# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/41 "2023-06-16T00:59:30Z")
Dinosaurs and giant monsters in general. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/42 "2023-06-16T01:07:16Z")
Cap’n Crunch Three Stooges Old School Pro Wrasslin’ Dogs Not being in school a couple months during the summer. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/43 "2023-06-16T02:47:33Z")
Horses for me. I was one of those absolutely crazy horse girls. I ate, slept and breathed horses from my first meeting an old ranch horse at age 8 and well into my early twenties. Horses super-ceded my first love, which was Star Wars (also still like today but definitely took a back burner at that age). I finally got my own horse in my teens but in my mid-twenties I switched my obsession to working dogs and for awhile, I told myself I liked the dogs better. I’m a decent, practical hand at dogs & horses that doesn’t anthropomorphize them but since I got back into horses 10 years ago, they are just magic. Even more so after I lost one and went without for a year- now I truly can say I am more horse-crazy now about my current horse as I ever was before. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/44 "2023-06-16T03:03:45Z")
Dogs Almond cookies Good bread Okra Watching cricket and football (soccer) Playing tennis Quizzing/Trivia Bridge (card game) Math Detective novels ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/45 "2023-06-16T09:05:50Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Snow. This is a good one. As an adult I am supposed to find it disruptive, I guess, in terms of its practical impact (getting to work, school closures, shoveling the driveway, etc), but none of that matters. Snow just makes me happy. Another one: a glass of cold milk chasing a pastry dessert. I don’t drink milk otherwise; culturally it’s something only kids do, drinking milk with dinner or whatever. My preferred beverage with a meal, or just at random times, is sparkling water. And yet, if I’m having a bit of chocolate cake or other rich baked item, a cold glass of milk is just as satisfying now as it was when I was ten years old. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/46 "2023-06-16T12:27:27Z")
I enjoy milk with chocolate cake or a blueberry pie. I’ve never thought of that as childish, i guess. Just a good combination. I suppose it’s more “adult” to serve those things with a dollop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream. Which is funny, because those are sweeter, and i think of “sweet” as a childish preference. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/47 "2023-06-16T13:04:52Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I love looking out the window in an airplane. Watching the landscape turn into toys, and then to a map What a beautiful way to describe the ground falling away as your plane climbs into the sky! (I love that bit, too.) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/48 "2023-06-16T13:45:26Z")
Cool Whip Miracle Whip Kraft Mac n Cheese hot dogs ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/49 "2023-06-16T14:01:14Z")
The two weeks in Spring when everything goes from dormant or dead to bright green. Where I live this is also the season of low humidity, no bugs, and warm sunshine. Those Autumn Color chasers are fools, this time of year blows the doors off your dying plants and frosty evenings. Rain. ---
**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 16, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/50 "2023-06-16T14:16:30Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@puzzlegal](#): > > > > I love looking out the window in an airplane. Watching the landscape turn into toys, and then to a map > > What a beautiful way to describe the ground falling away as your plane climbs into the sky! > > (I love that bit, too.) Agree. If you are flying during the day, not having a window seat is a waste of money. ---
**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 16, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/51 "2023-06-16T14:31:48Z")
Food: Banana Splits Song: The Banana Splits theme song. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/52 "2023-06-16T16:15:57Z")
Dipping chocolate chip cookies into cold milk. Watching old Sci-Fi and horror movies late at night on [The Son of Svengoolie show.](https://www.metv.com/svengoolie/) ---
**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 16, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/53 "2023-06-16T18:52:52Z")
> [@LVBoPeep](#): > > they are just magic. Yes they are. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@epbrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/54 "2023-06-17T06:34:54Z")
I loved the food as a kid, and last year tried a banana split for the first time in decades. It wasn’t a treat, it was an ordeal. How I used to eat all that at a third my current size is a mystery. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/55 "2023-06-17T08:02:49Z")
Cinnamon toast ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/56 "2023-06-17T08:28:44Z")
The smell of rain approaching on a hot summers day Vegemite on Toast Reading Cheese and onion sandwiches with ground white pepper Deep fried Dim Sims The smell of a freshly mown lawn. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/57 "2023-06-17T21:21:35Z")
I recently rewatched _Strange Brew_ - the movie based on Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis’ _SCTV_ characters Bob and Doug Mackenzie - for the first time in decades. Either: A), its absurdist comedy held up really well over 40 years or 2), my sense of humor hasn’t matured since I was thirteen. In any case, I thoroughly enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/58 "2023-06-17T22:41:11Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I recently rewatched _Strange Brew_ - the movie based on Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis’ _SCTV_ characters Bob and Doug Mackenzie - for the first time in decades. Either: A), its absurdist comedy held up really well over 40 years or 2), my sense of humor hasn’t matured since I was thirteen. I actually own it on DVD, and re-watch it every few years. Still a very dumb comedy, but I still enjoy it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/59 "2023-06-19T16:20:31Z")
Oh yes, horses! Although I’ve never had one or been able to afford to ride. I just love to watch them. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/60 "2023-06-19T16:24:55Z")
I still love almost everything. An exception I can think of is playing in the snow. I’ve had enough cold, not interested in that. Playing in mud still sounds good though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565.md?page=4)