"You watch that?! It's a kiddy cartoon!"

[ExRetailDrone]

Also, I still enjoy watching the Are You Afraid of the Dark? episodes with the original Midnight Society. Some of those episodes still manage to give me a bit of a fright.

That show was great! Is that on YouTube? I tried to find it on DVD only to read that it wasn't planned to be released in the states. Boo. I'll have to look for it on YouTube

Also, I found Care Bears in Wonderland on there, thank you Skunkle! I'll have to sit down and watch it one of these days...it's only been about 2 decades since I last saw it

[Miss_Maple_Leaf]

Every now and then I'll go on Youtube and watch episodes of "Ghostwriter." I enjoyed watching that as a kid, so it brings back memories.

Oh, I loved Ghostwriter as a kid! I watched it every day on PBS.

I didn't realize it was on YouTube. *Runs off to check it out*

Also, I still enjoy watching the Are You Afraid of the Dark? episodes with the original Midnight Society. Some of those episodes still manage to give me a bit of a fright.

[Skunkle]

Mongo, mine didn't get across as I'd intended.

First, *I* don't believe for a second the "all jobs suck, if you get a job doing something you love you will forever hate it" thing. At all. A local guy I know is the one who tells me that, and he's insistent on it. I think he's full of crap. He's a potter and a photographer, and these are both only hobbies; he feels that the instant anything a person loves doing becomes a paid job, it instantly and permanently loses all heart. And as noted, that there are NO exceptions. The discussion that first brought it up was him griping that his pastor (who has a non-church day job) gets paid by the church to be the pastor; that ran forward into "The moment you're paid to preach, you're preaching for money, no longer preaching for God."

Second, about how people are programmed to think that their job will be their only joy in live? It seems to me that there's another prevalent mindset as well: per the above, there are the people who believe that ALL jobs suck. If it's a JOB, you hate it. The people I encounter like this usually seem to go on one, the other or both of the following phrases:
Life's a bitch and then you die
Life's a bitch and then you marry one
The guy I spoke of in the preceding paragraph has a 'joke' he loves to tell.
Q: What's the difference between your job and your wife?
A: After five years, your job still sucks.
And almost every guy I've seen him tell this to laughs. Hard. Because that seems to be a reality to many. Your life is goin' great until you get a job (which, by nature, will always be awful and soulless) and/or you get married (in which case you turn into Al Bundy).

It's sad, but I actually see more of this than I do the "your job is the only light in your life" mentality. And yet I'm happy to say I meet many people who love their job and/or love their marriage.

[aurelemsrealm]

A dickhead boss can crush all the joy out of a job and turn your passion into a soul-crushing hellish grind, but not everyone has that situation.

over more than a few jobs the dickhead factor, the stupid factor, the "Sorry nothing personal just business" factor, the office politics, the power trips, the WTF factor, etc. killed my passion and my "fun" factor.

I can relate to both of these quotes. I graduated high school wanting to go into journalism. I started taking the necessary classes at the local community college to graduate with an Associate in Arts degree that would transfer into a journalism and mass communications program. My freshman year of college, I was offered a reporting job at one local newspaper. It was a great learning experience, and I loved working there. I worked there until I earned my associate degree and transferred to a university. I hit a financial setback, and had to return home. I tried to get rehired at the paper, but they had no openings. However, the editor did put me in touch with the publisher of a small family-owned paper in the neighboring county. He did warn me, though, that this guy was notoriously tempermental and hot-headed. I also talked to my journalism instructor at the community college, and he also told me the same things about working for that paper. I went for an interview anyway, and was offered a job. That job proved to be nine months of hell before I finally got mad enough to walk out one day. You just never knew what the mood for the day was going to be when you went to work. This guy would treat you like gold one minute if he was happy, then just suddenly snap and start ripping into you because some other random event pissed him off. I was so burned out that I ended up changing majors when I finally returned to school.

Maybe if more people had creative outlets like that, there would be fewer miserable people in the world.

