Discussion is it weird to have a hyperfixation on a kids show

[emptymiku]

there's this show i used to be absolutely obsessed with when i was a kid, i remember watching it for hours at a time almost every day for a few months. i've probably seen every episode like 10 times. its not like a "toddler" show, its just meant for people a little younger than me and i feel kind of embarrassed to be super interested in it again.

i dont know, what do you guys think? is it weird for an adult to still love watching shows meant for kids?

 

[corazon]

If watching this show makes you happy, who is anyone to tell you to do otherwise? Anyone is entitled to enjoy entertainment regardless of target audience and you should treasure it since it's something you enjoy.
It doesn't make you any less of an adult to watch and enjoy shows meant for kids and it's no one else's business anyway. If anything, it makes you a more fun adult. Nothing to be embarrassed about. Kid shows have compelling stories and characters too! Keep doing you! Hope this helped :)

 

[Heavenbound]

I don't think it's weird at all. I think some of the old children's shows are better than the garbage on mainstream television now. I like a few of them that I used to watch as a child. I don't see anything wrong or abnormal about it.

 

[emptymiku]

If watching this show makes you happy, who is anyone to tell you to do otherwise? Anyone is entitled to enjoy entertainment regardless of target audience and you should treasure it since it's something you enjoy.
It doesn't make you any less of an adult to watch and enjoy shows meant for kids and it's no one else's business anyway. If anything, it makes you a more fun adult. Nothing to be embarrassed about. Kid shows have compelling stories and characters too! Keep doing you! Hope this helped :)

thanks, this made me feel a little less strange about it.

 

[Forever Sleep]

Nah, I think it's that comfortable feeling of nostalgia. Sometimes, I'm not even sure it's the actual film or programme we're interested in- it's trying to remember that feeling we had as a child. There are two films I used to watch all the time when a (suspected) narcissistic family member used to be out of the house. It was the only time I used to feel safe and happy back then. Sometimes, when I'm really struggling now, I put those films on- hoping to feel the same comfort.

Plus, even if you enjoy the programme itself- it's fine. Why should we feel embarassed about what we like? So long as it's not doing other people harm.

 

[Angst Filled Fuck Up]

There is a kind of retreat-to-the-womb thing that often happens with traumatized people, in that sense it may be a little different from plain old nostalgia. Sometimes we yearn for a time in our lives where things were simpler. It's possible to even freeze in place at a certain age, so we then re-consume all the old stuff we enjoyed from back then.

Of course it may just be that you really liked the show and want to rewatch it. Nothing wrong with that.

 

[Arachno]

I don't think it's weird. I watch Pat & Mat (a czech child stop motion animation series) parody dubs on youtube a lot, sure, it's not the same as watching the orginal but still, I think it's really childish for my age, but I still find them hilliarious and nostalgic.

 

[MildlyBetter]

We should never be ashamed of things that make us happy if they have 0 negative effects on ourselves and those around us tbh, if anything gives you even a bit of happiness you should chase it head on.

 

[LONE WOLF.]

I love cartoon's, Scooby Doo is my favourite, but Bug's Bunny, Wily.E.Coyote, and Speedy Gonzalez are all enjoyed too

 

[Rocinante]

Nah
Ill occasionally watch a few episodes from shows I viewed during childhood

 

[Valky]

Absolutely not, I still watch some stuff like 'Jessie' for example with my mom. We both just connect with it. There is no shame in it. A lot of anime is also for kids and adults still watch that shit like their life depends on it.

 

[uniqueusername39]

there's this show i used to be absolutely obsessed with when i was a kid, i remember watching it for hours at a time almost every day for a few months. i've probably seen every episode like 10 times. its not like a "toddler" show, its just meant for people a little younger than me and i feel kind of embarrassed to be super interested in it again.

i dont know, what do you guys think? is it weird for an adult to still love watching shows meant for kids?

no, not at all!! well if it is, then i would be weird for that. what shows do you like watching? i've been watching Barbie movies: a lot these days.

 

[12_Years_Late]

I used to watch PBS Kids, but now I avoid it like the plague. I would rather listen to 1930s music instead. Ironically, I used to believe that the afterlife would feature characters from these shows, which I now realize is completely illogical.

On that note I never considered myself a child. I intentionally skipped just about every "normal" experience that most kids have because I didn't want to waste my time on them. The only "playful" thing I have ever done is go on an inflatable obstacle course, and I hated myself for wasting my time on it.

Even from birth, I realized that my time on this planet would be way too short to waste my time on stupid games and childish things. I will only spend my time researching things that I am actually interested in (which is only 5 things). And there are only ten days left for me anyway, so I do not regret missing out on the entire idea of a childhood.

 

[winamp]

I don't think it's weird at all

for me cartoons are nostalgic (one of my only escapes and also a good part of my childhood) and one of the reasons why I'm into reviewing and discussing various cartoons today along with cartoons and animations targeted towards adults

actual live television with real people is always 50/50 for me because I noticed that typically in the shows people and their struggles and situations are usually over exaggerated and dramatized and in the case for children's shows dumbed down rather than relatable which is why I hated the Disney channel growing up

 

[12_Years_Late]

I don't think it's weird at all

for me cartoons are nostalgic (one of my only escapes and also a good part of my childhood) and one of the reasons why I'm into reviewing and discussing various cartoons today along with cartoons and animations targeted towards adults

actual live television with real people is always 50/50 for me because I noticed that typically in the shows people and their struggles and situations are usually over exaggerated and dramatized and in the case for children's shows dumbed down rather than relatable which is why I hated the Disney channel growing up

When I was younger, I thought that kids shows were the only thing that mattered in the entire world. This was well before I discovered Irving Aaronson or any of my 1930s recordings.

As for the Disney Channel, they are still airing the same pointless drivel they were airing a decade ago. They are going overboard with new shows.

However I will say that their new show "Kiff" has an obscure historical connection, at least the way I see it. The only episode I have seen so far features the titular character going to a water park. When the water park's slide's regular line has too many characters, the titular character resorts to going to a VIP line where this character meets a fictional celebrity named Roy Fox. And this is where the historical connection begins.

Courtesy of the "Carole & Co." LiveJournal site, (yes, people still use LiveJournal) this is an article from 1925:

DIVING CONTEST
Lake Arrowhead resorts report full houses for last week during the women's swimming meet with expectations of full houses Saturday when Fred Cady will stage the fourth annual mile-high diving meet. Among the well-known people registered last week at Cottage Grove, Camp Fleming and Lake Arrowhead Lodge, were Miss Carole Lombard of the Fox studio, Tim Waring and Roy Fox.

This is not the first time that I have seen such a connection between a kids show and an obscure historical moment, but I just wanted to throw this one example out for you all.

Oops, I guess I changed the entire course of the conversation. How will we ever get back, and how can we get there?