Poll of the Day > things you liked as a kid and now dislike today as an grown-up?

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-McDonalds
-Birthday
-Christmas
-Winter
-Temperature below 0C = 32F

Snow

Sweets, mostly. I haven't really enjoyed sweet snacks or desserts since I was a kid. I'm much more likely to want a second helping of the main meal rather than a dessert if I've got a choice.

For everything else, I don't really hate anything intrinsically, as much as I hate its implementation. So, for instance, while I currently hate Doctor Who, I don't hate the concept of Doctor Who, and I still enjoy all of the old stories, I just think the modern incarnation of the show has been telling dogshit stories for more than a decade now.

Almost anything I can think of that I "hate" is mostly in that same vein - people today putting out shitty, inferior versions of the thing I used to love. But I still generally appreciate all of the same things I used to love if I can still interact with them in their original form.

I suppose you could potentially say "physical activities" (like playing soccer, volleyball, bowling, hiking, biking, etc) as a thing I used to love but now dislike. But even there it's less that I "dislike" it, and more that my old man body is too decrepit and if I tried to do most of those things now I would probably die.

I guess "Christmas" and "Birthday" could count as well, though I never really liked either of them in the first place. I mostly just liked getting cool new toys and/or money. And I still like that!

Chef Boyardee
Staying up late

Winter, now that i've experienced driving on ice, i could do without it.

Video games

Animation

The Legend of Zelda

Fast food
Soda

Fireworks
Popcorn
Mountain Dew
Christmas

Anything besides nice weather
Staying up late

SilentSeph posted...

Chef Boyardee

Tonight is literally Chef Boyardee Night for my me and my gf

Going outside

Christmas
Summer
My Birthday
Shirts
Anime

I know & understand we have access to many YouTube channels and a variety of streaming services, but itd be nice if Saturday morning cartoons made a come back

Falgos posted...

Anime

This is literally like saying animation

Damn_Underscore posted...

This is literally like saying animation

I like Animation, but I lost intrest in Japaneae animation. Mainly tired of the Harem and Waifu stuff. Plus I prefer anthro media over humans. So what ya said makes no sense. Kinda like I don't like Adult Animation when they rely on raunchy gags to be "adult".

There are anime fans that hate on other animation.

Falgos posted...

There are anime fans that hate on other animation.

Like this guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zILNittFHl0

Damn_Underscore posted...

Like this guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zILNittFHl0

A good example. I remember one time some insane Anime Fan hated on Western Animation and call it all "American" and said Anime was better because it's "mature". Another weirdo I met told me not liking DBZ would "hurt" the creator's feelings.

Kid shows. I get the message but meh. Eating junk food but now having to watch what I eat. Disney movies up till lion king now I don't really watch any. The singing really rubs me the wrong way. Sponge Bob is still stupid like South Park. Never watched any. Use to have a small interest in sports but now I don't care for them. Watching people play is so 1960s. Now days too much goofing around.

IqarP15 posted...

Kid shows. I get the message but meh. Eating junk food but now having to watch what I eat. Disney movies up till lion king now I don't really watch any. The singing really rubs me the wrong way. Sponge Bob is still stupid like South Park. Never watched any. Use to have a small interest in sports but now I don't care for them. Watching people play is so 1960s. Now days too much goofing around.

Depends on the show. Spongebob over stayed its welcome.

People knew back then that only the first 3 seasons were good

Those first 3 seasons are legendary Americana, no exaggeration

AltOmega2 posted...

Tonight is literally Chef Boyardee Night for my me and my gf

That's sweet, enjoy!

Disneyland

I loved Disneyland when I was a kid. I had an annual pass for the longest time, back when they were totally reasonable. Now you can't even get a single day pass for what it used to cost to go all year.

