The Best Of: Fads

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Consumer culture has created a ridiculous number of crazes and those willing to fall in to lock step with the coolest, latest, and greatest trend. Which of these little ethnological blips stands out as your favorite, whatever the reason may be?

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Tags: art, books, consumerism, culture, fads, fat american, gaming, history, hobbies, home, music, products, strange, technology, trends, tv


 
       
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Pogs

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I never really understood what you were supposed to do with these things.

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31  votes
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Tamagotchi

Top Five Percent
It was like some kind of weird training in preparation for a robot-run future. To me, anyway.

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26  votes
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Slap Bracelets!

This is my all-time favorite fad

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21  votes
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Hypercolor!

Remember these? Breathe on 'em, touch 'em, provide some kind of heat to the fabric and it changed color. They were fun until they ... [show more]

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17  votes
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Slinky

"What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs and makes a slinkity sound? A spring, a spring, a marvelous thing, Everyone knows its S... [show more]

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17  votes
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Magic Eye Puzzles

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16  votes
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Acid Washed Denim

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13  votes
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Furby

Yeah, this one went in the trash when it was given to me as a gift!

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14  votes
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Beanie Babies

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13  votes
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Sea Monkeys!

I hope I'm not the only one old enough to remember these. In the backs of comics... Boy's Life magazine. They were everywhere. "En... [show more]

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Rollerblading

Any more, if I see someone rollerblading, I'm like, "Hey, man. Way to hold it down for rollerblading."

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9  votes
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Lazer Tag or Photon

Lazer Tag worked better but photon had connecting helmets AND colors other than black, metal and red.

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8  votes
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Vans

i was in about 4th grade ('83-ish) when a weird California kid had these. They are really popular with teenagers around here, now.

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7  votes
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Rubriks cube

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6  votes
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The YoYo

Learning to 'Walk the Dog' was part of being a cool kid!

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5  votes
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Jams

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4  votes
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Telephone Booth Stuffing

Sure, it's kinda homoerotic.. And deadly. But it's cool, right?

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4  votes
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Chi Chi Chia, The Chia Pet

for some reason, I always wanted one.... someday....... [show more]

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4  votes
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The Pet Rock

It didn't eat too much, and it never made a mess!

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3  votes
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Parachute Pants!

And why did they have to be tight, I never got that?

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3  votes
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Super Balls

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3  votes
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Pocketeers

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3  votes
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Shrinky-Dinks!!!

Remember these little beauties???

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3  votes
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Smiley face

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2  votes
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Cone Bras

Missiles and boobies - Two great tastes that taste great together.

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2  votes
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Collectible Designer Hipster Toys

like Kubricks and Bearbricks and KAWS toys and whatnot. The sell for so much money.

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2  votes
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Wacky Wall Crawler!

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holotone 1 year ago

Digg 'em if ya got 'em!
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This topic was started by holotone holotone has 43,823 Grupie Points on January 16th, 2007. 113 grupies have voted on one or more of the 34 answers.

Tags: art, books, consumerism, culture, fads, fat american, gaming, history, hobbies, home, music, products, strange, technology, trends, tv

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