Oh! I mistook it as a continuation of the general store example, as I haven’t been to a physical IKEA store (there aren’t any all that nearby).

Today I’m learning many little things! (Some stuff going on so between here and watching Attenborough documentaries.)

Do they give snack-sized bags to put shopping into?

Because small.

Standard sized writing utensils, if I had been prompted to.

I phrased it to read as a joke at a glance, but it’s genuine! I’ve never gotten into any form of golf.

If I have it was so long ago I completely forgot, or may have been too young to remember.

It’s arguably layers of this cover behavior, and mostly as you say because it’s fun. The first layer, closer reading and fan theorizing, is covering why they’re into children’s media or some other media that isn’t seen as fitting them.

The second layer is entwined with the first, the fan theorizing is itself covering what some are too insecure to say or do outright, which is make fan fiction. Some may look down on making fan fiction in similar ways as they feel looked down on for what they’re enjoying, making it somewhat ironic.

In short, don’t let your fan theories remain theories, make fan fiction and your own independent, inspired work!

The lurking downvoter, more astounding when they don’t appear than when they do. 😂

Appreciate this post OP, as I’ve wondered similar at times when not wanting to fuss with another machine for self-hosting (as often it’s not the case that I could run the server software on my main system).