Play video games, according to a lot. Be absolutely enamored by cats? Some people have told me only toddlers like kitties so, what? Confusing.
Who the hell thinks only toddlers should really like cats? I guess the millions of cat owners worldwide are wrong?
It confused me too at the time!
I’ve had people tell me that a 6’3" tall man shouldn’t give a crap that almost all animals and children love me. I just tell them that they will never be protected by hummingbirds, and so I have a source of laughter they will never know.
I don’t sing in the forest anymore though.
I have a couple cats, I guess that makes me a toddler then. Does that mean I don’t have to pay rent?
If only. Every person on earth would own a cat! A net gain for cats, probably!
Play Beyblade. I’m in my late 30s.
Eat shrooms and play The Fractured but Whole.
Shrooms are the best way I have found to center myself and relieve stress long term. They almost should be mandatory for government service at the upper echelons.
2CT-7 is how to meet “the universe/ God,” and have an ego death, but damn the visuals are fun.
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.
Ditto! I’m middle aged and can do wtf I want
I’m going to talk to you like a Dutch uncle about your Dutch wife.
Watch anime I guess, if people still think it’s only for kids and young adults.
I’m with you on this one. It’s almost exclusively what I watch.
I play Animal Crossing.
I’m 46
Drink like I’m still 24.
According to my spouse: play D&D.
The only way your spouse could be correct is if you’re still playing 2e and you’re under 50.
I feel personally attacked. I occasionally dip back into 2.5E because Pools of Radiance, and Dragons of Winter Night are fun games, I managed to memorize the 2.5E rules by the time I was 13, and I’m currently 45…
Yeah i’m 43 but i got really frustrated with 2e era rules and moved on to cyberpunk, white wolf and gurps within a year or two of starting the hobby.
By the time 3e came out i was just not interested in fantasy rpgs anymore.
Since you seem to’ve been exposed to rpgs from birth, basically, you might count as slightly older in RPG-years than your real age? 😅
Fair enough. My first attempt at a sci-fi RPG was the rather ill fated Babylon 5 TTRPG. I was exposed to Shadowrun, and Cyberpunk, but being 13-15 years old, an old Whovian, a Trekkie, and a Babylon 5 fan at the time, I couldn’t see a future that was that bleak and dystopian.
It’s only been recently, as in the last decade or so, that I have realized that Babylon 5 was a playbook, and a dream, for an anti fascist overthrow of a fascist government. Unfortunately we don’t have a space station that can just barely support itself, with a portion of the military loyal to the constitution of earth, without the government, and can stand up to the government militarily.
Edit: nah, I’m not older than my real age. I’m 45 and can feel it. Every few months one of my joints introduces me to a whole new place that pain can come from. I may need to get some osteobiflex.
My first was RIFTS, which i did not have the stomach for at all. By comparison cyberpunk and cybergen ran like a dream, just as my friends and I were getting into Akira.
I never tried the Bab5 rpg, but i stayed up late with my mother to watch it. I was shocked when rewatching a few years back to see lucille blooth playing a regime loyalist captain.
Dear Lord, I forgot about RIFTS. I saw the descriptions of the sourcebooks in my TTRPG catalog that I no longer remember the name of, and thought that they were trying too hard.
I used to also… I used to. Looking forward to rolling a wizard when I get to the retirement home
my old group would talk about the group nursing home they would need to be in some day to be running games.
D&D became popular in the eighties. Why should people who played it then start hating it as they get older?
I started playing D&D as a two or three year old kid. Admittedly back then my involvement mas limited. My parent’s D&D group called me “the Hobbit Thief,” as they would put me to bed, and then I would sneak into the room, and steal dice off the table. Apparently I would then sneak back to my room and hide said dice under my mattress.accordong to my mother, either I was extremely fast, or they didn’t notice the missing dice for several months. I had also taught myself to pick locks by that point, but that was to escape the tyranny of being inside, but I digress.
My first character I rolled up was when I was 5 or 6. No I don’t remember them, but I bet my dad and mom still have the character sheet.
My parents are now in their late 70s and early 80s. They still play D&D and recommended being a DM to people that think they want kids. Apparently there is a fair bit of overlap in running a fun game, and a functional family.
Wow wholesome. That sounds great haha. I’ve only been a player, but when my son is a bit older maybe I’ll try out being a DM.
Your post really made me smile. Thanks for posting and the good idea of family D&D.
They still play D&D and recommended being a DM to people that think they want kids. Apparently there is a fair bit of overlap in running a fun game, and a functional family.
I am a parent, and this tells me I lack the requisite energy and creativity to be a DM. I struggle enough as it is.
Ride my bicycle with no hands. I’m told it is undignified for a 45 year old man.
They’re just jealous of your balance!
Fantasize about murdering politicians
Interesting that you feel it’s not age appropriate. At what age do you think it would be appropriate?
Retirement age.
/s
Retirement has been abolished. We all get to work till we die! Yay! 😒
[redacted] (my lawyers have advised me not to publically share my thoughts) 😏
Go out dancing.
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.
Just turned 50 and still ride a skateboard.
That’s fine. It just means that you’re rad.
I ride an electric scooter. I love it.
Same.
I figure I won’t die as long as I kep skating. Skate or die, right?
You don’t quit skating cause you got old, you got old cause you quit skating.
work for low wages
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.
Can vou recommend any good coloring books? My partner really likes bold ones too, but it’s sometimes a challenge to find any that are not themed after a childrens’ TV show.
I really like the coco wyo ones and bobbie goods (which unfortunately isn’t widely available here). Coco wyo has a lot, also Halloween themes/Christmas. ‘girl moments’ is popular too, the main character is a young woman instead of animals if your partner identifies as a woman and wants a change of vibe.
Yeah she does and I just looked the books you recommended up, they’re perfect! Thank you so much, and both brands are pretty easy to get here as well!
Happy to help! I know she’s gonna get some amazing Christmas gifts from you now! Haha
