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Re:Cheating alleged after men's world conker champion found ... by loup-vaillant on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @04:57AM (#41846481)
> And nowadays people don't really grow up at all. They continue playing right into adulthood and old age, with luxury toys.

It would be nice if we stopped stigmatising play. Growing up doesn't mean we stop playing. Acting grown-up might mean stop playing, but it's just that — an act, and a likely childish one. Real adults don't give up on what brings them joy.

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Re:Cheating alleged after men's world conker champion found ... by sersi on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @05:49AM (#41846821)
Back when I was a teenager, I used to also have similar thoughts as the person you replied to about not playing with toys because it was childish behavior.

Luckily, I grew out of that and I do not feel self conscious when playing as an adult or being goofy.

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Re:Cheating alleged after men's world conker champion found ... by razakel on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @07:07AM (#41847302)
>To carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.

- C. S. Lewis

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