# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 112
**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 13, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565/112 "2024-06-13T17:02:39Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > What has changed about society that male hobbydom has collapsed and female hobbydom has exploded between e.g. 1960 and 2020? Or is my perception mistaken? > > I remember lots and lots of dedicated shops that just sold yarn and knitting supplies and separate stores that sold fabric and patterns, etc. Women had their own hobby shops; they just weren’t called hobby shops. That, and those stores are benefiting (?) from the shrinkage of specialty hobby stores. JoAnn fabrics, and countless other specialty hobby stores are now all gone, especially with online availability for a lot of things. So it _looks_ like there isn’t shrinkage in the retail side of things, but if you look more closely… Not to mention @TriPolar’s excellent point: > [@TriPolar](#): > > Ever heard of Home Depot or Lowes? Harbor Freight, Northern Tools? Auto Zone, NAPA? But again, internet business eating at all levels of the retail space is IMHO a bigger issue. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565)._