I agree with you on that. I'm at my happiest when I'm working on my own little projects. I like to have lazy time, too, but I do get restless after a while if I'm not working on something that seems more meaningful and productive.

[Hyena Dandy]

I don't think "I won't do that, its for kids" is a valid adult response.

Also, MLP:FiM is awesome.

[guywithashovel]

Several years ago, I was an avid watcher of "Degrassi: The Next Generation." Granted, that show was aimed at teenagers, and at the time, I was in my early to mid twenties, so I wasn't too far off the mark for that.

Every now and then I'll go on Youtube and watch episodes of "Ghostwriter." I enjoyed watching that as a kid, so it brings back memories.

[Amanita]

I'm sure some people would call me childish for cosplaying, but screw them, thank you very much!
Designing and creating costumes is one hell of a creative outlet for me, and I've picked up a lot of skills as a result. Sewing, leathercraft, and now even the beginnings of chain mail!

But isn't dressing up for kids? I'm sorry, but all the effort that goes into my costumes would be wasted on most kids. They would probably outgrow or destroy the things in a matter of months. Children don't have the budget that adults do, or the skills. And most kids don't truly understand good craftsmanship.
Many adults only allow themselves to dress up on Halloween, or some other occasion when some external force gives them permission, such as a "recognized" costume event.
You know what? I don't need anyone's recognition or permission to bring my handiwork out of the closet. Now, I don't live my entire life in Jedi robes or fairy wings, I don't hang a lightsaber or wizard's wand from the belt of my work uniform.
But when my friends and I feel like it, we dress up and attend various fun, civic events such as the annual bridge walk or buskerfest. We don't do it for attention, we don't "freak the normals", we do it for our own enjoyment. Maybe if more people had creative outlets like that, there would be fewer miserable people in the world.

[Lace Neil Singer]

"Care Bears in Wonderland" is currently on YouTube. It gets deleted every so often but, like most such movies, reappears eventually.

Like many of the old classics; I found the original Sonic movie on there recently, in ten parts. XD I had to watch it; forgot how much I loved it and wish it was on DVD!

[Racket_Man]

Here I disagree. I am doing what I love (futzing with technology) on a daily basis and getting paid for it. I still love my job and I still love my passion for Computer crap. I get frustrated at some points (usually when dealing with technophobic doctors or nurses who can't seem to remember a password for longer than 48 hours), but all in all I enjoy my job and my passion.

I do see your point however. A dickhead boss can crush all the joy out of a job and turn your passion into a soul-crushing hellish grind, but not everyone has that situation.

Mongo, that is how I used to feel about my computer type jobs (programming and tech support) . I used to express it as "DAMN they pay me to do something I love and have fun at."

unfortuneately your second point is why I no longer am in that field. over more than a few jobs the dickhead factor, the stupid factor, the "Sorry nothing personal just business" factor, the office politics, the power trips, the WTF factor, etc. killed my passion and my "fun" factor.

being a peon again without the factors I mentioned above suits me fine for the moment.

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

Mongo, LOVE the post. But ya forgot one thing: plenty of people don't even get any love out of their job at all.

You missed my point.

...since as far as they are programmed, the only joy in life is to work their asses off at a job they barely tolerate until they're old enough to retire

Because it's all about how society has programmed people. That they are told that working at a job and being a productive member of society is the only joy in life they are allowed and if/when they don't feel that joy, then they feel that something is wrong with them.

Which causes more stress in their lives. Stress that they have no outlet for since they have been programmed that "play" is something innocent and sweet for a child but is damn near a hell-worthy trespass as adults.

the instant you begin to be paid daily to do it, it will instantly and irrevocably lose all love and heart for you. No exceptions.

Here I disagree. I am doing what I love (futzing with technology) on a daily basis and getting paid for it. I still love my job and I still love my passion for Computer crap. I get frustrated at some points (usually when dealing with technophobic doctors or nurses who can't seem to remember a password for longer than 48 hours), but all in all I enjoy my job and my passion.

