# Things you loved as a kid that you still love as an old person **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 15, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565 "2023-06-15T13:57:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/21 "2023-06-15T15:50:52Z")
Macaroni with butter and salt. I can eat a huge bowl of it. Peanut butter and mayo sandwiches. Target shooting, although I haven’t done it in. . .decades. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/22 "2023-06-15T17:03:18Z")
Peanut butter & jelly (jam) sandwiches. Chocolate cake. The Three Stooges. Dogs. Riding a bicycle. Long car rides. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/23 "2023-06-15T17:46:02Z")
Is still like many things from my early teen years onward, so I’ll just list those things I liked before age 10 till now. - Chocolate malted milk - Hot tea - Hot dogs - Pizza - Wagon wheel pasta with salt & butter - Liverwurst Sandwiches - Liver & onions - The Beatles - Fishing - The Andy Griffith Show - The Dick Van Dyke Show - The Three Stooges - Dr. Strangelove (still my favorite dark comedy) - Porn ---
**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:** [June 15, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/24 "2023-06-15T17:54:55Z")
> **[SAMANTHA SANG ~ "EMOTION" (with The Bee Gees) highest def. audio/video~ 1977](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPwpVJ-eIgg%2F)** > > Written by the Bee Gees, what could possibly be said about the quality of this ballad that has not already been talked about? Although Samantha Sang's only b... [Emotion (Samantha Sang/Bee Gees)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPwpVJ-eIgg) ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/25 "2023-06-15T18:11:31Z")
Bonsai tree, I had a fascination with it as a child and I find it even more fascinating today. I say bonsai because it most closely describes what I like but in truth I just enjoy growing trees in small bonsai style pots and go free style with the design. I don’t care if I spend 20 years working on a plant completion doesn’t even cross my mind, I do like to let them fill out once a year sometimes 2 years straight before I see something new in them and change directions with it. I do some wiring but prefer to use light and gravity, and drought and fire to give them character, I sometimes have used compressed air to mimic storms. Anything I can think of, I see them as toys while at the same time feeling a little guilty because they are living things. I try to cram 200 years of real life into maybe 20 years. Very few of them have died. Just a great hobby. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/26 "2023-06-15T18:11:40Z")
Finally, a thread about appreciation and not frustration! Good on you, Cheesesteak. Just about everything, really. I’ve found new things I love, and I don’t do all the things I used to, but I’m still fond of them (fatty foods, etc.) My political/social views haven’t changed, either, and it’s not immaturity or ignorance. I’m not trying to brag, but I spotted quality and understood things correctly early on, and I’ll be damned if I’m going to give up something that gives me pleasure and isn’t hurting others or myself. Of course, I’ve grown out of some habits and worn certain favorites thin, but that’s another matter. Isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/27 "2023-06-15T18:12:59Z")
I just played Monkey Island 6 and it was very fun, reminded me of the games I grew up with. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/28 "2023-06-15T18:17:44Z")
Boobies. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/29 "2023-06-15T18:22:20Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > > [@What\_Exit](#): > > > > Overall my love of books died in the last 3 years. I don’t know why. I was a voracious reader, now I’m not. > > I stopped reading for several years, and thought maybe I’d gotten too old, or too distracted, or… (pardon my snip Puzzlegal) I have a partial match, in that I still love to read, but I found I almost never read a new series, or books by new authors anymore. It’s not like @doreen who had tastes change, it was that I was having a hard time getting emotionally invested in a whole new set of characters or clever world building that ate up the first book of a series, and then … nothing. For years, or over a -decade- (looking at YOU Rothfuss!). So I’ll happily read fluff stuff, or re-read series with worlds or characters I love, but otherwise… yeah. Okay, back to the OP Fiction - still love Science Fiction, Fantasy (especially dark), and blends. Food - sadly still love eating until I’m stuffed rather than until I stop being actively hungry. I still also love Parm Goldfish Crackers, even if they’re nutritionally void carb bombs. And even if I can make empirically better food across the board, sometimes I just want a cheap fast food cheeseburger dammit! Video games - OMFG, if my steam collection keeps growing, I don’t know what I’ll do. With adulting, I never get to play as much as I like, but there’s always something new or old to play or replay. I don’t miss the specific games of my youth, but the rush of leveling and ROFL-stomping the early stuff with high level and high level gear still gives me a grin every time. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@epbrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/30 "2023-06-15T20:04:56Z")
