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As in, what's something you loved as a kid, found cringe as you get older, then gained a new appreciation for as an adult? Here are some of mine:

  • Pokemon. I expect this will be a common one. It's got cute creature designs and fun tactical battling, and since I've outgrown my shame at liking cute things, I'll happily keep coming back to it.
  • Yu-Gi-Oh. I still don't much care for the CCG (I'm opposed on principle to any game where your ability to win largely depends on how much money you're willing to sink into it), but the anime bursts with dorky charm and the video games are fun. A setting where reincarnated ancient sorcerers and billionaires are stone-dead serious about a children's card game is also a nice break from the modern plague of "well that just happened" Marvel soy banter.
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[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago

AC/DC

I loved the band when they were young and I was even younger. I was in middle school. I still liked them in high school. Then as the decades passed - I lost interest. They seemed so old-fashioned. Once Youtube and torrents were a thing - I realized I still really liked their first albums. I have no interest after "Back in Black". The past 40+ years they've been re-re-re-re-re-re-recycling what they did up to 1980 because it works and they've sold 10,000,000 of millions of albums so why try harder?

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Ninja edit

My estimate was way off.

In 50 years of their career, AC/DC have sold over 200 million albums worldwide

[-] REgon@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Reminds me of a response to a review of their 13th album. A reviewer had said "Yeah it's a fine album, this is the 12th time they're making it. It's the same!" and AC/DC wrote in a letter that stated "The review is a devious lie. We've made the same album 13 times."

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