What fads from your youth did NOT like?

[Tomoshibi Amatsu]

Originally Posted by Machias Banshee

Furbies, Beanie Babies, Pogs and Pokemon. Guh... I never understood why people had 30,000 pogs. Furbies could be taught to be evil, Beanie babies are useless, and pokemon was the ONLY thing I sold while working at Sears in high school...

I totally remember having pogs.... Though I was never sure what I was supposed to do with them.

Hackysacking too I never got into. I just couldn't do it. XD

and well I never got why people crapped their pants so much over tickle me elmo.

[gobo]

Yeah. Crapping your pants was the retardest trend ever.

[Tomoshibi Amatsu]

Yeah you just weren't cool unless you crapped your pants. XD

What was with that?

[MrPliggins]

Hated Power Rangers (a little past my time anyway). 90210. new kids on the block. simon. british knights. ninja turtles (ok, i started to like them eventually...).

[XERO]

Another fad? The California Raisins. Why?

Because they were f*cking raisins.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by MrPliggins

Hated Power Rangers (a little past my time anyway). 90210. new kids on the block. simon. british knights. ninja turtles (ok, i started to like them eventually...).

I wasn't into New Kids on the Block either, but I couldn't help but be happy to hear a song in the background of a scene from a movie from late 1989 which I watched recently. It just took me back to a time much simpler.

[Tomoshibi Amatsu]

Does Criss Cross count? I think they were probably worse than Vanilla Ice.

[gobo]

denying one's personal opinion for the sake of 'fitting in'
the exaggerated importance of sports
social irresponsibility
idolizing hooligans
manipulativeness
pride in idiocy
extremism

And, Treasure Trolls. I mean, seriously, WTF? >_<

[Tomoshibi Amatsu]

I don't know. i had a few treasure trolls in my day, and thought they were pretty cool. I even had a TMNT Mikey troll doll. They were pretty cool to me. Never really thought of them as a fad though.

ah beanie babies. I never really got into that. I mean what was the point of collecting them anyways? I hardly doubt that many got the kind of money they expected from them.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by Tomoshibi Amatsu

Does Criss Cross count? I think they were probably worse than Vanilla Ice.

Ah, Kris Kross. That's not really a fad, but they're a rap duo that was popular in the day. If there's anything "fad" about them, it's the whole wearing your clothes backwards thing. Something I never had a problem with, yet never practiced myself.

I had their first two albums. I got their second for Christmas in 1993, and I swear I only listened to that one ONCE. When I decided to sell them, I was surprised someone on Amazon actually bought the first one, Totally Krossed Out. Mind you, these were both on CASSETTE. I got the other one sold too, but I sold it along with my other cassettes on eBay when I decided to get rid of all of them.

For the record, I actually didn't switch to CDs until 1996. Eventually I replaced most of my cassettes with their CD counterparts, but not the two Kris Kross albums.

[Ninja Turtles 25 Years]

Beakman's World
Pogs
Power Rangers
The Smurfs
Tickle Me Elmo
Benie Babies
GI Joe
Pogo Sticks

[deadpoolRKO]

Kriss Kross. i forgot about them , dang it now i'm gonna have "I missed the bus.. I missed the bus. and that's somethin i will never eva eva do againn. " in my head all day.


but for the thread subject , I can't think of any i didn't like.

Pokemon , Power Rangers , Ninja Turtles , Dragonball Z , WCW , WWf, yu-gi-oh , digimon, ect.

I dove in headfirst, got involved in, and loved all of them.

[RAM BAM]

Originally Posted by Jester

Oh...the Pogo-Ball. My grandma had one for us kids when I was younger. Never could do it very well.


I was always late to the fad game. I came late to Power Rangers and then abrubtly left and gave all my PR role playing stuff (Morpher, Blade Blaster, Saba the talking sword) to some neighborhood kids. Never liked Pokemon, though I'm sure I'd like the game, the craze surrounding it was nuts. Never got into G.I. Joe, Thundercats, or He-Man, mainly because I think they were a tad before my time is all.

Thanks Jester! I was trying to think what those things were called. I remember seeing a lot of those by the curbside ready for collection.

[ssjup81]

I used to have a Pogo-ball, and I also liked those pacifier necklaces (didn't have one, though).

A "fad" that comes to mind that looks stupid to me now are those high-top fades that boys wore. That hair style looks so stupid to me now. The higher it was, the cooler. Y-yeah....

As for the Kriss Kross discussion, I loved them as a kid. I liked their rap because I could understand the lyrics! I thought the backwards look was cool, but looking back now, it just looks stupid. >< lol

[Sword Slicin' Leo]

Originally Posted by Tomoshibi Amatsu

Does Criss Cross count? I think they were probably worse than Vanilla Ice.

No,because at least they did'nt lie about being from the hood in Miami somewhere

[magicalgirlj]

I never likes the Back Street Boys. But now they are better then Justin Beiber

[gobo]

Immaturity for the sake of self-promotion rather than entertaining others aka hoodlumry.

[shuriken]

Originally Posted by Machias Banshee

Furbies, Beanie Babies, Pogs and Pokemon. Guh... I never understood why people had 30,000 pogs. Furbies could be taught to be evil, Beanie babies are useless, and pokemon was the ONLY thing I sold while working at Sears in high school...

^this. Along with Yu Gi oh. I was trying to watch an episode with a buddy of mine a few weeks ago and we have come to the conclusion that shows like that are making kids dumber. We also came to the conclusion that the only way we could enjoy it is if we were intoxicated.
Funny thing about Pokemon was that I disliked it growing up, but became ok with them once I played the game and became addicted for a while. Naming my Golumn Scrotum never got old...