All men at some point between the ages of 18 and 22 go through a Kerouac / Bukowski phase where they think they’re a tortured misunderstood outsider whose malaise and tiredness of the world is only matched with their desire to tell everyone how beautiful and sad it is.
Also a Henry Rollins phase usually a year or two after where they think they’re a misanthrope and that black coffee is a personality trait.
Everyone goes through the phase of thinking they’re too grown up for Looney Tunes before remembering that they’re really funny again sometime later in their lives.
I actually did go through that and had his magic set but couldn’t do any of the tricks. I think I wanted it to grant me arcane powers but it just had string and stuff.