# Stereotypical Kid / Teen things you do as an adult? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 4, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-kid-teen-things-you-do-as-an-adult/1013847 "2025-02-04T00:47:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-kid-teen-things-you-do-as-an-adult/1013847/61 "2025-02-06T17:41:22Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > I’m finding more and more I’m like “you know what the kids might enjoy…” and doing stuff like using random parts to build a minifig-scale Black Hawk helicopter or anime / Horizon Zero inspired spider-tank. That totally counts! So far I haven’t designed any custom builds; I’m not very creative (at least, not in that way). People are sometimes impressed by the look of a completed set and will comment on my creativity, and I always say that building a Lego set is just like doing paint-by-numbers only with tiny plastic bricks. 😁 I really enjoy the process, though; it’s definitely a kind of therapy. (Two of my friends run a Lego-related side business: they design small sets, and arrange events at local breweries where people to get together and build that month’s design. I went to one in November, am signed up for another later this month, and am also tentatively planning to go to a March event. Those are the only custom builds I can ever imagine having!) ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-kid-teen-things-you-do-as-an-adult/1013847/62 "2025-02-08T01:46:51Z")
As an old lady I do lots of things I did as a kid. I lie on the floor a lot (I’m typing this while lying in front of the wood stove), I rode horses then, and I have a horse I ride now. I loved terrariums and aquariums – have a terrarium right now … I took long walks by myself with my dog, still do that. I used to love drawing and while I don’t draw much these days I always have some kind of art project going. Reading fiction. Writing in my journal. I do all those things. I’m basically twelve. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-kid-teen-things-you-do-as-an-adult/1013847/63 "2025-02-08T14:43:32Z")
When I see a big display of Apple Jacks at the grocery store I find them hard to resist. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-kid-teen-things-you-do-as-an-adult/1013847/64 "2025-02-08T16:41:12Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > More in spirit of the OP, woe be the puddle that happens to be in my vicinity. There are so few things that are as satisfying as jumping into one. Especially if it’s frozen on the top, and then drained out a little underneath. But while there are few things as satisfying, stomping on fallen bits of sycamore bark comes close. Oh, and whenever there’s a choice of walking on an ordinary sidewalk, or on a raised curb next to the sidewalk (enclosing a landscaping bed, say), I’ll choose the curb every time. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-kid-teen-things-you-do-as-an-adult/1013847/65 "2025-02-10T20:40:53Z")
Apparently I’m now playing a video game on Steam called Hello Kitty Island Adventure. And I’m having fun. It’s adjacent to Animal Crossing (which I never played) and Stardew Valley (which I did, copiously.) What’s so great about it is that you don’t have to grind for 10,000 hours because I don’t have time to grind for 10,000 hours, it doesn’t have a sprawling open world I don’t have time to explore, and I don’t have time to play for more than 15-30 minutes at a time – for god’s sake, I am an adult. An adult playing Hello Kitty Island Adventure. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-kid-teen-things-you-do-as-an-adult/1013847/66 "2025-02-10T23:03:12Z")
I still love watching Beavis and Butt-Head. ---
**Author:** ![LivingGhost371](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@LivingGhost371](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LivingGhost371)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-kid-teen-things-you-do-as-an-adult/1013847/67 "2025-02-12T18:20:05Z")
Thought of another example for me, saw the neighborhood teenager on her motorized foot scooter and I thought that looked like fun so I bought one for myself and ride it all the time. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-kid-teen-things-you-do-as-an-adult/1013847/68 "2025-02-12T18:22:50Z")
E-scooters are legit means of transportation here for grown-ups. Not for fun, but e. g. for commuting to work. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-kid-teen-things-you-do-as-an-adult/1013847/69 "2025-02-12T19:29:48Z")
> [@LivingGhost371](#): > > I bought one for myself and ride it all the time Me, too! Well, I want to, anyway. I got a Segway Ninebot Max late in the season but only could ride it a half dozen times or so before reluctantly putting it away till the ice & freezing temps are in the virtual rear view mirror. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-kid-teen-things-you-do-as-an-adult/1013847/70 "2025-02-12T20:33:31Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > E-scooters are legit means of transportation here for grown-ups. Not for fun, but e. g. for commuting to work. We see a lot of that here too. Adults, even geezers, riding them for transport. And for fun. I don’t have one, but I do have an e-bike that fills mostly the same role. If I had a larger residence with a bit more storage space I might well add a e-scooter to my “garage”. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-kid-teen-things-you-do-as-an-adult/1013847/71 "2025-02-13T20:15:35Z")
I collect action figures, mostly the things i loved as a child (mainly GI Joe, transformers and star wars) and things i fell in love with as an adult (mcu and anime). Also play video games, but i don’t consider that kid stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-kid-teen-things-you-do-as-an-adult/1013847/72 "2025-02-15T11:05:29Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > I rode horses then, and I have a horse I ride now. Lucky you! I had a horse, that I rode. We worked well together. She came out of a PMU farm, and though she was a crazy cross (we figured she was half-Clydesdale and half-Morgan), I had a lot of fun with her. I don’t know how or why she and I clicked, but we did, and when we did, I knew that she was the horse for me. The conformation of a Clyde and the spirit of a Morgan—something to behold. And experience that size and spirit in the saddle, as I did. Sadly, all good things gotta come to an end, and she passed eventually. But I will never forget her, and the fun we had. I am sure that she is waiting for me on this side of Rainbow Bridge. We worked that well together, that I am sure that she will be there, waiting for a carrot or an apple, or both. As she so often got. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-kid-teen-things-you-do-as-an-adult/1013847/73 "2025-02-28T15:24:26Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > > [@msmith537](#): > > > > I’m finding more and more I’m like “you know what the kids might enjoy…” and doing stuff like using random parts to build a minifig-scale Black Hawk helicopter or anime / Horizon Zero inspired spider-tank. > > That totally counts! So far I haven’t designed any custom builds; I’m not very creative (at least, not in that way). People are sometimes impressed by the look of a completed set and will comment on my creativity, and I always say that building a Lego set is just like doing paint-by-numbers only with tiny plastic bricks. 😁 I really enjoy the process, though; it’s definitely a kind of therapy. > > (Two of my friends run a Lego-related side business: they design small sets, and arrange events at local breweries where people to get together and build that month’s design. I went to one in November, am signed up for another later this month, and am also tentatively planning to go to a March event. Those are the only custom builds I can ever imagine having!) My latest project is a minifig-scale Tesla Cybertruck. I started building it with my daughter (Age 8) out of a bag of old grey angular Lego my wife found discarded on the street. After the initial crude version, she got bored but I get a bit more obsessive about making it more accurate (given the limitations of building with Lego). This angles not quite right. This window should be larger and “trans-brown” not “trans-clear”, I don’t have right size / color wheels so I had to order some on [Bricklink.com](http://Bricklink.com). Of course the shipping is expensive, so I need to buy a bunch more bricks to make it more cost effective. And I found a license plate tile that says “Luv 2 Rob” from what I assume is a Lego Police set so that would be perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-kid-teen-things-you-do-as-an-adult/1013847/74 "2025-02-28T16:15:22Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > My latest project is a minifig-scale Tesla Cybertruck. That sounds great – and the license plate is awesome! When it’s done, for added “oomph” you could build Musk/Trump minifigs… 😁 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-kid-teen-things-you-do-as-an-adult/1013847.md?page=3)