Cars and car-spotting. Running - we used to stage races in the back yard and I started running track in junior high; 50 years later, still running. Reading - I was just thinking about how my to-read pile is as big as ever. Food-wise, I think my _only_ holdover has been the ice cream “drumstick” - I’m rarely without a variety pack in the freezer. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/31 "2023-06-15T20:14:26Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Overall my love of books died in the last 3 years. I don’t know why. I was a voracious reader, now I’m not. Hmmm. How long have you been a mod here? Maybe reading has become something of chore. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/32 "2023-06-15T20:21:16Z")
Horses. Dogs. Fresh fruit. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/33 "2023-06-15T20:21:24Z")
Food: McDonald’s chicken nuggets. I know they’re about as healthy as Strontium-90 but once or twice a year I get a craving and head for the drive-through. Same for Arby’s roast beef sandwiches, which I have only slightly more often. When I was a kid my roast beef sandwich of choice was Rax but I haven’t seen one of those in 25 years, so Arby’s it is. TV: I’m one of those weirdos that doesn’t watch much TV, but I have a soft soft for The Simpsons, which I quote often. The other day one of my students started playing some K-Pop song on her computer and I wandered over, looked at her, and said “that sounds like rock and/or roll!” She, naturally, didn’t get the reference. Unfortunately Disney+ is blocked on campus so I can’t help fight her ignorance. I still like the NES and SNES games of my youth and am grateful for the NSO shop which allows me to play them again on my Switch. I still have the original consoles as well, although they haven’t been plugged in and played for 2 or 3 years. > [@What\_Exit](#): > > Overall my love of books died in the last 3 years. I don’t know why. I was a voracious reader, now I’m not. Same here. I have boxes and boxes and _boxes_ of books but ever since I finished my MA, which required me to read 24,367,247,962,358,074,245,853 books each semester for 3 years straight I haven’t had any desire to read. I’ll start a book, get a few chapters in, and then give up because I’m just not interested anymore. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/34 "2023-06-15T20:27:08Z")
Possible, it does coincide, but so does retirement and a new house after 20 years. Lots of life changes. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/35 "2023-06-15T20:36:21Z")
The jokes I learned in books from Elementary School and Boy’s Life magazines. I still remember and use many of them. ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/36 "2023-06-15T22:16:04Z")
Ice Cream, Chocolate, Bacon & Eggs . . . Wait. Who you callin’ _old?_ ---
**Author:** ![theater\_in\_a\_crowded\_fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@theater\_in\_a\_crowded\_fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theater_in_a_crowded_fire)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/37 "2023-06-15T23:55:09Z")
I loved McDonalds when I was a little kid and it was a huge treat. I still have a soft spot for the place. Also, orange sherbet with Sprite. My mom would always fix it for me when I was sick and it’s still comfort food for me when I feel bad. Hair metal, the cheesier the better, is another one. I have a much older sibling who was a teen when it was at its peak so it’s the first music I really remember. I listen to a whole lot of super serious Americana and alt-country, singer songwriter type of stuff, but I still love to blast some Poison, Enuff Z Nuff, Twisted Sister, Crue, etc. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/38 "2023-06-16T00:35:30Z")
Just off the top of my head: **Movies** with special effects by stop-motion master Ray Harryhausen. “7th Voyage of Sinbad.” “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.” “Jason and the Argonauts.” Loved them then, love them now. **Music** by the Beatles. I never tire of it. Also some of the progressive bands of the time, like Jefferson Airplane, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, the Byrds, the Allman Brothers. Just today I was listening to the first LP by Santana, on vinyl of course. Hadn’t listened to it in quite some time and really enjoyed rediscovering it. **TV Shows** …none. I can’t watch old TV shows. I’ve seen them too many times. Maybe “The Twilight Zone” or “Star Trek” on occasion. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/39 "2023-06-16T00:51:47Z")
Pop Tarts ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/40 "2023-06-16T00:57:17Z")
I’m waiting for someone to say “Cool Whip” so that I may silent judge them as unworthy, as is my wont in these threads. 🤪 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565.md?page=3)