" I used to work at Chuck E. Cheese 20 years ago around the meter when they discontinued ball pits in every storage . It ’s idle seeing that grownup would throw dingy nappy and trash in there when they could have AT LEAST just give it on their table … Let me tell you , you may meet up over five large scrap bins a week , and it ’s just purely disgusting how often kids throw up or make accidents in there with no report . "
Recently, Redditoru/opposeThemasked,“What was meant for kids but adult consumers hijacked it and ruined it?“People shared tons of “kids” things that were ruined by adult consumers, and they made some solid points. Here’s what they had to say:
1.“Squishmallows. People have been trying to resell these LITERAL STUFFIES forthreetimes the price online.”
— u / sighcommagroan
2.“After-school hobbies! Around the age of 47, I decided to pick up guitar again. So, I went to a local school and enrolled as an adult. I would see parents harassing their kids and berating them for not being better.”
" I thinkthe majority of them have lost the idea that extracurricular activities are to help your fry out of their racing shell and also to have fun — not to make them a professional of any sort or the best of the best of the practiced . "
— u / BisquickNinja
3.“Every card hobby. It’s literally just about prices now.”
— u / lol022
" As a Yu - Gi - Oh ! enjoyer , I thoroughly agree . It ’s always been about toll for the uncommon cards , but there are a portion more flippers than ever before . "
— uracil / Rainbowstaple
" My 12 - year - old has kind of enjoy Yu - Gi - Oh ! — by all odds the show , and he ’s always mess with the cards , kind of make up his own reading and enjoying the art . He decided this year to really learn it and dally it , so we found a card shop , got some starter deck advice , and roar — done . He ’s the only kid in the room . By more than a X . I ’m tight in age to most of his mathematical group mate than he is . He got a ingroup in the tournament , as evidently you do , and pulled a card . ' Whoa , that ’s a $ 40 lineup ! ' some cat order . I recognize , with certainty , that had I not been there , somebody would have screwed him out of it . "
— u/7237R601
4.“As a Pokémon collector, I would say Pokémon. I stick to vintage Pokémon — they’re the cards I grew up with and hence have nostalgia for. My cards are older than kids. That being said, I don’t think adults have any business hogging the modern cards and ruining it for the kids. That’s pretty low.”
— u / rjm101
" Kids could n’t go to Walmart to get their Pokémon card because 30 - something - year - erstwhile grown - up men woulddive through the doorsas soon as the newfangled stock arrive at to shovel them into their cart for scalp . "
— uranium / Chaos6773
" Scalpers were so down dreadful , they were raid McDonald ’s during the pandemicfor the twenty-fifth - anniversary cards . "
— u / Sol - Blackguy
5.“Beanie Baby collectors.”
— u / bigredthesnorer
" I remember when it all got wild . I worked next door to a Hallmark store , and there was a group of quondam gentlewoman who wait at the threshold every spill day . They were only allowed to corrupt two of each , and they always know the names of them . They’d often bring in extra people if they wanted more than the limit . It was pathetic ! Those poor Hallmark employees could n’t unbox them fast enough . "
— u / Alarming - Ad9441
6.“YouTube content creation — not to say the medium is strictly for kids, obviously, but family channels have essentially monetized their childhoods when those same kids could have just as likely decided to make their own content when they got older and weren’t obligated to participate in being filmed.”
" Having no choice in the matterprobably take the fun the right way out of it . Not to mention growing up and coming to bring in it ’d all been for your parent ' pecuniary amplification . "
— u / Superb_Ad1765
" Parents who take their kid ’s survive for likes and subs are horrendous . "
— atomic number 92 / da_predditor
7.“Youth sports. When I was a kid 30 years ago, you’d have a practice or two a week, plus a game on Saturday. Then, if you loved sports, you’d get together with buddies in your ample free time and mess around playing super fun pickup games. Now, many kids are having full weekend tournaments, like, every weekend. And tons of practices. They rarely have the free time to just play with their friends for the fun of it.”
