# Man, whats the deal with 'pogs'? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 24, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295 "2010-06-24T01:04:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295/21 "2010-06-24T14:04:45Z")
I’m 29 and these were popular when I was in middle school. Makes sense - it seems like all the stuff I liked when I was a kid is becoming popular again, probably to appeal to the generation that’s having kids right now. Strawberry Shortcake, Holly Hobby, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, My Little Pony, etc. I haven’t seen pogs myself yet, though. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295/22 "2010-06-24T14:17:04Z")
I think I just saw my son’s pogs in the attic the other day. I’m rich, RICh, I tell you! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295/23 "2010-06-24T14:19:36Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > How can you people think about pogs at a time like this? Richard Nixon just died! Holy shit! He did! I wonder how Spiro Agnew is going to be as a president. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295/24 "2010-06-24T14:27:57Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > I get to the counter and the real-life personification of Comic Book Guy talks me into buying pogs instead… Worst. Anecdote. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295/25 "2010-06-24T15:59:00Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > What the what? … [Pogs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogs) were popular in the mid-90s and I haven’t heard of them since. > > Do you work at a daycare in 1994? Word. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295/26 "2010-06-24T16:01:44Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > And they laughed, LAUGHED when I took out a mortgage and loans and bought $80,000 dollars in pogs. The fad is over, they said. You’re wasting your money, they said. Well who’s laughing now? Now I can sell them and make money, and then maybe my ex will finally drop that restraining order let me see the kids again! \*Drop \*the restraining order? Man, with the money and power you’ll have, you can tear it up in front of the judge’s face!And he’ll love it, too. The cops will come and arrest \*her \*for being an inconvenience to _you_! hh ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295/27 "2010-06-24T16:57:48Z")
What? Again? Now I’ve seen everything. _Twice._ ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295/28 "2010-06-24T17:00:05Z")
I haven’t noticed yet and I’m a teacher. Silly Bandz, though, are huge. And kind of stupid. But cute. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295/29 "2010-06-24T17:15:36Z")
If you guys were smart, you would’ve gotten in on those Webkinz. Those were the hit when I was still teaching day care. Good God, parents would sell the farm to get their hands on those things. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295/30 "2010-06-24T17:52:01Z")
I think it was about 1994 when my friend’s nephew was dumping his pog collection. I asked him why, and he pointed out, “They don’t really do anything.” I think that pretty much summed it up. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295/31 "2010-06-24T17:59:31Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > Anyone who has interaction with young kids probably is familiar with these. Working at a daycare, I see kids who have their entire backpacks filled with them; they go insane over them. It’s a weird fad. The nurse hasn’t told you how long you’ve been “asleep”, has she? You _may_ want to sit back down for this. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295/32 "2010-06-25T02:28:36Z")
POGS!! I LOVED those things! My brothers and I would collect and play with those things all freaking day long! That’s it. I’m digging out my Hardee’s space shuttle Pog holder… ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295/33 "2010-06-25T02:33:20Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > What the what? … [Pogs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogs) were popular in the mid-90s and I haven’t heard of them since. > > Do you work at a daycare in 1994? PSXer is the same poster who watches movies on Laserdisc. I think he may actually be living in the past. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295/34 "2010-06-25T03:30:32Z")
Welcome to 16 years ago, dude. …Wait, it’s seriously been 16 years?? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295/35 "2010-06-25T03:40:03Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > PSXer is the same poster who watches movies on Laserdisc. I think he may actually be living in the past. I almost forgot about this guy, you’re right! PSXer… **INVEST IN MICROSOFT!!!** ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295/36 "2010-06-25T04:25:47Z")
> [@badbadrubberpiggy](#): > > I’m 29 and these were popular when I was in middle school. Same. I guess my friends and I were a little old to still be playing with pogs (about 13 or 14), but we did. Mostly because we were nerds. I had an OJ slammer. It had a picture of him behind bars and had “OJ’s in the slammer” written on it. Could there possibly be anything more “90’s”? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295/37 "2010-06-25T05:08:56Z")
> [@kidneyfailure](#): > > I had an OJ slammer. It had a picture of him behind bars and had “OJ’s in the slammer” written on it. Mine was brass with the shape of a mouth cut out of the middle of it, and it said “Bite Me.” I should’ve beaned CBG between the eyes with it. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn1767](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295/38 "2010-06-25T05:13:18Z")
I work in an elementary school and I have yet to see Pogs return. As a few others have mentioned, I have seen a lot of kids wearing those shaped rubber bands. Since I am 43 years old, I am still waiting for the return to popularity of Duncan Spin Tops. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295/39 "2010-06-25T08:05:27Z")
Does this mean my wardrobe of Hypercolor shirts and parachute pants are going to be in style again soon? ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295/40 "2010-06-25T12:38:50Z")
I was reading a book about _the Simpsons_ history and in one episode, Bart sells his soul to Milhouse who trades it for some Alf pogs. Milhouse) Remember Alf? He’s back in pog form. Anyway the writers of that episode said they thought the joke would be especially funny since by the time they wrote it and the eight months it took to animate and get it on the air, pogs went out of fashion quickly and few people heard of them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-whats-the-deal-with-pogs/544295.md?page=3)