VaughanJB
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Youtube can be a weird place. They suddenly recommend something out of the blue and you click on it. The algorithm then assumes that's all you want to watch, so you get more of the same. You can end up in some weird rabbit holes.
My recent foray left me scratching my head and young adults (mid 20's to mid 30's and beyond). But first I must state that I'm not meaning to be hyper-critical here, I'm just confused, as we sometimes get!
So this issue is around grown people acting in an infantile manner, and never leaving their kids toys behind. The recommended video was about "Pop Toys". Basically, bobble-headed plastic dolls. You can see them here: https://funko.com/
Now, I can see these might be fun for a kid, maybe a teen. But I ended up watching grown men spending $500 on big boxes of Pop Dolls to complete their collection. I heard them hunting down "rare" Pop Dolls, and talking endlessly about how "cool" they are. They have rooms of their homes dedicated to them, with shelves full. Baffling to someone like me.
That led to something called "Warhammer", which apparently is a board game of sorts. As a kid, I knew it as "plastic soldiers", albeit these are far more elaborate. They paint their models, pose them, buy all kinds of add-ons including fake grass, tree's, and sand. Again, they then have channels where they talk about their collections. If they were as enthusiastic about their wives (yes, some have them) we'd not worry about a dip in world population. I should also stress, this isn't a thing centered in a particular country or continent.
I then started to get "Furry" videos recommended. These are people who dress as various animals. Full sized animals. They have three day conferences, their own songs, where they meet, fully furred up, and party. Again, not kids, adults.
Now, when I was a kid, men had hobbies, but they were different. My father used to make fully functional miniature Steam Engines, for example. An eccentric might have a train set, fully kitted out with buildings etc. But this current thing is at a whole other level.
One common trait are claims that "they're worth a lot of money", or would be in the future. Not sure how that works for what amounts to a plastic mold. One guy claimed he had a "super rare" Pop Head because the head glowed in the dark. He was really excited about getting the glow in the dark version.
I'm not trying to judge such people, just pointing out that I don't get it. There seems to have been a wider acceptance of what a grown adult ought to be overly interested in. If its toys from their childhood, that's fine now. My father would have clipped me around the ear.
And if I've offended anyone here, I apologize. Sometimes "not getting it" can come across as being hyper-critical. I don't mean that. I'd simply like some insight into what y'all think about it. If your husband/wife started buying lots of "furry" gear, would you shake your head, or ignore it? If your partner started filling the house with Pop Heads, what then?
My recent foray left me scratching my head and young adults (mid 20's to mid 30's and beyond). But first I must state that I'm not meaning to be hyper-critical here, I'm just confused, as we sometimes get!
So this issue is around grown people acting in an infantile manner, and never leaving their kids toys behind. The recommended video was about "Pop Toys". Basically, bobble-headed plastic dolls. You can see them here: https://funko.com/
Now, I can see these might be fun for a kid, maybe a teen. But I ended up watching grown men spending $500 on big boxes of Pop Dolls to complete their collection. I heard them hunting down "rare" Pop Dolls, and talking endlessly about how "cool" they are. They have rooms of their homes dedicated to them, with shelves full. Baffling to someone like me.
That led to something called "Warhammer", which apparently is a board game of sorts. As a kid, I knew it as "plastic soldiers", albeit these are far more elaborate. They paint their models, pose them, buy all kinds of add-ons including fake grass, tree's, and sand. Again, they then have channels where they talk about their collections. If they were as enthusiastic about their wives (yes, some have them) we'd not worry about a dip in world population. I should also stress, this isn't a thing centered in a particular country or continent.
I then started to get "Furry" videos recommended. These are people who dress as various animals. Full sized animals. They have three day conferences, their own songs, where they meet, fully furred up, and party. Again, not kids, adults.
Now, when I was a kid, men had hobbies, but they were different. My father used to make fully functional miniature Steam Engines, for example. An eccentric might have a train set, fully kitted out with buildings etc. But this current thing is at a whole other level.
One common trait are claims that "they're worth a lot of money", or would be in the future. Not sure how that works for what amounts to a plastic mold. One guy claimed he had a "super rare" Pop Head because the head glowed in the dark. He was really excited about getting the glow in the dark version.
I'm not trying to judge such people, just pointing out that I don't get it. There seems to have been a wider acceptance of what a grown adult ought to be overly interested in. If its toys from their childhood, that's fine now. My father would have clipped me around the ear.
And if I've offended anyone here, I apologize. Sometimes "not getting it" can come across as being hyper-critical. I don't mean that. I'd simply like some insight into what y'all think about it. If your husband/wife started buying lots of "furry" gear, would you shake your head, or ignore it? If your partner started filling the house with Pop Heads, what then?
Somebody needs an intervention!
