Do you think being obsessed with war and military history is a childish trait?

[thespanishcel]

Warfare is a very common interest in children. Don't know the exact reason but probably because they just focus on the cool uniforms and vehicles and view it as a game. So if your only interest in history is military related and you're a kid or teen I can understand it. But if you grow up and are still obsessed with world war II, Rome and the crusades then I think it's childish.

Not saying it's wrong to like military history but makes those so called history buffs make me cringe kek

 

[KING NOTHING]

I think it's more of an autism trait.
Though autism is often conflated with being childish.

 

[Emba]

It's beneficial to learn from others failures

 

[aswellfella]

Warfare is a very common interest in children. Don't know the exact reason but probably because they just focus on the cool uniforms and vehicles and view it as a game. So if your only interest in history is military related and you're a kid or teen I can understand it. But if you grow up and are still obsessed with world war II, Rome and the crusades then I think it's childish.

Not saying it's wrong to like military history but makes those so called history buffs make me cringe kek

Yes

 

[basedcrackaddict]

No

 

[lazy_gamer_423]

no

 

[kay']

No

 

[Da_Yunez]

I think it's more of an autism trait.
Though autism is often conflated with being childish.

Big fixations on a hobby or interests are autistic traits in general.

 

[kay']

Well if obsessed yes then you sound like an autist

 

[RuudVanNistelrooy]

I was obsessed with Close Combat 2.

 

[solblue]

I think it's more of an autism trait.
Though autism is often conflated with being childish.

 

[Wilmoty_95]

Never looked at it that way ....

If having an autistic fixation on World War II seems 'childish' what is Anime then? It's literally a narrative-driven cartoon catering to adults.

 

[CMD]

Throughout my shitty hell years in middle school as a kid I would fantasize all day about wwii and imperial Japan and the kuomintang and that shit

 

[thespanishcel]

Never looked at it that way ....

If having an autistic fixation on World War II seems 'childish' what is Anime then? It's literally a narrative-driven cartoon catering to adults.

It's more the attitude to it. If you're interested in warfare and military history but also like other areas of history then it's fine. But focusing just on wars and ignoring the rest of history yes I think it's childish. I read somewhere military history already has a bad reputation in academia compared to other branches of history.

 

[lainpill]

Big fixations on a hobby or interests are autistic traits in general.

I miss being obsessed about ww1

 

[Chang.Beijing]

Warfare is a very common interest in children. Don't know the exact reason but probably because they just focus on the cool uniforms and vehicles and view it as a game. So if your only interest in history is military related and you're a kid or teen I can understand it. But if you grow up and are still obsessed with world war II, Rome and the crusades then I think it's childish.

Not saying it's wrong to like military history but makes those so called history buffs make me cringe kek

Nah but its an autist trait

 

[weaselbomber]

I don't really understand how that is common in children. i like ww2 as a kid but it was moreso the music and the aesthetics rather than anything in-depth.
Because I honestly doubt children are interested in how the Carolingian and Ottonian renaissances shaped modern Western European historical progress