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?

  • SanguinePar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

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

    • blackdragoness@kbin.social
      4·
      2 years ago

      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.

    • spicy_biscuits@kbin.social
      2·
      2 years 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 😅

  • jarredpickles87@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I actually just started watching Avatar for the first time and I’m 35. Also been playing a game called Rumble. It’s just like being an earth bender. Super fun, and I’m also really enjoying the show. I think I’ll moved on to the legend of Korra after I finish.

  • Binzy_Boi@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    2 years 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.

    • Binzy_Boi@lemmy.ml
      1·
      2 years ago

      I was really bummed out when I developed lactose intolerance, but I was shocked by how good the Silk Dark Chocolate soy one was.

      Also found some brands sell it lactose free here, but unfortunately they’re harder to come across in stores.

  • Mintyytea@kbin.social
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    2 years 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)

  • Ni@kbin.social
    1·
    2 years 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?

  • marshadow@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    2 years 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.

  • Aninjanameddaryll@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 years 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.