To remain a child forever?

[The Free Joy State]

I wouldn't want to be a child again. Being an adult gives you so many more experiences to live, such a greater understanding of the world. It brings so many new memories and opportunities, and I wouldn't want to give them up.

I wouldn't mind re-experiencing ages 18-21 again, with a chance to do new things and make new memories. But not in some horrendous Groundhog Day loop with all my memories erased. Just once, and keeping the memories I have.

Your memories are part of what makes you you.

[Borderlands of Rojava]

I wouldn't want to be a child again. Being an adult gives you so many more experiences to live, such a greater understanding of the world. It brings so many new memories and opportunities, and I wouldn't want to give them up.

I wouldn't mind re-experiencing ages 18-21 again, with a chance to do new things and make new memories. But not in some horrendous Groundhog Day loop with all my memories erased. Just once, and keeping the memories I have.

Your memories are part of what makes you you.

I wish I was 18 again.

[Sanghyeok]

Ask Nozomi. He's the magical one.

Bruh

I asked him, and he told me this:
Magic will mean the old you is somehow reset and you become born again, into a different family, but it's still you. Everyone who knew you forgets about you, so they never miss you.

[Sanghyeok]

I wouldn't want to be a child again. Being an adult gives you so many more experiences to live, such a greater understanding of the world. It brings so many new memories and opportunities, and I wouldn't want to give them up.

I wouldn't mind re-experiencing ages 18-21 again, with a chance to do new things and make new memories. But not in some horrendous Groundhog Day loop with all my memories erased. Just once, and keeping the memories I have.

Your memories are part of what makes you you.

I wish I was 18 again.

I don't want to be disappointed again. I had low expectations for adulthood and even those weren't met.

[Heloin]

I wouldn't want to be a child again. Being an adult gives you so many more experiences to live, such a greater understanding of the world. It brings so many new memories and opportunities, and I wouldn't want to give them up.

I wouldn't mind re-experiencing ages 18-21 again, with a chance to do new things and make new memories. But not in some horrendous Groundhog Day loop with all my memories erased. Just once, and keeping the memories I have.

Your memories are part of what makes you you.

I wish I was 18 again.

Aren't you like 19?

[Sundiata]

No, because at some point a man has to become a king. He has to start taking care of others.

[Sanghyeok]

No, because at some point a man has to become a king. He has to start taking care of others.

How can someone take care of others if they don't even know how to take care of themselves?

[Victorious Decepticons]

A thousand times, azur. I despised being a child. I counted the days waiting for it to end! There's just nothing good about childhood. You get no respect, have no legal power, have no literal power either because adults are so much bigger, you're forced to spend countless hours doing what you don't want to (school) for $0.00, you're bored out of your mind half of the rest of the time, and you even have to argue about how long you stay up instead of just doing it like a proper human. It's all horrifically dehumanizing, frustrating, and aggravating.

AZUR.

[Sanghyeok]

A thousand times, azur. I despised being a child. I counted the days waiting for it to end! There's just nothing good about childhood. You get no respect, have no legal power, have no literal power either because adults are so much bigger, you're forced to spend countless hours doing what you don't want to (school) for $0.00, you're bored out of your mind half of the rest of the time, and you even have to argue about how long you stay up instead of just doing it like a proper human. It's all horrifically dehumanizing, frustrating, and aggravating.

AZUR.

And yet, as a child, you enjoy so many things an adult cannot. Someone telling you "everything will be alright." Someone who comforts you when you fall, or when there's lightning, or have a bad dream. As a child, you don't need to think about anything, just being a child.

I wish had cherished those moments more.

[Dominioan]

A thousand times, azur. I despised being a child. I counted the days waiting for it to end! There's just nothing good about childhood. You get no respect, have no legal power, have no literal power either because adults are so much bigger, you're forced to spend countless hours doing what you don't want to (school) for $0.00, you're bored out of your mind half of the rest of the time, and you even have to argue about how long you stay up instead of just doing it like a proper human. It's all horrifically dehumanizing, frustrating, and aggravating.

AZUR.

And yet, as a child, you enjoy so many things an adult cannot. Someone telling you "everything will be alright." Someone who comforts you when you fall, or when there's lightning, or have a bad dream. As a child, you don't need to think about anything, just being a child.

I wish had cherished those moments more.

You don't appreciate something until it is taken away from you.

[Sundiata]

No, because at some point a man has to become a king. He has to start taking care of others.

How can someone take care of others if they don't even know how to take care of themselves?

By taking responsibility for themselves and others.

[Socialist States of Ludistan]

Being a child is overrated.

[Sanghyeok]

How can someone take care of others if they don't even know how to take care of themselves?

By taking responsibility for themselves and others.

Except many people are not ready for that. Forcing that is inorganic, it is like telling an apple to ripen before it is ready. And as much as I respect Che, I do not believe his quote applies to children.

[Torisakia]

I choose pink because my childhood was the last time I can remember where I actually felt happy.

