Re: Poll, do you ever get too old for your favorite childhood toys?
We spend shit loads of time being adults, nothing wrong with getting in touch with your inner child once in a while.
Probably better for your creativity too. Adults are sooooo boring!
Honestly, I'd love to tell you what I get up to when nobody's watching, because then you'd never feel silly again, but I'm not sure I'm ready for that to be on the internet for ever haha.
Seriously, buy the doll, and be happy. If your "friends" can't be happy that you are happy, fuck 'em, and meet some people who have actually managed to distance themselves from their herd instincts.
Since me and my wife went Vegan, we've been facing these questions a lot (why do you, how can you, why don't you do what everyone else does, why do you insist on being different), because people feel it's their right to question every food and life choice we now make. It's not quite the same thing, but I reckon everyone loves to play with stuff, and I think when confronted by adults who are open about their love for children's toys, other adults are forced to face what this article calls "cognitive dissonance".
Number 15 had it almost right, except... who cares if you take your doll with you wherever you go? Some people won't be out without their cigarettes, or a sneaky can of beer, or their vape, or a razor blade, or a sodding gun. Millions of people insist on banging coffee down their faces every day, so who cares if you get addicted to something that you enjoy, has no negative side effects, and makes you a bit happier? Who would knowingly choose to make themselves less happy?
Also... in the case of the gun example, at least Amazing Alison won't go off when you feel threatened and take some poor bugger's legs off.
Finally, in a world where the vast majority of people seem to think it's OK to go out with their friends, and spend 85% of their time on their phone, who wouldn't want to escape other peoples' idiocy for a while.
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