And a lot of my favorite rides and attractions are gone. Adventure Thru Inner Space, Captain EO, America Sings, Mission to Mars, Circlevision 360, the PeopleMover, the Skyway, the Country Bear Jamboree, Tom Sawyer Island, the original Autopias, the original Submarine Voyage, the Mark III monorails

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dfDYUYRt4I

I agree that the new attractions are generally worse than the classics but its still a great experience. There are better experiences out there than theme parks but you cant hate it for what it is.

Also Disney World > Disneyland by far

A lot of things used to be good when I was kid, but now suck
See:
-Disney
-Star Wars
-Star Trek
-Harry Potter (JK Rowling is a bitch)
-Dilbert (Scott Adams is a MAGA chud)
-The Simpsons
just to name a few obvious ones

I hardly ever watch TV. It is crazy. When I was a kid I would have thought that having access to this many channels and genres would be amazing. Nope, it is all boring to me.

come to think of it, there's also some food items that I liked as a kid but don't enjoy now

mostly stuff like mainstream chocolates (Hershey's is just nasty) and some things that were discontinued and then came back but are just not the same like Snapple Elements

myghostisdead posted...

I hardly ever watch TV. It is crazy. When I was a kid I would have thought that having access to this many channels and genres would be amazing. Nope, it is all boring to me.

YES! If it's not something I can watch for free on the internet, I usually just don't bother

I honestly hate the streaming service model, where you need like a dozen subscriptions
Cable was expensive, but you got everything in one package

I haven't watched TV regularly since like... the late 00s

HylianFox posted...

come to think of it, there's also some food items that I liked as a kid but don't enjoy now

mostly stuff like mainstream chocolates (Hershey's is just nasty) and some things that were discontinued and then came back but are just not the same like Snapple Elements

I use to like Chocolate, now I hate it.

Falgos posted...

I use to like Chocolate, now I hate it.

I still LOVE chocolate, but it's gotta be the good stuff

It's just, with Halloween come and gone a lot of the candy I used to enjoy is really kinda gross

HylianFox posted...

I still LOVE chocolate, but it's gotta be the good stuff

It's just, with Halloween come and gone a lot of the candy I used to enjoy is really kinda gross

Imported is good.

Can't stand chocolate cake.

Disney was somewhat a thing for me, but stuff like Lion King I enjoyed. Don't like the princess stuff.

Toys in cereal. They were my highlight of the box. Id sometimes get a certain cereal, even if it wasnt my favorite, just for the toy.

KJ_StErOiDs posted...

Toys in cereal. They were my highlight of the box. Id sometimes get a certain cereal, even if it wasnt my favorite, just for the toy.

I remember I got a DVD from one.

Addin' more...

Classic Mega Man
Fighting Games(More fun with friends and family)
Coconut
Banana flavoured sweets.
Eating out was fun as a kid. Got tired when it was all buffets.
Parties

Waterparks

Pikazard1 posted...

I know & understand we have access to many YouTube channels and a variety of streaming services, but itd be nice if Saturday morning cartoons made a come back

Ironically, there are YouTube channels where you can essentially make your own Saturday morning.

Just get up at 7am on a Saturday, then throw a channel like this on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl8G96YER84

Then don't skip anything, don't fast-forward past ads, don't pause. If you have to go to the bathroom or answer the phone, leave it running and just miss stuff.

For bonus points, go and buy some Cap'N Crunch or Fruity Pebbles or whatever other sugary kids' cereal you used to eat and eat a bowl of it while watching.

Then, for real authenticity, stop the video somewhere around noon, and switch to a channel that has college sports on it, to simulate the crushing depression most kids felt when Saturday morning ended.

(And try not to think about the fact that most of the kids in the various toy commercials are probably somewhere around 60 years old now.)



myghostisdead posted...

I hardly ever watch TV. It is crazy. When I was a kid I would have thought that having access to this many channels and genres would be amazing. Nope, it is all boring to me.

It's a function of being "spoiled for choice", combined with a bit of "choice paralysis", and the absence of FOMO.

