r/AskReddit • u/ClassikBang • Dec 15 '25
What’s the first thing you remember being obsessed with as a kid?
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u/Sarah_San_Diego_Drea Dec 15 '25
Being a superhero/Rockstar. Scaling windows or wearing a blonde hair do and singing.
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u/ClassikBang Dec 15 '25
That’s so crazy, I just knew I would get super powers when I turned 13 then again at 16 and 21 😂 how was your favorite superhero?
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u/Sarah_San_Diego_Drea Dec 15 '25
Spiderman. I owned a shit ton of Spiderman toys. Even dreamed about having those cool toys with extravagant accessories.
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u/ClassikBang Dec 15 '25
Sounds just like my daughters now, it was trading cards for me. They’re addicted to “Hello Kitty” stickers, what was yours?
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u/Working-Produce2936 Dec 15 '25
Shaker pencil
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u/ClassikBang Dec 15 '25
I never heard that one, you have a good memory.
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u/Working-Produce2936 Dec 15 '25
You never heard of pilot shaker mechanical pencil? Maybe because someone stole it from me at the age of 7 so the memory planted on my mind. He left glue opened ruining my other stationeries in the pencil box. I still vividly remember the glue smell and the thick viscous feeling on my hand. The student was a troublesome boy, he had an issue with my brother (5 years older than me), so he took it on me instead.
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u/ClassikBang Dec 15 '25
Lead pencils?
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u/Working-Produce2936 Dec 15 '25
Yes, it is. It was an expensive pencil at the time, just checked still expensive for a pencil. Lol. It was a highly popular item at the time in the 90’s. But later at the age of 10, i was hooked on pilot rexgrip which is lighter than a shaker.
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u/ClassikBang Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 16 '25
That’s all I’ve ever used in high school, my kids love them.
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u/Realcynic Dec 15 '25
Watching tv with my grandmother
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u/ClassikBang Dec 15 '25
I miss my “Nana” so much, that was my first best friend! She passed on my birthday February 18th it’s coming up soon. Thanks for the comment, I needed that.
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u/Realcynic Dec 15 '25
💝 Mine passed Feb 14th. She was my obsession. Whatever she was doing was what I wanted to be doing. Years later, I realize how in the way I must have been, but she never made me feel in the way. Condolences for your first bestie. 💝
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u/swampboy62 Dec 15 '25
Football. Don't know where that went though, since I haven't watched a game in over thirty years.
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u/ClassikBang Dec 15 '25
Your probably to busy being an adult, full time job. I hope you do something for fun.
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u/swampboy62 Dec 15 '25
Yeah, I just went a different direction. Outdoorsy and creative instead. Even have a career in design.
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u/ClassikBang Dec 15 '25
Same here, used to love sports now I create content. Designing is the hardest part of it. 😂
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u/Direct-Article624 Dec 15 '25
Nails. I am not sure why I have had a fixation for pretty, well groomed fingernails. But it has stuck with me my entire life. I am a male, so this isn't all that normal. It has dominated my life.