# What Product Fads Did You Participate In?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 2, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-product-fads-did-you-participate-in/74587 "2001-08-02T02:55:07Z")\
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I got a Tamagotchi at the tail end of the fad. It was cool at first, but quickly got annoying. I thought they’re only supposed to live for a week or two. Mine lasted 30 days, when I finally beat it to death. Damn thing was constantly crying for something, so I kept hitting “punish” until it died.

Before that, I had a Rubik’s cube. I never could solve it on my own, so I bought a solution book and memorized the patterns, thus I looked like I was smarter than I actually was. 🙂

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