Counterpoint: Noone grows up, some people are just better at hiding it. (Or activly choose not to)

I tried out the whole traditional adult thing, and honestly, I'm a lot happier watching cartoons and playing video games.

I’m not even sure there is such a thing as behaving in an adult way. Everyone above us does not act “adult” so if we do that hurts us. If you’re expected to act civil all of the time while the president gets to be that then it becomes a class separation and we lose.

That is true.

Source: I've been to Costco.

last week in the subway, there were two people chatting right at the base of the escalator, other passengers were awkwardly shoving past them.

When I got to them I said "you are going to take the escalator or not?" they didn't reply, but quickly jump into the escalator, then they got out they just stood there continuing talking, at the top. I naturally got shoved into them and told me to look where I was going.

Any parking lot anywhere

Especially when I'm trying to get through shopping! Move to one siiiideeeeee!

It's actually crazy to see someone hike who has spent their entire life on flat surfaces. It's like you have to coach them through rough rocky sections.

Un-shockingly too many don't give a fuck while driving. Bikes need 4ft of room when cars pass.

And why the thread about cooking for one's self is full of people that think cooking food is a fancy, out of reach dream only for wealthy land owners or something, and that ordering Door Dash chicken tendies is a good use of money that only the most clever Poors know about.

Adult basically means being able to reproduce offspring. Not intelligence related, thats being able to graduate in school.

I can look back on different ages and see how much more adulty I am today. I thought I was smart and mostly an adult at 18, but I remember thinking people in the low 20s were notably older than me. Then when I was in my upper 20s, I realized just how wrong I was. I feel the upper 20s was a bit of a turning point for me but mostly because I got married which is a major adult life event. Now in my upper 30s, I can see how yound I was in my upper 20s.

I 100% agree, with that feeling of older people just being my peers. Hitting the workforce full-time and working with other adults that have been doing it for decades really opens your eyes a bit. Now I have a boss 10 years younger than me and a new guy in my team 10 years older. Other than the older guy and me getting each other's dated references, were all pretty much the same socially. I usually forget there's an age gap unless I specifically point it out.

I think of the point in time when working where I was like. Holy trump. im not the new guy. Or later starting a job and being the experienced guy. so wierd.

You can look forward to the day all the adults in your life start feeling like children. Then, you will know.

At least you can eat your dessert first now, if you wish!

You make it sound like it's bad. Running basic daily chores on autopilot is rather beneficial. Like cleaning, cooking, laundry, basic eating, even sleep and overall daily routine. Depending on work even that can be done on autopilot. Frees up the mind to wander and think about something else or listen to audiobooks and makes sure that the most basic day to day tasks are done.

People often times complain how annoying it is to wash the dishes or do laundry or clean, running those on autopilot while barely even giving those the attention seems like a perfect solution.