Just saying because nearly every person I know who has ADHD and/or Autism (including myself) seems to care less about people knowing they’re into “childish” things.
Also the idea that this is a new phenomenon because Millenials and older gen Z are “soft” or stunted in some way.
I mean, boomers have model trains and and cars. So did their parents. My grandma used to knit herself plushies. This isn’t new. You don’t suddenly stop having your old likes because you reach a certain age.
It’s interesting that you mention your ADHD, because I’ve always attributed mine to the fact that I can’t stay interested in anything for super long.
I know extremely smart and good people who are still obsessed with Harry Potter and Star Wars and I don’t think any less of them but personally I have moved on from 50 things since then and it’s basically impossible with all this baggage to have any non-superficial discussion about media with these people. I’m not going to turn that into a fucking superiority complex like some dumbass teenager though.
Same goes with music etc. Some of us get stimulated by novel ideas, some of us prefer to deeply engage with something they love and it really just boils down to personality. Most people are somewhere in between.
Yeah I either drop things or hyper fixate. I wish I could choose what I fixate on but sometimes its hard.
I just really like dinosaurs ok lol