I do see your point however. A dickhead boss can crush all the joy out of a job and turn your passion into a soul-crushing hellish grind, but not everyone has that situation.

[Skunkle]

Mongo, LOVE the post. But ya forgot one thing: plenty of people don't even get any love out of their job at all. I KNOW people who believe that ALL jobs suck, by nature of being a job; even if something is your life's passion, the instant you begin to be paid daily to do it, it will instantly and irrevocably lose all love and heart for you. No exceptions.

ExRetailDrone, "Care Bears in Wonderland" is currently on YouTube. It gets deleted every so often but, like most such movies, reappears eventually.

El Pollo, I, too, find wrestling entertaining. I don't follow the drama and plotlines, who's angry at who this week etc. and I know it's fake. But the fakeness is what makes it funny, it's so over-the-top.

Me, I love me some old Disney movies, animated and otherwise (Candleshoe! Must see!) but I also like a few modern TV toons. Most of 'em I find a bit vapid - most of what's on the Disney channel seems almost flat in its lack of substance (I won't call down anyone who enjoys "Wizards of Waverly Place" etc. though) but I like a few obscure things. I love watching "The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog" and "Peep & the Big Wide World". And I'm 30. I also love the first few Care Bears movies. They're fluffy and cute.

[aurelemsrealm]

I have no-nonsense adult moments, and I have silly childish moments. It all depends on my mood at the time. I like cartoons as much as I like documentaries. It just depends on what I want to watch at the time. About the only programs I don't watch on TV are sports and reality shows. When those types of shows are all that's on TV, I turn it off and find something else to do. I don't worry about anyone thinking I'm weird for some of the stuff I watch on TV. I take being "weird" as a compliment when I consider what most people consider "normal." As I often say of my family, we put the "fun" in "dysfunctional."

[Cazzi]

THIS times 1 million. why do I have to "grow up"????? can someone please provide me a non-1950's era answer to that question????? yeah I have become domesticated over the years.......

Growing OLDER is obligatory
Growing UP isn't

My "on the autistic spectrum" daughter had a lot of trouble & tantrums before her 18th birthday as she didn't want to grow up to be an adult.
I explained the above to her... she was all for that, tantrums stopped & she stopped fretting about it

I love my cartoons, & one of my favourite books was written for kids. I still drag it out for a read every so often

[Racket_Man]

IHer: *in the snottiest tone possible* Uh...you realize that book's for kids, right?
Me: Yeah, and?
Her: It's for children.
Me: I like it, so I'm reading it.
Her: *looks at me like I've got three heads and retreats to her table*
Me: *keeps reading until class starts*

I got that one whilst reading the earlyHarry Potter books in public.

Take a look at the stereotype of the father figure from the 1950's. This is a stereotype that lasted on sitcoms as far as the early 1980's and possibly the '90's in some rare occasions.

I grew up with that stereotype but my Father's exception was he actually DID do things with my sisters (like swim team, volleyball team)

with my DD I used to play with her, take her to the park, blow soap bubbles, taught her how to ride a 2 wheel bike (and rode said bike myself to "prove" it could be done), took her to the park, potty trained her, fixed up more cuts and scrapes than I care to remember (some of them pretty bad not stitch worthy but close)

But more and more you're finding people born in the '60's and later (with a number of more enlightened people born earlier on also included) that managed to realize that we DON'T HAVE to give up the things that gave us joy simply because we're adults.

<snipo>

Yes we have our responsibilities as adults, but gorramit we don't have to drive ourselves into drinking or prescriptions of valium. We can still PLAY.

And that is no bad thing.

THIS times 1 million. why do I have to "grow up"????? can someone please provide me a non-1950's era answer to that question????? yeah I have become domesticated over the years.......

[Miss_Maple_Leaf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZLd_tSRIBE

"You can't prove anything!"

That was brilliant. I'll have to check out some of their other videos.

And Ipecac Drano, I think I have to agree with you. That Spider-Man comic would be awesome. If you do decide to give it a shot, I'd like to check it out.