When Are You "Too Old" For Something?

[NakedFaerie]

Sorry to be 'that guy' who voted yes, but I consider myself too old to eat mashed potatoes with my hands.

You've never been drunk, hungry and without a fork.

 

[NakedFaerie]

video games and animation are just another genre of entertainment... people who say that they're just for kids are probably close minded ppl who grew up with pong consoles thingy (just an example :3) video games today are on par with AAA movies... awesome soundtracks , stunning visuals , and deep plots (rapelay anyone? )...

I grew up with Arari 2600, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC464, Apple IIC all before the time of the PC. Even today I have a Amstrad Emulator on my Android phone and still play those games I played so many years ago.
As for RapeLay there are games for adults like that and games for kids like 99% of Nintendo games. Lucky for the internet we get to choose which game we play even if they are banned in your country like all games like RapeLay and Sexy Beach Zero.

People that say "games are for kids" dont play games. They are too uptight to even get the stick out of their butts to enjoy life. Ignore them and keep playing those awesome games. Life is meant to be enjoyed so if gaming is your pleasure then do it, if watching anmie is your thing, whos to stop you, even if you love playing with Lego who's to tell you "your too old" I watched that Ultimate Factories show about the Lego factory and hackers made things that Lego thanked them for and expanded their directions. I bet kids didn't do that, it must've been adults that hacked the Lego robots and look what they did. What about all those people you see at supernova and those comic book expos. most of them are adults and they dress up as their favorite characters and they arn't too old are they.

Just think about it, as the OP said they enjoy anmie. What if their enjoyment if it encouraged them to write a few stories. They posted them on the internet and someone read them. The next thing they know is a publisher wants to make a movie or TV show from their stories. Now they are millionaires and lots of kids and adults are enjoying their work. Will someone tell them they are too old after that? I doubt it, they will want to be their friends.
Who invented the Fisher Price toys? Was it an adult or a baby? Someone would've had to test them out before a baby got their hands on them. Did someone tell them they are too old?

Your never too old. Society is too old, your in your element.

 

[relminator]

I'm married, has a kid but still watch animes. Who cares what others think. It's their loss for not enjoying these shows.

Not a fan of monoke though.

 

[EyeZ]

You'll know when you're too old for something, you won't be able to do it any longer.

 

[Cyan]

You ask on a forum of gamers if they are still gaming?
a forum where users enjoy doing what they like regardless of their age (we have users past 60 years old still playing video games).
Asking the question in a more general place (not a video game/animation/movie fan place) would have a more interesting poll result.

my opinion is that some people like movies, other people like reading roman, other people prefer theater, all of these are only a communication support to share something (usually a story) with other people.
For me, the support is not important, it can be story telling around a fire camps, a movie, an animated movie, a manga, video game, etc.
what differ is the mean used to communicate, and I don't see any problem with using all of them to learn something new and enjoy a story.

It's not the "method used to communicate" which could become outdated, that you are too old for using/watching it, no !
What is not for your age anymore is the content broadcasted to you : A cartoon targeted at children to learn alphabet and reading words is too old for you if you already know how to read, but a cartoon talking about genocide or historical and political changes in other countries are NOT for children, even if they are all cartoons (cartoons are for kids ! they shouldn't use it to communicate adult message?).


As for the pokemon subject, I never liked that game franchise.
was I already "too old" 15 years ago?
Age didn't have anything to do with that. It's only the game mechanics which I don't like. I prefer playing other games genre, that's all.
I like video games, but I don't like all of them. it doesn't mean that I dislike video games and they are not my age anymore if I don't play pokemon, it's not the support which is not fitting my needs, but the content.

If you enjoy something and can do it, then do it. That's all.

 

[MelodieOctavia]

This certainly is a delicate subject. I voted no, but it's really a conditional yes.

Here's my take on it. Yes, you are too old for somethings like baby blocks and teething rings and such, but besides that there really is a time where you are too old for things. The only difference is, that decision and that distinction is only valid when it comes from you, and most of the time it won't even be an active decision. Let me explain by example. A few years ago, I played tons of video games. Left and right getting Gamefly, having a blast almost every day. Then one day I played a little less, and the next day a little less and so on until I was finding pleasure in different things. And then one day I looked at my PS3 and said to myself "I'm getting too old for this shit". Games that would have interested me a few years ago don't hold my interest at all anymore. Sure there are some franchises that still have that magic and bring me back every time, but for the most part, I've gotten too old for video games.

No one told me I was too old. Hell, I never even made the decision consciously. It's just one of those things that happens.

So, yes. I do believe that you can be too old for something, but that happens on your own terms in a sense. That's not to say everyone will get too old for video games or anime, or anything like that. I know some of you will be trading pokemon until you're shitting in your pants with an old wrinkled toothless grin on your face. But there will come a time where you look at something you held so dear, and while you may have pangs of nostalgia, the magic will never be there even as a fraction that it once was.

 

[Vipera]

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[KingdomBlade]

It's odd that the question is so general but the article and the replies seem to focus primarily on media consumption: films, games, tv, etc. I'd say that for media consumption, no, you can't get too old for anything. Unless we're going crazy literal and including things like children's educational TV, in which case that's kinda weird if you're a 40 year old watching Dora the Explorer in your spare time; though even then I don't mind watching an episode of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood or a Sesame Street with a nice guest star. I'm totally game to watch Miyazaki or Phineas and Ferb, and I know people older than me that are the same. I also know plenty of adults that like Pixar movies as much as their children.

