Im not that old, but I do wonder at what point, if ever, is it sad to find toys/stuff designed for young people fun?
I dont like hunting and meat smokers. Or sports. Im into classic consoles and rc cars and Legos. Sometimes I feel like people have kids just so they can try to relive their own kid days. But I do that on a daily basis. Im surrounded by “kid” stuff, right down to 90s vhs cartoons and a Bop it.
My co workers would think its very odd that I spent the weekend playing atari and building legos. I guess I did put up some wood paneling too. But most other people were probably trucking their kids to sports practice and smoking a hog.
Turns out that if you do your work and pay your taxes you get to decide what to do with your money and time.
Accept that people may not like the things you do. You can always find someone enthusiastic about the same things you are online.
I think kid stuff is fine to like. Legos even say on the box you’re allowed to play with that until you turn 100. I think playing with toddler toys is probably a bit sad though, just cause that’s indicative of a psychological problem to me. But I’m not gonna tell someone what toys they can and can’t play with.
Liking toys and buying them is fine. Obsessively collecting them and making them your identity or buying 300k worth of some dead guys lego is fucked.
I say anything that fuels creativity is a good hobby to have. Legos can build lots of things especially if you have a engineering mind.
Atari games I’m sure are fun, but I’m also sure they spark some kind of imagery in your mind that if applied elsewhere (ie art) could be seen as creative. Or you know… Just fun.
Where i draw the line: you’re 30+ yrs old, and no kids but your favorite show is Bluey… 😒
My fiancee and I build Legos together, play games together and there is nothing wrong with that. Rules like this are purely fictional and societal pressure. Just do what you like, you’re a grown up! Even if someone tells you you shouldn’t, you don’t even have to do something with that :)
It’s perfectly acceptable to play with Lego’s all the way up to age 99. Then you have to stop.
/sarcasm
Not nearly as sad as avoiding something you enjoy just because somebody else might find out.
Misery likes company.
My SIL “jokes” that I “must be autistic” because I didn’t want to have kids and like to play legos with my niece.“You’re a very childish adult”, “you don’t want to grow up” well fuck her, you know what she likes? doomscrolling tiktok, following “influencers” and complaining about her kids. I’m VERY happy being who I am and going to keep ignoring her stupid ass
Now that I think about it, I think I actually dated someone like that.
I have an uncle in his 40s, no wife or kids, just buys the newest games and locks himself in his room. Nothing wrong with doing what makes you happy.
When you either have no personality outside of liking childrens toys, or you find yourself rushing into a store and elbowing people, potentially children, out of the way, so that you can get the toy first.
Ooh no. Im embarrassed just looking at the hotwheels in a store, lol
Dude, I went into a Walgreens for a drink the other day and I saw two things I wanted but can’t justify buying:
a large Bluey squishmallow and the Hotwheels Action City playset. The same one they had when I was a kid, and it came with like 10 cars.
Walgreens is probably the best place to get toys. just say, “my little nephew is sick”, and nobody will judge.
I believe you are asking a specifically biased and chambered audience
personally I don’t have any of this little baby nostalgia
I’m torn. On one hand people should like what they like and that’s that - it’s nobody’s business. On the other, I once worked with a morbidly obese and very unpleasant guy who was obsessed with various toys and figurines. It’s hard for me not to associate such a child-like obsession with a general failure to grow up and take a bit of responsibility for your life.
That said I watched Transformers:The Movie with my kids recently, and remembered just how much I loved it.
Almost 1/2 century old and I still have stuffed animals my mom gave me as a kid in the hospital and a few others for my birthday.
If she didn’t get rid of my old millennium falcon and other starwars toys i would still have them.
You like what you like and you keep what means something to you. Fuck what anyone else thinks!
I’d really love to see your stuffed animals. <3
Mom gave me these on Valentine’s day so long ago they are fading in color.
My stuffed animals are in storage ATM but I hope this will brighten the moment in their stead!
Once you’re older than 99 you’re not allowed to play with Lego’s anymore
Poor Dick Van Dyke.
As someone who doesn’t generally play with children’s toys, i still say the answer is never.
As Randall Munroe said way back in XKCD #150, we’re the grownups now, and we get to decide what that means. Life is too short not to spend as much of it as you can doing what you want. So long as it doesn’t interfere with others, go wild.
as long as it doesn’t interfere with others
Hell, find someone who consents and go wild with company! it’s 2x the fun!