In other words, the fact that you know you have a functionally infinite selection of media available, which you can watch at any time you want, means you never feel the pressure to watch anything right now. Which means that you're discouraged from watching anything because your brain is afraid of making the wrong choice, so it doesn't want to choose anything. Nothing feels special or important, so you mostly feel apathy rather than excitement.

It's part of why the aforementioned "Saturday Morning Cartoons" phenomenon died in the first place - Saturday mornings were special when you needed to get up early on Saturday to watch 6+ hours of cartoons, and you needed to pick and choose which ones you liked because you couldn't watch them all It felt more precious because most kids' programming was basically exiled to the weekend. But once channels like Nick and Disney began showing stuff for kids 24/7, and most things repeated fairly regularly, it became much easier to watch stuff, and thus, much less special. Streaming was just the next step in that chain.

Sour Cream and Onion chips, but I learned they are actually gross at a pretty young age. Other than that my tastes have been flawless.

Toys
Collecting stuff
Choosing not to sleep when sleep is an option

ultra_magnus13 posted...

Sour Cream and Onion chips, but I learned they are actually gross at a pretty young age.

You learned wrong.

Hideously, tragically, criminally wrong.

CrocNRoll posted...

Collecting stuff

This is a great one. Doesnt help that a lot of people/businesses really abuse this to make money

ParanoidObsessive posted...

switch to a channel that has college sports on it, to simulate the crushing depression most kids felt when Saturday morning ended.

Not nearly as bad as the Sunday depression when most of the morning used to be televangelists.

rjsilverthorn posted...

Not nearly as bad as the Sunday depression when most of the morning used to be televangelists.

Some of us never had to deal with that, because we were dealing with the alternate depression of being forced to get dressed up in fancy clothes and being dragged to Sunday School or church for a few hours. Or worst of all, both.

My one saving grace when I was really young is that my dad used to take me to get pancakes at a local diner afterwards. And the diner was near a private airport, so you could occasionally watch the planes taking off or landing, which was kind of neat.

Maybe you will find some agreement on this board, but your hate for college football is completely off the mark tbh

Damn_Underscore posted...

Maybe you will find some agreement on this board, but your hate for college football is completely off the mark tbh

Sports never intrested me. Cricket is boring to watch.

Damn_Underscore posted...

Maybe you will find some agreement on this board, but your hate for college football is completely off the mark tbh

As an adult? Maybe (I'd say it objectively sucks and always has, but I won't fight with people who love it).

As a child in the 80s? No. When you were a kid, college sports were universally terrible and boring. And the ultimate sign that the fun part of the day was now over and TV would be utterly worthless to you for the next two days (at least). It was the hard cut-off where you went from all of the major channels showing cartoons made explicitly for you to suddenly being a vast wasteland of nothing.

Unless you had a pathologically-obsessed sports dad who watched (and forced you to watch) and basically programmed you to love it as well (which I consider to be a form of child abuse), odds are you didn't give a shit about NCAA anything when you were 8 years old.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Some of us never had to deal with that, because we were dealing with the alternate depression of being forced to get dressed up in fancy clothes and being dragged to Sunday School or church for a few hours. Or worst of all, both.

My one saving grace when I was really young is that my dad used to take me to get pancakes at a local diner afterwards. And the diner was near a private airport, so you could occasionally watch the planes taking off or landing, which was kind of neat.

Ooof, yeah fortunately I did not have to deal with that.

TimeForAction posted...

Popcorn

This; the last time I got a kernel stuck up my gums was the last straw. Also, summer and NASCAR (though the latter is more indifference than dislike).

VanCityPlayboy posted...

-McDonalds
-Birthday
-Christmas
-Winter
-Temperature below 0C = 32F

Hated that as a kid but love it now.

Summer
Cereal
Birthday

Snow and chocolate candy are all that comes to mind. Have pivoted completely to fruity and "sour" candy and my interest in snow stuff like sledding, snowball fights, and such faded a long time ago so now all snow does is make driving worse.