# Childish guilty pleasures? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 18, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547 "2021-11-18T02:03:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CastletonSnob1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547/1 "2021-11-18T02:03:27Z")
Do you have any things you enjoy that could be seen as “childish”? I like to take bubble baths instead of showers. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547/2 "2021-11-18T09:20:53Z")
when i make cookies or brownies i have to make double just to actually make a batch ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547/3 "2021-11-18T10:33:41Z")
Dandelions that have gone to seed are meant to be blown. My neighbors probably hate me. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547/4 "2021-11-18T12:29:06Z")
Whenever I am not feeling well, I remember back to my parents, particularly my mom and would try to recreate the care she gave me when I was sick. I make decisions based on what her decision would have been. So if I was suppose to be somewhere (like work), but she would have canceled it back then, I cancel it. I also would get some treat for myself, and make certain foods that are indicative of that time. Basically I would relinquish care and responsibility of myself to the state of a sick child in the trusting care of another (who I ‘play’). ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547/5 "2021-11-18T13:28:05Z")
I read young adult books. Not exclusively, of course, but I don’t see any reason _not_ to read them. I can’t help it if I’m fifty-one years old. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547/6 "2021-11-18T14:15:49Z")
My ‘childish’ guilty pleasure? Reading Mercedes Lackey’s _Valdemar_ books. 😌 ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547/7 "2021-11-18T14:44:25Z")
I also find myself reading YA books. Usually someone’s recommendation where they fail to mention it’s YA, I start reading it and realize it’s for a younger demographic and then read it anyway. Some good stuff! I enjoy “kiddie” movies (Paddington, Hotel Transylvania, Despicable Me, etc). I cuddle stuffed animals in stores. Some people think I have a childish diet / food tastes. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547/8 "2021-11-18T16:12:38Z")
I still play the video games. Which fits in a weird space where you have adults spending thousands on PC components for gaming so hardly something your average kid would be doing and yet saying “Oh, I play video games” at many adult functions is still gonna get you some looks. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547/9 "2021-11-18T16:15:47Z")
If I can find it on the tube: Teletubbies! (Uh-oh!) ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547/10 "2021-11-18T18:40:11Z")
There are whole classes of grown-up type games that almost require an engineering degree to fully understand what is going on: simulations. Particularly the technical ones. Detailed WWII submarine simulation? Yes. How about a base-building simulation on an airless, hostile moon, where physics plays a strong role? Especially yes. I play a lot of these and don’t think of it as a childish behavior. Meanwhile, my teenage son plays a lot of Fortnite, which is age appropriate. He stays far away from the sims that I spend time with. As for my childish guilty pleasure…I like sweet, sugary “kids” cereals. Like Fruity Pebbles, Lucky Charms, etc. I haven’t had any in over 5 years, but really adore the stuff, and have since I was little. Funny thing is that my kid hates cereal of all types and will never eat any. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547/11 "2021-11-18T18:44:04Z")
> [@Limmin](#): > > Meanwhile, my teenage son plays a lot of Fortnite, which is age appropriate. He stays far away from the sims that I spend time with. I have no issues with a sim-style game or story-based games or just headshotting zombies into satisfying red bursts. I don’t really classify them into “age appropriate” or not aside from whether or not they’re appropriate for kids due to content. But if a fun game has a purple cartoon cat collecting bubbles, I’m still gonna play it. ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547/12 "2021-11-18T18:48:55Z")
Ah, maybe I should have said “…Fornite was designed for his age group…” But FWIW I too play Fortnite and even Minecraft. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547/13 "2021-11-18T20:36:43Z")
I like to go in to stores this time of year when they have their “motion” or “animated” holiday toys on display. And I push the button to start every one of them on the shelf. At the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547/14 "2021-11-18T20:50:13Z")
My husband once took two voice-activated talking things and put them facing each other so they were “conversing”. I think store staff were understandably less than enthused. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547/15 "2021-11-18T20:56:51Z")
Petsmart had a bin full of screeching monkey plush toys right next to the register. I couldn’t help myself. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547/16 "2021-11-18T21:06:36Z")
Fortunately, having a 4 and a 7 year old I can hide most of them as “just playing with my kids”. > [@Limmin](#): > > Yes. How about a base-building simulation on an airless, hostile moon, where physics plays a strong role? Especially yes. Oooo,which game is that? ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547/17 "2021-11-18T21:14:54Z")
I like bubblegum pop music. Anything with a really catchy melody. The more mindless the lyrics, the better. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547/18 "2021-11-18T21:26:12Z")
I like blowing dandelion seeds, too. I also like dumb kids’ jokes, and Pixar movies, and have a ferocious sweet tooth. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547/19 "2021-11-18T21:26:42Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Oooo,which game is that? Seconded. I haven’t played anything in years. I’m thinking about downloading a WWII submarine game maybe. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547/20 "2021-11-18T21:28:16Z")
Me too. Have you heard Mika’s “[Lollipop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6md5RSnVUuo)”? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547.md?page=2)