Ditto! For some reason I used to think the more tray icons the better.
But not as bad as when I tried to delete C:\Windows before it would try to stop you. (For science, of course.)
But not as bad as when I tried to delete C:\Windows before it would try to stop you. (For science, of course.)
I think kids and adults aren't so different; we all just really want to collect and stare at colorful juicy berries—er, "apps"—on our screens (re: the research that turning them greyscale makes us look at them less.) Adults just have a greater need for rationalization toward practicality on top of an entirely aesthetic desire, and thus download apps with nice icons (or toolbars containing nice icons) that seem like they'd do something useful... and then just never use them.
I found C:\ to be a mess, so I moved all files into a System folder.
I used the PC once a week or so, so when I started it again a week later I had no memory of what I did and it just wouldn't boot anymore.