I love bridges. If I see a cool looking bridge, I want to cross it, especially if it goes somewhere that I’m not familiar with. Same with stairs outdoors. They feel like an adventure to me.
Stone paths. I was hiking in a large state park recently and came on a stretch of path that a seriously skilled stonemason built. It was beautiful. I stood there for ten minutes looking at how perfectly they matched the stones together.
Zoo’s and aquariums, fucking love animals.
A few years back my mom wanted to take a day trip to San Diego to sight see, I told her, the only sight I want to see is the Zoo so that’s where we went. I go to the zoo in every state I visit, big or small.
You been to the St Louis zoo yet? It’s not quite San Diego but it’s damn good - and free! (Paid parking tho)
And while you’re there: City Museum is NOT to be missed.
About a month ago I planned an entire day trip to the Living Desert Zoo in Palm Springs for me and my husband. I got to feed a giraffe and pet a rhino. I was so freaking happy!
My neighbors have a turkey. Every time I walk through the kitchen I look out the window to see if she’s in our yard. If so, I run out to pet her.
Also, if I’m working outside she trots over to see what’s going on and, of course, I have to stop to pet her for 15 minutes.
She just walks up to me and sits down expecting pets.
That sounds fantastic.
I don’t know why it’s so fun, but my day gets better every time I get to pet a turkey.
Let’s see if this uploads… It’s a picture of her after 10 minutes of pets
Edit: may look creepy, but she seems to be so comfortable that she’ll close her eyes and just chill. But I’m no turkey scientist. I imagine if she didn’t like it then she wouldn’t run up to me.
That is not creepy at all! What a beautiful animal. Thanks for posting. Brightened my morning :)
I like exploring old buildings like churches and hotels. I feel like architecture has been optimized so much to fire codes that most modern buildings have pretty boring layouts. But older buildings are completely batshit in their designs sometimes. Like woah there’s a second little staircase down here that goes to a single room not accessible by anywhere else, or just random little hallways to nowhere. Also secret little closets everywhere, it’s way more fun.
I read that as “exploding” and was a little concerned for a moment …
But hard agree - the more “fantasy-like” a building looks, the better. Especially castles and cathedrals.
Planes
Trains
And Automobiles
Horse!
Same. Airplanes. Seeing them, being on one, just so giddy and excited every time.
I finally have the time and money to start on my PPL-A license. I only have a few hours logged, but I’m getting there eventually.
Movies about giant monsters or giant robots or ideally both. I love Pacific Rim, Godzilla, Jurrasic Park, Transformers, Robot Jox, etc. etc. etc. I don’t care about plot or a coherent story I just want to see giant things fucking up shit.
I can relate to that. I recently went to the cinema alone to see Godzilla Minus One, because none of my friends and relatives were interested. Watched big lizard smash things. Felt happy for the rest of the day.
Transformers … I just want to see giant things fucking up shit.
I have a beef with the Transformers movies.
I think the last one I saw was the second Transformers movie. Did the later ones move the camera position back so you could actually see who and what was fighting and winning/losing? I remember being in the middle of what may have been an epic robot battle, but the camera position was so close you couldn’t tell which robot you’re looking at. Even slight clue what would have told you like a color or maybe some lettering on the robot body was impossible to discern because the motion blur was so high and the cuts were maybe 1 to 2 seconds before another cut took place.
I remember looking that the screen hearing this epic robot battle and being just bored because I couldn’t tell which robot hit which robot and couldn’t tell which character was winning. At the end of the 3 minute fight scene a Decepticon was standing victorious over the Autobot he had just fought. I thought “huh, I wonder how he won”…even though the whole thing played out in front of me it was impossible to follow.
Did that get any better in the later movies?
I see “Godzilla minus one“ today and I’m pretty excited.
I’m seeing it with my son today, I’m excited as well.
Not exactly childish but, assembling furniture. I’m excited when I buy furniture that arrives disassembled because I get to look at the instructions and build it myself. I guess it resonates with setting up and assembling toys, just with adult things instead.
The IKEA empire is built on this feeling. If you put it together yourself, you’re more inclined to feel that it’s better quality
In actual fact, 90% of IKEA stuff is well-designed cheaply made shit
There are tons of toys where the fun part is assembling them. Humans love building things. :)
I turned 41 this year. First snowflakes of the season still put a huge grin on my face.
Snow is just so pretty! You’re never too old to enjoy the beauty of nature.
Me too. Even though it means ice and slush and wet feet. And not because I own a Yes Typo (reason to celebrate right there). It’s just “yeh - snow!” somehow
Steam locomotives. I still get giddy like a little kid when I get to see one in a museum. Real life is even better. Heck I’ll go out of my way to see model trains if there’s a steam engine somewhere in the display.
If you ever visit Hamburg, this place will blow your mind:
https://www.miniatur-wunderland.com/
I don’t even have words to tell you how cool that place is. We went to an art exhibition in Hamburg, and kind of accidentally went to see that place too. Like, they have day/night cycle there. They have trains with little cameras on top of them so you can travel in them. They have model planes landing and they have cruise ships going in real water.
So damn cool.
I’ve been wanting to go there for years!
Same. I’m loved them since I was a kid and I still love them to this day.
I love me a good lighthouse
Doors. Specifically doors in obscure places. Think maintenance accesses and such. I like to imagine that they’re less mundane than they are.
I like the ones that you need a ladder to access.
Dogs are a big one, I can be furious while stuck in city traffic and then see a dog and I’m happy for a minute. Also those pajamas that have the feet covered and everything. Also cartoons and video games but I feel like those are more acceptable adult things nowadays
I love blimps and zeppelins. I could live in a zeppelin.
I found a place in southern Germany that has blimps you can ride on, booked a ticket for summer of 2020, then the rona happened. That company shut down during the lockdowns. No blimp for me.
Oh that’s so sad! What a ride that would have been, I’m sorry you missed out.
Driving through puddles. The bigger the better. The muddier the better. I get true child-like enjoyment from it on a real deep level.
But never to splash people. I’m not an asshole.
Snow.
I proper love snow. The crunch of it when you step on it, how nice everything looks covered in it. Sledding is my jam, and snow is the butter!
