Why are some people not growing up?

I will be 47 next week and I'm delighted to still be 'immature' by many standards. I love jokes and messing and being honest, the day I start acting my age will be the day that I'm ready to check out.

There are way too many serious people around, who take everything so seriously and expect everyone and everything to be serious. It's like they feel the whole world is watching and they must act their part. They are about as much fun as ironing your nutsack.

Have you ever seen a Studio Ghibli movie? Eg I watched Spirited Away recently and the amount of metaphors in it would go over a lot of adults heads, let alone children. The art and score is superb etc. I think it's a bit naive to discount animation just because you associate it with children. Plenty of animated material will continue to be viewed as art, centuries from now. The fact you don't understand it doesn't make the people who appreciate it immature.

Mmmmm…I've noticed this as well with a lot of the younger end of the Millennials and Gen Z'ers (if I can use those annoying terms). An awful lot of them are incapable of holding a conversation unless it's either about them or it's something they have a deep interest in. Coupled with that their attention span seems to be miniscule.

Now, obviously this isn't every single person in those generation brackets. But it's been an easy observation to make.

Soaps = Proper high brow "grown up" entertainment

Think I'll never grow up in that case haha, hated them 35 years ago and hate them today too.

As you say some peeps are more open to enjoy life their own way.

I still do that and if anyone think I'm not grown up..well it's theirs own problem imo. I'm fine with my own way of living, think that's all what matters.

Maybe if you did actually try to make polite conversation or ask a question you'd learn something about either which would broaden your mind and leave you in a better place to chat to the next person you meet who you feel is beneath you.

I've 0 interest in soccer but I've a peripheral knowledge of whats going on in that world because it's important to many people.

Possibly... I don't really consider myself a fascist, but it's a kinda topical dogwhistle to use on anyone you don't agree with and suspect to be older/wealthier/more square than you these days. That or 'boomer', and I'm not one of those either.

In fact I don't really hold that view, it's more of a daydream.

But, yes, an easier society allows people to avoid responsibility and be a child for longer. Whether that's a good thing or not is down to personal opinion.

Soccer is a lowest common denominator conversation starter, the problem is some people don't see it that way and cannot get past the gentle rebuttal. I respect their use of it as a conversation opener.

I really do find myself bemused at the "kids these days have it easy" brigade.

1st off, isn't that what we want for our kids? To have it better than we did? That our graft can make their own lives a little easier? I know that for my lad, who's 20 now. I wouldn't wish my childhood on him.

As for the whys for some people not growing up? I know a couple of people my age who's childhoods were forestalled, a range of circumstances but common amongst them?

Being the eldest in big families, or just being unlucky enough to be poor during their childhoods. Now? They've done the hardwork of raising their families, and are embracing the things, toys and hobbies they never had in their adolescence.

Be it rediscovering transformer toys or travelling to football matches, they are enjoying moments long postponed and for the most case, hard earned. For me it's watches, for a good friend it's Manga. I reckon it makes us interesting 🤨

Similarly for those 20 & 30 something's still living at home. The cost to move out has rarely been higher. I know in my own case, whilst I did leave home at 17, it was to emigrate because, well it was the mid 90's and despite the current crop thinking emigration is new? It really isn't.

I enjoyed my time abroad, it went well enough for me to both look after a couple of brothers sent after me and to come home ready to at least catch a taste of the tiger.

Still, rather than keep rambling on in my dotage,I'll leave it at this 😉 since Socrates, it's always the younger, weaker, softer generation…

Same as it ever was🤷‍♂️

The thing is, that would just translate to people not being suited for each other. I'm 33, been on lots of dates with women that love the likes of Into The Spiderverse and Studio Ghibli. Equally plenty out there that still love Disney films etc. If anything, it sounds like you're a bit out of touch and have labeled something as childish as a result.

I love cinema btw so have watched a lot that most haven't. But women or men of all ages being fans of the likes of early Pixar or Miyazaki is pretty common.

I wasn't trying to say any kind of challenge at all is suffering, more pointing out that there are some miserable people out there who like to frame everything they do as suffering and want everyone after them to suffer as much. Everyone knows one, they'd be the type who had to walk barefoot in the snow to get to school where they'd be beaten with a metre stick (but it did them no harm). For these people, the opposite of easy is suffering. Overcoming adversity isn't as important as being miserable in the process. I reckon everyone knows at least one of these types.

The cinema is for children. Do you sit there stuffing your face with a big bag of childish popcorn and kiddie fizzy drinks?

Grow up and start doing what real adults do, going to the theatre and drinking expensive red wine.

Adults?

I suppose it caters to some but its more entertainment for tweens a la Love Island and other reality shows rather than an actual R-Rated adult only production. But its good to know where your adult standard is set.

Old man shakes fist at stuff saved to the cloud.

Birthdays are for kids...

To properly celebrate as an adult, without the OPs scorn...

Just relabel them as a chronological personal best, or annual high score 😁😉

They are known as 'soy boys', the feminisation of men is thought to be caused by estrogen in drinking water. The majority of men on Reddit are soy boys and they hate us blackpilled Incels even though they are often incel themselves. I am actually a bit of a soy boy myself but I am different to them as I am blackpilled rather than bluepilled. I am probably low T, not a high T alpha.

https://www.reddit.com/r/starterpacks/comments/7t6vbt/soy_boy_starterpack/

You heard it here folks, the reason I watch Studio Ghibli films and still play videogames as an adult is due to the esteogen in my drinking water.

Thanks for clearing that up, King of the Incels.

Do you support/follow the same team you did as a child? If they’re not you’re local team, I find that childish that you follow a club you have zero connection to

Your whole life seems to be been a triggered person.

Why should only small children like them. What is wrong with enjoying music, or games or even cartoons. Why do you get to define that the audience is exclusively for children. The writers certainly didnt write them to be exclusively enjoyable to children.

You dont get them, fine. I'm fifty, i've a couple of kids and mortgage yadda yadda. I enjoy having fun and to me that means music, sports and even the odd board game.