" Sure , they are better athletes than we were , but are they better off ? "
— atomic number 92 / omgphilgalfond
8.“Hot Wheels. Worst memory I have at Comic-Con. An exhibitor gave a kid what must’ve been an exclusive at their booth. Then, there were grown men rushing and crowding the kid, pressuring him to sell his toy. His parents moved him away promptly, but I imagine he was shaken up by the experience. Went from a cool moment of unexpectedly getting a toy to grown weirdos getting in his face.”
— uracil / Dwike2
9.“Ball pits. I used to work at Chuck E. Cheese 20 years ago around the time when they discontinued them in every store. It’s wild seeing that adults would throw dirty diapers and trash in there when they could have AT LEAST just left it on their table.”
" We would even have to wash every ball once a calendar week through a particular rack and run it through our dishwasher . Let me tell you , you could fill up over five large trash bins a week , and it ’s just purely disgusting how often fry throw up or make stroke in there with no report . I was so happy that they stop them , but at the same time , it did suck that they ’re not a matter anymore . "
— u / Silver_Scallion_1127
10.“Getting autographs from Disney Characters. My 4-year-old kid was knocked to the ground by a bunch of adult tourists who climbed over the rope to get an autograph of Sleeping Beauty. To get an autograph of an unknown woman. In a costume. Of an imaginary character. From a fairy story.”
— uracil / buymorebestsellers
11.“Getting autographs from athletes at games.”
— uranium / xxgunther420
12.“Young adult books. I’m an adult who reads them. But the characters are TEENAGERS. People get upset that teenagers act like teenagers, in books targeted at…you guessed it, teenagers.”
— atomic number 92 / PumpkinPieIsGreat
" I ’m always amuse by Goodreads followup on YA books where they ’re like , ' The characters were green ! ' Well , yeah — they ’re , like , 13.That ’s in reality part of why I like YA . character make dumb decisions , but it ’s part of their growth and they come out better for it . In adult books , when the characters do something stupefied , I ’m like , ' You ’re 40 ! Why are you acting like this ? ? ? ' "
— u / Gneissisnice
13.“I would say the collectibles market as a whole. I love collecting Transformers, but anytime I want to get the hot, new figures, everyone and their mother has already preordered five each to scalp, and the preorder sells out literally seconds after it starts. I just want my goofy, robot toy — can you kindly f*** off?”
— u / mechaglitter
" Action figures . I think it ’s fine for adult to buy them . But why do they buy ALL of them and then re - sell them for hundreds of dollars?I ca n’t even give them , and I have a job . How are child conjecture to be capable to play with them ? "
— u / Ok - Alternative8714
14.“Last week, I was having a yard sale. I always do these big plastic tubs of cheap little toys for the kids. It’s not really worth much, but the kids love digging in it. I sell the items for 50 cents an item or fill a bag for $7. Keeps the kids busy so their parents can shop, and it’s a great deal. But so many adults kept digging in it being greedy and taking the fun away from the kids. I also had several adults offer to buy the bins and would not take no for an answer. I would tell them over and over, ‘It doesn’t have a monetary value; it’s for the kids.'”
" adult are really selfish and just do n’t call back of the kidskin anymore . "
— uracil / hotdogmatt
15.“My Little Pony.I watched it with my sister growing up. At one point, we watched a video of a Comic-Con or some other panel. A bunch of sweaty dudes were asking questions one after another. Then, the sweetest little girl who was being encouraged by her dad stepped up to the microphone and very timidly (but bravely) asked about one of her favorite characters.”
" The flout and scoffing come from the crowd for the fiddling girl not already jazz some fandom trivia was disgusting . Had I been the founding father that daylight , I would have take the mic and given them an earful . "
— u / DoxieDoc
And finally…
16.“Disney in general. Disney adults are wild. Some are wild, and it only affects them — that’s fine. But some will buy out all of a certain product just to resell them. They also whine more than kids trying to get what they want, and sometimes even push kids out of the way to get what they want. I don’t care if you’re a Disney adult, have fun with it if you wish. But don’t be an a-hole.”
— u / Kurtisrayne
Note : Some responses have been edited for distance and/or clarity .
