Something created for everyone but now considered childish:
Disney animated movies. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (I wanna say Dwarves but that's not what they called it, English is weird and whatever Walt says goes) was created with adults and kids in mind - and it was a massively crazy hit. Adjusted for inflation, it's one of the top ten box office performers in US history. (Per Wikipedia. Do I have to cite sources in a blog?) Buddy loves 'Heigh-Ho', but I'm always a bit thrown by how scary the first part of the movie is. Freaky trees with claws! Also, I took him to a repertory screening of 'Sleeping Beauty' - that is a beautiful film on the big screen. Just stunning.
Something created for kids but now considered for everyone (aside from the aforementioned coloring books):
Gummy vitamins. Why is this a thing? Did no one in my generation learn to swallow pills? Does melatonin need to be candy so that adults will begrudgingly go to bed? I got over the thrill of consuming fruit-flavored erasers at too early an age, I suppose. Also, they're marketing those squeeze-pouches of fruit to adults too - it's baby food, people. If you're gonna get into baby food, man up and get it in the little jar and eat it with a rubberized spoon. Don't think you're fooling anyone with your 'I'm grown and on the go so I'm gonna suck down this little pouch of apple-kale-sauce through a tiny spout right before I whine about wanting to take a nap' vibe. Also coconut-water juice boxes. Also cupcakes (which I actually have no beef with because I'd have to be a fool to turn my nose up at those, no matter how many sprinkles are on top).
I love gummy vitamins for adults, because i'm basically a 5 year old. :) I love that you are blogging again.
ReplyDeleteAlso during a recent bout of the stomach flu, I lived on baby food in pouches. I'm justifying this as being a completely adult decision, due to the British lack of applesauce in grocery stores which aren't sugary and meant for pork.
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