and take another motorway in my city that is the only one with tunnels.
The tunnels run under the runway at our airport so I also like to see the planes flying in.
My friends think I’m weird but really who’s the weird one. I’m just taking pleasure in the simple things.
Inclement weather. Any kind really but the bigger, the better. Snow flurries, a really big thunderstorm, howling wind - I turn 5 years old again every time. Just overcome with excitement and fear and awe.
Freight trains. The funny thing is that I was never really interested in them as a kid, only once I got into my early 20s. There's tons of adults who love trains, but for some reason it's still viewed as kind of a childish interest and I'm not sure why.
The last time I drove out to watch some I was kind of disappointed though. It's been a long time, so I was actually surprised that out of hundreds of freight containers, 90% of them are now just giant Amazon logos, and the other 10% are giant Walmart logos. It kind of sucks. The engines make it worth it though.
trains, squirrels and frogs
I am super impatiently awaiting a new set of wheels for my RC car to be delivered. I purchased them a while ago and it is taking ages! I want to finally finish my build and let it rip on the street!
Oh man, speaking of RC. I just got one of those 1:28 cars, installed a brushless motor, esc, and gyro.
Holy shit dude, if this is considered childish I don't want to grow up it's too much fun
I'm absolutely obsessed with dragons and dinosaurs. I just think big lizards go hard.
Dogs are a big one, I can be furious while stuck in city traffic and then see a dog and I'm happy for a minute. Also those pajamas that have the feet covered and everything. Also cartoons and video games but I feel like those are more acceptable adult things nowadays
Poptarts, mise en place-ing what I wanna wear tomorrow, fuzzy bathrobes
Edit: great thread, OP
I still count the cars on a passing train while I wait as it goes by.
Abandoned buildings, especially theme parks. Extra points if its now all green. Yes there was a sub for this on the other site.
i took my mom and grandma on a driving tour of my city yesterday and she was beyond excited that we went over 2 bridges. for me, its snow.
Birds and wildlife in my neighborhood. I'm technically in suburbia, but enough old growth patches have been maintained that we have a surprising amount of wild animals that live in or travel through the neighborhood (Massachusetts, US)
Merlin app is amazing for identifying birds at the feeder I put on my back deck. And the rest of the animals, I mentally collect like Pokemon.
Geysers. My in-laws live in a geothermal area and there are active geysers that come and go not far from their home. I don't often spot one erupting, but it's exciting when I do.
Minecraft
Plush toys. Just bought one of Spyro the Dragon and I'm waiting for production to start on the Apollo ones (if you're wondering, yeah, the one of the iOS app's mascot)
Dart Blasters.
Like Nerf, but not Nerf, because nerf sucks. there's other off brands that make far better ones. Like I just got a mini gun like one, fully automatic 80 feet range
Santa is bring the heat this year. (I try to get my sons toys out and assembled and working before Christmas because nothing is worse than a toy that doesn't work on Christmas. Plus wrapping all that? Santa got no time for that
I love blimps and zeppelins. I could live in a zeppelin.
I found a place in southern Germany that has blimps you can ride on, booked a ticket for summer of 2020, then the rona happened. That company shut down during the lockdowns. No blimp for me.
Trains, and sirens. Their history, the way they work and are put together, the rare units, all really fascinating to me. There's so much obscure information that is just waiting to be uncovered.
Solar panels, electrical stations, wind turbines, giant excavators, giant holes in the ground
Time travel in movies/shows
Pokemon Go. It makes a normal walk have a layer of catching pokemon on top of it.
Asian cakes. So much better than Western cakes, so light and fluffy, not too sweet and fruits are so fresh!
fireflies, it's so cool and give me the warm feeling, although there's a local myth at my place said that fireflies is the ghost eyes
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Ice cream. Someone wants ice cream, I am happy to show them where to get some. And I might get some myself too. Any reason for ice cream is a good reason.
Buying and selling computer parts. I know it doesn't sound childish but I don't really make much, it's like 0.01 percent of my salary I get paid as a software developer.
Random people call me, I meet them, they buy some random PC parts and it just feels nice.