Now, when it's not just media consumption, which I think needed to be distinctified, then you can DEFINITELY be too old for something. When you're all 65, I severely doubt that many of you would want to bungee jump off the Macau Tower lest you activate your arthritis and your back gets permanently dislodged. Not that you'd necessarily want to do it now either, but at least right now, it doesn't come with potentially permanent damage to your body. Sure, that's an extreme analogy, but you get my point.

 

[KingAsix]

I didn't have time to read the responses to the OP, but I definitely plan too. I love discussions like this.
Anyway I digress...

I love Pokemon, Mega Man, Legend of Zelda, Mario, Sonic, kirby, Anime, Cartoon Network, My girlfriends has me on a couple of disney related things (unfortunately...I dislike Disney Channel overall), nicktoons, I carry around a bluetooth controller with me all the time, I have an anime style wallet, if I had some around I'd probably play with some legos, I love novelty shirts and ripped jeans, if the opportunity arose I definitely sing to and watch any old school childhood show (magic school bus, blues clues...with steve, sesame street, mr. rogers), etc....Out of everything I said I know one person who thinks something on that list is childish and honestly I don't give a f**k!
I think it's ok to grow out of something. I don't actually watch Blues Clues anymore, but if I'm flipping channels and it's on I may watch it cause it brings back memories and I loved it as a kid. I think if you stop liking things (different from growing out of it) simply because you're older, you'll end up losing who you are. Majority of the things I listed (along with various other things) have made me who I am....and until I'm old and dead I'll still be doing the same shit on that list.
I am 22, as of October I've been on my own for a year, I work, etc.....I'll be damn if anyone tells me "I'm too old" for anything. I don't have to prove I'm "old" to anyone. Hell, when I get off work I'll probably drink me an alcoholic beverage and probably roll one up....all while playing Pokemon.

 

[FireGrey]

Everything has multiple audiences in mind, you cannot simply look at one audience and then conclude that they are the only ones that should be viewing it.

 

[ZAFDeltaForce]

The thing about having fun, is that it transcends age boundaries. As far as I can tell, fun can be derived from anything or any action with a little imagination.

If a person is too caught up and concerned with how society sees the person, then that person probably doesn't deserve any fun

 

[stanleyopar2000]

This reminds of an interesting video about this very same topic


I say it boils down to the situation what you consider yourself to be too old for, but I also say forcing oneself to give up something like say playing Pokemon despite enjoying it doesn't make you more mature. In all honesty this is all subjective and boils down to what one considers to come with maturity verse what another thinks comes with it.

too old for pokemon?..

fuck that. i've been waiting 5 years for a game which features a fully rendered character and pokemon...my god they should have done this on the DS

 

[JackSakamoto]

Too old for MLP .. *coughs*

 

[Sporky McForkinspoon]

There's a social norm for everything, and I think it's fairly acceptable to push those to a healthy limit before it becomes too weird. I like animated media as much as I like live acted media, as long as it's good - that goes for both sides.

Video games - if you enjoy it, you enjoy it. I've got no reservations about pulling my 3DS out in public whatsoever.

But bronies. God, man, that's pushing it to a limit that gets weird. There's something a bit unsettling about a bunch 20+ year old guys fawning over a little girl's cartoon.

I don't really get the hate towards bronies. My friend Curtis is in to MLP, and as a result I've seen quite a few (possible all, not sure) of the episodes, and it's an okay show. Not really for me, but I can see what someone else would enjoy about it. That said, two of my favorite shows are Digimon (Tamers in particular) and Card Captor Sakura. I find when this comes up in conversation that people generally don't care that I enjoy Digimon, but think I am clearly too old for CCS even though they are both aimed toward the same age group. People's real problem is that it violates the gender norm, and you know what? Fuck that.

 

[KingBlank]

Meh, I don't see why people make such a big deal about bronies, MLP is just like Disney films, it can appeal to all audiences.
I believe you should only be too old for something when you stop enjoying it, but at the same time. something is only too old for you when it stops entertaining you.
But in modern society. You are to old for something when people don't expect people as old as you do be doing said thing.

 

[Patxinco]

Some things yes, some things not, it depends on your growing, your environment, there are a lot of variables, there is not a true or false response at this.

¿You like it? Go ahead, maybe someday you'll stop to like it and say like Murtaugh ^^

 

[Sporky McForkinspoon]

Man, the cell phone in that first clip must weigh like fourty pounds.

 

[Deleted User]

Too old for MLP .. *coughs*

I was going to bring that up. You are all the same people who laugh at the thought of adults watch ponies, but everything else is fine. Hypocrites.

 

[Patxinco]

Man, the cell phone in that first clip must weigh like fourty pounds.

Battery problems? Never with the new Nokia model!!! lolololol xDD

 

[Blaze163]

With a few obvious exceptions such as use of nappies, sucking on your mom's tits (fine to suck on other people's mom's tits though, if the Internet is to be believed everyone is sleeping with everyone else's mother), and ABC books, no, I don't think you're ever too old for anything. Case and point, I'm 26, I'm about to become a father, and I still watch my DVD box set of Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog, play the games I did as a kid, I still play Warhammer and I still collect cuddly chocobos. I'm not 'too old' for anything. If I like something, who the hell is anyone else to judge?