tanteI wonder if this trend of "Kidults" (as in adults buying toys or having other very "child-like" hobbies and preferences) is fueled by how little pathways to joy we leave to adults so many revert back to when Ninja Turtles made them happy.
If you actually like toys or Cartoons or whatever, go apeshit. (I also love me some Invader Zim and other things). But It feels a bit regressive when the only path to joy is leading backwards and not in the present or the future.
Like what are established forms of joy for adults that are
a) not based on competition/"excellence"/job-like performance
b) not talked about as wasteful/frivolous
c) accessible to people without a lot of spare cash?
a) not based on competition/"excellence"/job-like performance
b) not talked about as wasteful/frivolous
c) accessible to people without a lot of spare cash?
Jan Bretschneider@tante what about hobbies? Reading, knitting, painting, playing board games, dancing, cycling, hiking, swimming?
@bertvaneub sure there are those. But look at hoe they are framed: "You go swimming to be in competitions or for your fitness", reading is often framed as "education" and not joy (and literature that's really focused on job/fun is looked down upon).
The activities exist but what happens if you do them? How are you seen?
The activities exist but what happens if you do them? How are you seen?
CassandraVert@tante @bertvaneub I used to take dance classes. It did involve some cost, but not crazy. There were a bunch of adults with me, and none of us ever expected to be professional. So I suppose we were all there to have fun.
People don't think of me when I read because they don't see me.
People don't think of me when I read because they don't see me.
My mother told me when I was a teenager that when I became an adult, I would put aside the things I loved. I never understood why, so I never did.
Jeremy List@CassandraVert Now that I'm an adult I have to balance the things I love because I just don't get enough time every day for all of them.