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[-] Acamon@lemmy.world 38 points 11 months ago

Sleeping with a cuddly toy. My parter converted me and they're great. Tbh, they actually make a lot of sense as a middleaged person. Now that I'm old and less flexible, I end up with a sore back or shoulder if I don't have proper support when sleeping. And I'd much rather have a big lion buddy than some weird orthopedic pillow or Dutch wife.

[-] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 7 points 11 months ago

Ditto! I'm middle aged and can do wtf I want

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[-] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 30 points 11 months ago

Just turned 50 and still ride a skateboard.

[-] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

That's fine. It just means that you're rad.

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[-] persona_non_gravitas@piefed.social 29 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Asking strangers for permission to pet their dogs.

Petting strangers' dogs.

[-] wirelesswire@lemmy.zip 19 points 11 months ago

I took my dog to a local renaissance fair during one of their dog days, and had a healthy mix of people of all ages asking to pet her. Out of the dozens of people who pet her, only a couple didn't ask. It's always a good idea to ask before petting a stranger's dog.

[-] miked@piefed.social 6 points 11 months ago

My ex had a very old dog that hated everyone except her and her parents. He was tiny so she brought him lots of places. People would say the puppy was cute and go in for a pet. The dog drew blood on several occasions.

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[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

Play video games, according to a lot. Be absolutely enamored by cats? Some people have told me only toddlers like kitties so, what? Confusing.

[-] wirelesswire@lemmy.zip 11 points 11 months ago

Who the hell thinks only toddlers should really like cats? I guess the millions of cat owners worldwide are wrong?

[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

It confused me too at the time!

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[-] win95@lemmy.zip 19 points 11 months ago

Bold & easy coloring books. People are very judgemental about it since it looks like a children's coloring book, but there's a reason it's in the top selling books lists online. Got some cheap alcohol markers and an audiobook on my headphones and I'm gone for the next few hours.

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[-] KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 11 months ago

Feed pigeons. I am not an old lady, although I sometimes feel like it :' )

[-] Broadfern@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Being a friend to pigeons is awesome. They’re the cutest, chillest lil birds and there’s something magical about that bond with them. Ignore the haters! 🐦

[-] KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 11 months ago

They are truly great. It's the sweetest thing when they start cooing and develop some (albeit food-based) trust to come a little closer to you :3

In case anyone who is reading this want's to start feeding pigeons or ducks, please don't use bread since it can cause health issues in birds. Use bird food or frozen (but thawed) peas instead and conduct your own research.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Seeds and nuts, as well as some dry doggy kibble is surprisingly good for our dinosaur friends. At least corvids and pigeons. They'll even start bringing you gifts. I currently have a murder that has been trained that dollars are very appreciated by me. I do have to dry them out since they put them all into the dog water bowl......

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They are an abandoned species. We made them just like dogs, and then abandoned them in the mid 1800s because of a sickness scare that had more to do with fleas than pigeons. We wrote into their instincts to ask us for food, and then just tossed them aside.

I want to vandalize every single sign I see that says that "feeding the pigeons is littering and carrys a $250 fine."

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Feed the bird, tuppence a bag,

Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag,

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[-] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 16 points 11 months ago

Drink like I'm still 24.

[-] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Snicker, exist. Almost 70.

[-] pedz@lemmy.ca 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don't have a car nor a house and I'm in my 40ies. I've been told multiple times that I'm not a responsible adult as long as I don't have one of these.

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 6 points 11 months ago

You win. Adulthood is a scam

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[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Well... Last night I watched the original Care Bears movie, in VR as a Care Bear avatar and would join in on every Care Bear Stare since the avatar had that as a feature.

I am 40 years old.

[-] JRaccoon@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 11 months ago

Lego. I mean, it's perfectly appropriate for all ages, but some people (mostly older folks) still seem to think it's for children only.

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 months ago

Up to age 99, but then you aren't allowed to play with them.

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[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

Eat shrooms and play The Fractured but Whole.

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[-] scytale@piefed.zip 12 points 11 months ago

Watch anime I guess, if people still think it’s only for kids and young adults.

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[-] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 11 points 11 months ago

In spring, I like to find puddles on forest roads and trails and dig small ditches and watch the water flow out.

I also do other kinds of forest infrastructure maintenance - trimming branches on narrow trails, clearing fallen trees, and building small bridges over wet spots. Occasionally, I mark hard-to-see trails by tying orange tape to branches along the way.

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[-] vortexal@sopuli.xyz 10 points 11 months ago

This probably isn't out of the ordinary, but I'm not against playing video games that were made for children even though I'm going to turn 30 at the end of the year. I don't always play them but if I try one and it turns out to be good, then I'll play it.

I'm also not against watching shows or movies meant for children either but it's pretty rare that I do.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Ride my bicycle with no hands. I'm told it is undignified for a 45 year old man.

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[-] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 11 months ago

I try to get around by means other than driving myself in a car.

Also, in this thread: cool ideas

[-] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

I watch animated. Just started Justice League for probably the 20th time.

[-] hogmomma@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Go out dancing.

[-] reallyzen@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago
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[-] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 11 months ago

I play Animal Crossing.

I'm 46

[-] DioramaOfShit@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Fantasize about murdering politicians

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[-] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 11 months ago

I am in politics and want to open my own game studio. I am 22 and have been wanting to go into politics when i was 11

[-] obsidianfoxxy7870@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 11 months ago

I enjoy things to the fullest extent and don't let being an "adult" hold me back. I'm still going to enjoy that waterslide.

[-] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'm in my late 40s, and have so many Doctor Who toys on desks and shelves.

My spouse is sweetly tolerant of the sheer quantity of TARDISes in our small apartment (which is, alas, not bigger on the inside) and has even gifted me some of them.

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[-] koshka@koshka.ynh.fr 6 points 11 months ago

I don't moderate my emotions and responses very well so the way I act could be seen as slightly immature. Sometimes I get very opinionated on things that don't seem like a big deal.

[-] Hegar@fedia.io 5 points 11 months ago

Am in my early 40s. And yet I do not have my shit together in any meaningful sense. With each passing decade that becomes less and less sexy.

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

I have copius amounts of stuffed animals

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[-] tamiya_tt02@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Play Beyblade. I'm in my late 30s.

[-] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Clean and cook for myself.

Apparently I'm supposed to hire maids and cooks or something.

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