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submitted 1 year ago by rubbs@midwest.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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

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

[-] Bawt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Binzy_Boi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago
[-] Anonymous0573@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

No, I was a pretty dumb child and even I was like wtf is this

[-] yaenntz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

rocking on a swing ๐Ÿ˜

[-] radiojosh@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago
  1. Bluey, Legos, cold hotdogs.
[-] Stijn@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

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

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

Disneyland.

[-] QuentinP@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] MeowKittyWow@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

ATLA is awesome. Worth enjoying at any age.

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

[-] IntergalacticTowel@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Coloring. I don't do it very often, but I always feel better after I do. Apparently it's a recommended activity for mental health: Mayo Clinic: Coloring is good for your health

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

Doing engine sound with my mouth

[-] stabby_birdu@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Hurtling towards 30 so a youngun in your books.

But i like to whistle random melodies in public, communicate in weird noises with my partner at home, read YA fantasy (mistborn, assassins apprentice)..

[-] Velkas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I like avatar as well. I watch it and Digimon occasionally.. and I love YA books as well.

[-] Aninjanameddaryll@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] daveyeah@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] Daq@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Words like fart, poop, boobies, etc.

[-] 6368_39162@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Typed on a calculator!

[-] 4ffy@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Lemmygrad is a marxist-focused instance and Hexbear is currently making the migration to mainline Lemmy right now.

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