Will I dig the same things that turn me on as a kid? posted by Talez at 9:38 PM on August 3, 2012
One of my closest friends wanted to grow up to be a fire truck when he was a kid. Not a fireman. A fire truck. posted by FirstMateKate at 9:41 PM on August 3, 2012 [7 favorites]
And people ask me, "SPrintF, why do you have all these ridiculous My Little Pony figures decorating your workspace?"
And I say, "because I am old, and despite the daily shit sandwich that the world offers up to me, I still want to believe in honesty, kindness, generosity, loyalty, laughter and, yes, magic."
Now that I am grown up, I choose, despite all the evidence to the contrary, to hold on to my child-like heart. posted by SPrintF at 9:48 PM on August 3, 2012 [5 favorites]
@ FirstMateKate One of my closest friends wanted to grow up to be a fire truck when he was a kid. Not a fireman. A fire truck.
I also wanted to be a FIRE TRUCK... My mother teases me about it still... So glad that I'm not the only one who's been messed up by anthropomorphic vehicles in the early 90's!!!
Is there a support group for us that I wasn't aware of? Should we make one? posted by ~Bert at 10:12 PM on August 3, 2012 [2 favorites]
Oooh. A bunch of spirits to break! I bet they will end up in middle management, to the last. posted by poe at 10:43 PM on August 3, 2012
You know, i was never a kind, and I'm allergic to whimsy, and this kind of bullshit just prevents important work from being done. Yr not cute, yr not special, and yr no longer 6. Be a fucking adult. posted by PinkMoose at 11:34 PM on August 3, 2012
Hey, it's Aileen! posted by matt_od at 11:54 PM on August 3, 2012
What's supposed to be said about this piece of mollycoddling tripe? posted by PinkMoose at 12:29 PM on August 4, 2012
That maybe the world would be a better place if we all maybe stopped taking ourselves so seriously? posted by xedrik at 2:14 PM on August 4, 2012 [2 favorites]
When I grow up
posted by erniepan at 11:55 PM on August 3 [3 favorites +] [!]
When I grow up
posted by ~Bert at 11:59 PM on August 3 [4 favorites +] [!]
It helps not to use phone text abbreviations when you want to tell someone else to "be an adult".
When I grew up, I wanted to blow up railway bridges in occupied territory. posted by Catch at 1:00 AM on August 5, 2012
Nothing for me the divide between what kids dream about, and what adults wish kids dream about, quite like films like these. posted by Jilder at 1:13 PM on August 5, 2012
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The videographer of "When I Grow Up" has another video on his channel: The Faces of Lightning in a Bottle.
posted by zarq at 8:37 PM on August 3, 2012