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23 things NYC kids get away with that grown-ups can't

We’ve all been there…looking longingly at kids getting away with everything we wish we could as (supposed) adults. Here are 23 things we’d like to do (and have it be socially acceptable)

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Time Out Kids editors
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1. Eat everyone else's pizza crusts at Roberta's without asking.

2. Hide around corners at the dinosaur exhibit at the Natural History Museum, then pounce on unsuspecting tourists while roaring like an angry Utahraptor.

3. Point at the woman limping over MePa cobblestones in stripper heels and a bodycon dress cut up to there and ask loudly: "Why is that woman dressed like that?"

4. Start crying–from a slow whimper to a full yowl–when you get to the movies and every decent seat is taken.

5. Run around 100 percent naked at Rockaway beach during hot summer days.

6. Scream with full temper-tantrum force when your MTA card won't swipe.

7. Leave all the dishes from last night's Thai in the sink for some "adult" to clean up.

8. Wet your pants on the subway late at night without feeling judged.

9. Climb and slide around on the subway poles while singing Iggy Azalea lyrics.

10. Make up words and using them wherever you see fit, including work meetings.

11. Lock yourself in the Tardis-shaped bathroom at the Waystation in Brooklyn and refuse to come out until someone invents time travel already, damnit.

12. Destroy everyone at laser-tag at Indoor Extreme Sports Home.

13. Hold up a full elevator at the Empire State Building because YOU want to push the button.

14. Cartwheel directly into someone's fancy picnic at the Sheep Meadow.

15. Eat a NY bagel piled with cream cheese on the daily with no physical repercussions.

16. Make a sad face at the person next to you at Yankee Stadium who just caught the ball until they feel bad and give it to you.

17. Ask a stranger at Whole Foods what they're buying.

18. Slurp the last of your cereal milkshake really, really loudly at Momfuko Milk Bar.

19. Slowly dribble your orange juice down your chin in objection when you find out the brunch place is cash-only.

20. Just completely give up, burst into tears and run back home for a cuddle.

21. Slide down a bowling lane with bowling ball still attached at Frames/Bowlmore/Lucky Strike.

22. Have your 30th birthday party at one of the many fun restaurants in NYC 

23. Wade in the Bethesda Fountain in your bikini, because whatever.

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