But like im younger soooooo
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Ayyyyyyy, I’m 16!
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I’m 11
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We aren’t the only young kids on this forum. There is @EthanV and @TheYoyoer27
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Mid-thirties here, and I admit I have kids and a job
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Heck grandpa and I used to hunt bronrtosauraus for all the clan rituals.
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I’m 19 with the mind of another dumber 19 year old
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I’m 19, started using YYE forums when I was 13-14? Around the time I was 15 was been the forums were really booming and there were a lot of people around my age and under 20-25 active on the forums back then.
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When it comes to discussing toys, I think we’re all essentially little kids. Just that some of us may have more $$ to buy more toys. Yoyos are a great equalizer.
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I’m 53, but in terms of yoyo experience I’m only 4 months old (I don’t count the yoyoing I did as a kid forty years ago). I don’t think one ever truly outgrows their love of toys unless they’ve completely lost their ability to experience fun.
I will say, though, that it bugs me a little when people refer to yoyos as “just toys” as if to marginalize and trivialize them; to deny them any weight of importance just because they aren’t essential to survival or necessary for satisfying adult responsibilities. I would counter-argue that yoyoing can be a highly valuable activity, if taken even a little bit seriously, every bit as much as regular exercise (both physical and mental). This elevates them in my mind from “just toys” to (potentially) “useful instruments”.
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In the end though I think they are just toys. I, as a yoyo enthusiast, would feel stupid calling a yoyo an instrument. You can do a lot of crazy things with the toy but… it’s a toy.
I’m the president of the Billiards Club at my university and I love pool, but it’s just a game, I’m not going to call it a sport because it’s not.
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I mean I did say “I” would feel stupid. You can feel proud telling people you play with an “instrument of imagination, learning, and creativity” but I won’t be doing that anytime soon 
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Well, you’re absolutely free to not regard pool a sport, but the World Confederation of Billiards Sports (and much of its membership) would probably disagree with you. I realize it is a matter of perspective, but I just think trivializing and/or marginalizing a high-skill activity is not only a bit disingenuous, it is less than constructive when it comes to expanding its reach and building a buttress against the shame-culture that adults face any time they admit to enjoying something regarded as childish by the uninitiated.
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Well done on that speech sir!
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Agreed.