[The Alma Mater]

Does Nozomi specify *where* the childhood takes place ? I would not like to be an Indian orphan or Somali pirate.

[Purpelia]

Being a child forever would suck. Like, seriously. No sex, no alcohol, people are constantly treating you like you know nothing and aren't smart, actually knowing nothing and being dumb, etc. Forget it.

[Heloin]

Does Nozomi specify *where* the childhood takes place ? I would not like to be an Indian orphan or Somali pirate.

You'll be a child pirate on the Isle of Wight.

[Torisakia]

Being a child forever would suck. Like, seriously. No sex, no alcohol, people are constantly treating you like you know nothing and aren't smart, actually knowing nothing and being dumb, etc. Forget it.

Wait, you guys don't get this as adults?

[Purpelia]

Being a child forever would suck. Like, seriously. No sex, no alcohol, people are constantly treating you like you know nothing and aren't smart, actually knowing nothing and being dumb, etc. Forget it.

Wait, you guys don't get this as adults?

Of course not. Nor would I tolerate it for a second if it happened.

[Infected Mushroom]

I think it would be cool to exist as a real life Wendy/Peter Pan in time loop

I would be immortal without knowing it

I accept the Pink Wand

[-Ocelot-]

I'd choose pink because growing old and senile is horrible. Constantly being a child is not the best thing, but at least it comes with the benefits of living in a perpetually growing, yet young body and mind.

[Thepeopl]

Honestly, while my childhood was fun and nice... I am also grateful for the things that I have learned. I find "innocence" contemptible, as it's really no different from ignorance. If you are "innocent" to the world, you do not have the agency and the knowledge that problems even exist, and that you therefore have no power to do anything about it, and that, IMO, is far more terrifying and heartbreaking than any loss of innocence we have to endure.

At the same time, sure, I won't go out of my way to destroy the innocence of children, otherwise I'd just be a cretin, but I think we confuse education and awareness with the wanton destruction of peace of mind.

It's the difference between, say, the History Channel talking about history frankly, outlining the good and bad parts of history... And airing 2012 apocalypse specials about how we are all doomed and the only way to save ourselves is by getting ready for the Rapture and reading the Bible Code.

This kind of ass-backwards thinking about innocence is why IMO so many people are unprepared for the stresses of the real world. We can't solve our problems by ignoring them.

I can feel you, but I must disagree. Innocence might be something that needs to be lost sooner or later, but many including myself lost our innocence far too early. Children shouldn't need to worry about the troubles in our world, it's not their responsibility. And even if they knew, who would listen?

Well you could follow into the footsteps of Boyan Slat...
Take matter into your own hands.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyan_Slat

That said, I would never not experience my university life, pregnancies, getting married, see your children develop. I love being adult. I love the wonderful things that come with responsibility and independence.
I had a turbulent childhood, I would say I had a great one because it's the only one I had. Most people don't agree with me because they see the turbulence as "bad".
My mom died shortly after my birth, I was put into a orphanage at 3 ( for a month, but still), I was adopted into a drastically different culture, my adoption parents divorced when I was 11 years old, they fought their battles through me. Several pets died (farm, all animals were my pets) I had ponies to call mine, dogs, cats, cattle sheep, pigs, rabbits and chickens.
But all that still does not compare to finding love and being able to marry them.

[The Alma Mater]

Being a child forever would suck. Like, seriously. No sex, no alcohol, people are constantly treating you like you know nothing and aren't smart, actually knowing nothing and being dumb, etc. Forget it.

You live until your 18. If social media are to be believed, most kids already had 50 partners by then and down bottles of whiskey like lemonade.

If you do not live in a western country you may also already have a wive and kids by then. Though you'll never see them grow up.

[The Blaatschapen]

Being a child forever would suck. Like, seriously. No sex, no alcohol, people are constantly treating you like you know nothing and aren't smart, actually knowing nothing and being dumb, etc. Forget it.

You live until your 18. If social media are to be believed, most kids already had 50 partners by then and down bottles of whiskey like lemonade.

If you do not live in a western country you may also already have a wive and kids by then. Though you'll never see them grow up.

Or a husband and kids.

Or two wives and kids.

Anyway regarding the OP, no thanks. In Germany that gives me two drinking years (for beer and wine), and in Netherlands exactly 0.

Besides, it would give me school forever. Which is rather the opposite from what the great poet Alice Cooper sang about.

[Purpelia]

Being a child forever would suck. Like, seriously. No sex, no alcohol, people are constantly treating you like you know nothing and aren't smart, actually knowing nothing and being dumb, etc. Forget it.

You live until your 18. If social media are to be believed, most kids already had 50 partners by then and down bottles of whiskey like lemonade.

If you do not live in a western country you may also already have a wive and kids by then. Though you'll never see them grow up.

But I want to keep doing that for another 60+ years after I turn 18. Seriously, I'll trade childsplay for orgies any day.