# Things adults do that you find (mildly) juvenile **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 18, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141 "2018-07-18T12:40:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141/101 "2018-07-19T19:14:03Z")
Having problems finding stuff you can eat, whether because you’ve got problems with textures, don’t like an ingredient that’s very popular locally, allergies, religion, whatever… not a problem. Whining that you “can’t eat any of this” after you checked the menu posted outside and declared that yes, it was acceptable? I expect better from toddlers. I find the fuss that can surround spectator sports juvenile, but it’s fun to watch so long as people are civilized about it 🙂 Does people-watching count as a spectator sport? > [@bump](#): > > I keep thinking “You’re 37- why are you reading young adult literature? Shouldn’t you be reading Chuck Palahniuk, Kevin Kwan or even less literary stuff like Nora Roberts or Bernard Cornwell? At least they’re all writing books for adults.” Or when they’re recommended to me, I think “I’m 45… why would I want to read a book aimed at 11 year olds?” Aside of being in complete agreement with Mr. CS Lewis, I happen to have kids in my life; when a specific book, movie or series makes big waves I make a point of becoming familiar with it so when I’m talking with those kids I’m not That Old Clueless Person. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141/102 "2018-07-19T20:18:28Z")
This is far too narrowly tailored to apply to adults in general, but in MLB, when a batter is hit by a pitch and begins charging towards the pitcher on the mound, that’s just absolutely cringeworthy. Strangely, I wouldn’t find it ridiculous if an athlete punches another athlete who is standing just yards or inches away (if that other athlete instigated the confrontation,) but the fact that the batter has to first run a long distance to get to the pitcher is what makes the whole thing laughable. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141/103 "2018-07-19T20:26:46Z")
Anyone over the age of 18 bragging about sexual conquests. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141/104 "2018-07-19T20:30:03Z")
… or genital endowments… I went thru OCS with a guy whose last name was the same as an organ manufacturer, so he was always bragging about his _\_ organ. So obnoxious! ---
**Author:** ![fedman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/278dde/32.png) [@fedman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141/105 "2018-07-19T20:45:47Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > On this subject, it’s recently\* become the norm in chain restaurants (e.g. Denny’s, Outback) to give you a straw with your soft drink if you order one, even though the soda’s served in a regular glass. At many of these places, the drink will arrive with the straw already in it. > > At first, my reaction was, ‘WTF do I need a straw for? I’m not a kid.’ But now I just shrug. And if the straw’s already in the glass, I use it. > \*Like over the past decade or two. When you get old, your perspective on time gets all funny. 🙂 some people may not trust the cleanliness of glass ---
**Author:** ![fedman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/278dde/32.png) [@fedman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141/106 "2018-07-19T20:52:05Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > I won’t say it’s childish to dry your eyes with a towel as you describe, but I’ve never had an issue with getting soap or shampoo in them. Close eyes while washing face/hair, rinse well, open eyes, everything’s fine, no soap/shampoo irritation at all. Do your eyelids have some kind of anatomical irregularity that makes this challenging? > > I do drape the towel over the curtain rod though - not to keep the floor dry, but so that I can towel off in the warm, super-humid micro-climate of the shower before stepping out into cold, dry air. Much more pleasant that way, especially in the winter when the bathroom air is really cold and dry. actually, even with my eyes closed, some soap/conditioner DOES get into my eyes ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141/107 "2018-07-19T22:16:13Z")
It bothers me inordinately to eat a meal with someone who methodically and precisely as possible cuts a steak or chop into small pieces before taking a single bite. A lot of them don’t do this with fowl or seafood, and that bugs me a lot, too. Don’t get me started on people who season (salt, pepper, pepper sauce, etc.) everything before tasting it. It’s none of my business, really, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141/108 "2018-07-19T22:17:30Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > This is far too narrowly tailored to apply to adults in general, but in MLB, when a batter is hit by a pitch and begins charging towards the pitcher on the mound, that’s just absolutely cringeworthy. > Strangely, I wouldn’t find it ridiculous if an athlete punches another athlete who is standing just yards or inches away (if that other athlete instigated the confrontation,) but the fact that the batter has to first run a long distance to get to the pitcher is what makes the whole thing laughable. I always like the ones where the batter gets hit. And at first the batter is all like: “It’s cool man. I’m just gonna walk my base”. And then half way to first base, the batter will dart towards the pitcher, and shit gets crazy. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141/109 "2018-07-19T22:54:06Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Getting so caught up in a sport as a spectator. People can be quite absurd about _their_ team. This is what I came here to post. I once told some adults that I followed my local sports teams as a kid, and they took it as an insult to their maturity as though I meant only kids would follow sports. I wasn’t thinking that, but the fact that they were made me agree with them. They know it’s childish, but it’s usually meaningless tribalism that prevents actual violence (until hooliganism at least), so they don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141/110 "2018-07-20T00:16:35Z")
Making everything about them and getting cranky when they’re not the center of attention. My brother-in-law pulls this shit frequently. He threw a hissy fit 3 days after my mother died because my sister and I were focusing all our energy on planning the funeral and working through our grief instead of paying attention to him. He came back from running errands, waited in the living room for about a minute, and when we didn’t drop everything to ask about his day, he stormed upstairs and began loudly calling the airlines asking about return tickets and slamming his suitcase around. After my sister talked him down, he came downstairs to give me a piece of his mind about how he didn’t appreciate being ignored. Seriously, dude? You couldn’t acknowledge your wife and extended family may not be in the best psychological state 3 days\* after their mother died\* and may be a little awkward? You had to make it all about \*your \*feelings? I bit my tongue, but all I could think was “you’re a 70-year-old grown man, but you’re acting like a whiny 12-year-old whose friends went to the mall without her.” Also, getting shit-faced fall-down drunk every weekend after you’re out of college, say 23 or so. ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141/111 "2018-07-20T00:24:45Z")
The use of “mom” and “dad” not merely as pet names for when one is speaking directly to one’s own parents, but as general purpose synonyms for “mother” or “father.” “Breastfeeding information for expectant moms,” “I was so proud when I became a dad,” etc. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141/112 "2018-07-20T01:29:03Z")
> [@Arcite](#): > > The use of “mom” and “dad” not merely as pet names for when one is speaking directly to one’s own parents, but as general purpose synonyms for “mother” or “father.” “Breastfeeding information for expectant moms,” “I was so proud when I became a dad,” etc. That’s a battle you will never win. ---
**Author:** ![KMS94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ad7895/32.png) [@KMS94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KMS94)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141/113 "2018-07-20T02:00:14Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > When I was a kid, the big thing for women was soap operas. My mother planned her life around “As The World Turns.” :smack: > > For that matter, I liked “Downton Abbey” but it’s not like I lived for it or anything. I was halfway through the third season of “Sons of Anarchy” on Netflix before I fully realized I was watching a soap opera. ---
**Author:** ![JustBree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@JustBree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustBree)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141/114 "2018-07-22T06:05:24Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > My Little Pony. I just don’t get the obsession. I do a lot of the things in this thread, so I wouldn’t call myself an expert on maturity. But I’ll step in to explain an interest of mine that baffles a lot of people for some reason. Yes, I do like My Little Pony. I’m not obsessed, I don’t collect merchandise or talk about it at length on the Internet. But I do watch the show. Here’s why I like it: It helps me combat my severe mental illness. Yes, really. That’s the big secret. I have depression and severe anxiety, and it’s a heartwarming, sweet, innocent, idealistic show. I watch it because it’s comforting. I spend ninety-nine percent of my waking hours worrying about something, even if it’s just in the back of my head. When I watch My Little Pony, my brain is comparatively quiet. I don’t need to think about a show like that. As for how I could find it entertaining instead of mind-numbingly boring, well, it’s simple but it’s not stupid. It’s idealistic, but they’re ideals we should all want to believe in, if you ask me. The dialogue can be funny or clever at times. It’s not all brilliant stuff, but it’s engaging enough. For twenty-odd minutes my attention is devoted solely to the daily lives of colorful ponies instead of, say, the Trump presidency. