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rotinaj
Sep 5, 2008

Fun Shoe
I think you should try to teach the children about pogs and see if you can get the fad to reignite

Go to schools and teach them about pogs

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rotinaj
Sep 5, 2008

Fun Shoe

Telsa Cola posted:

Unironically what are pogs, they were before my time and I have somehow escaped hearing or learning about what they are since I was born.

I literally just assume it's like that weird ball and caltrop game.

They started as the caps to a beverage in hawaii, papaya orange guava iirc, or POG

Supposedly, some kids invented a game where you took the caps from bottles of that stuff and stacked them up, then used a special heavier pog or “slammer” to try to hit the stack and flip them all so they land face-up. You keep face up pogs from your turn off to one side as your winnings and keep replenishing the stack from either a communal pool or you alternate with your opponent until all the pogs have been won

It had regional variations but somehow went nationwide for a few months to a year in… 1994? I think?

The caps were just cardboard circles with printed designs so super cheap to make and very customizable, but it felt for a little while like a new type of baseball cards to collect or something before the bottom fell out of the fad

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