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141/115 "2018-07-22T12:16:19Z")
> [@KMS94](#): > > I was halfway through the third season of “Sons of Anarchy” on Netflix before I fully realized I was watching a soap opera. My entry here is “comic books” for the same reason. To invest yourself enough to thoroughly enjoy serialized comic books despite their soap opera nature is literally childish. As in, if you had read comic books during childhood, you should have figured out by now that there is no finality and no point in investing energy in them when everything will change in a couple years, and perversely, nothing will change since all the main characters will still be around and be in mostly the same situation, and the counterexamples come about not due to advances in the plot but due to advances in chronology, changing mores, and deus ex machina resets/reboots. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141/116 "2018-07-22T12:36:28Z")
> [@JustBree](#): > > Yes, I do like My Little Pony. I’m not obsessed, I don’t collect merchandise or talk about it at length on the Internet. But I do watch the show. _\_ Honestly, I wasn’t thinking about watching the show. I was referring to the Brony thing. I’ve never seen the show and I have only a passing awareness of it, but what I’ve heard of the obsession within some groups seems very childish to me. In the grand scheme of life, it’s probably a harmless obsession, and it certainly doesn’t affect me at all, but it was my honest answer to what I find to be juvenile. I’m sure there are those who would say the same about my nightshirt covered in pictures of kittens. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141/117 "2018-07-22T14:30:29Z")
Dressing up in a full costume for Halloween. I like how Jim on _The Office_ handled such occasions. He made trivial, satirical gestures towards dressing up. Once, he wore a simple name tag. When people asked who he was, he pointed to it and answered, “I’m Dave”. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141/118 "2018-07-22T16:41:06Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Honestly, I wasn’t thinking about watching the show. I was referring to the Brony thing. I’ve never seen the show and I have only a passing awareness of it, but what I’ve heard of the obsession within some groups seems very childish to me. I think it is more just a surface layer to a sense of community about other things, in a similar way to how this site is only on the surface about reading a column in a newspaper. For instance, in what I believe is the main MLP related site, they have daily and nightly discussion threads. [This](https://www.equestriadaily.com/2018/07/nightly-discussion-1506.html?m=1) is the most recent thread, the 1,506th one. In it, you’ll see them talking about pretty much random stuff. So it is a little like going to an SMDM meetup dressed in a Cecil Adams costume, if there was any such thing. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141/119 "2018-07-22T17:18:45Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > What can’t you believe? Disney World is an amusement park designed primarily for families and children. It’s supposed to be full of shrieking children. > > Secondly, its’ a fact that children are impatient, get excited easily and have short attention spans so it’s completely normal that they lose it while standing in line behind a bunch of immature grown-ups. > > That said, I’ve always thought they should have 2 lines for each attraction. I wish we had a sarcasm smiley because that’s how I meant it. OF COURSE, Disney World is for children and families, and I fully expected that when I went there. But they cater to adults, too, or they wouldn’t have nightlife attractions at Disney Springs, hotel options that are more adult-oriented like the Grand Floridian, or the numerous spas around the complex. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141/120 "2018-07-22T17:53:36Z")
I expect to get flamed a bit, but… Wearing a cap with the bill turned backwards (or to the side, which is even worse). I find it OK if you’re a student in college, or a twenty-something, or even a thirty-something as long as you’re deliberately trying to be casual and “cool.” When you’re 43 and have your teenage kids with you…not so much. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-adults-do-that-you-find-mildly-juvenile/818141.md?page=7)