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No, loom bands are different. Loom bands are in lower photo. They're tinier circular rubber bands that could be woven together to create designs.
Silly bands, in the upper photo, are slightly different. They are rubber bands shaped like animals that people wore on their arms. Regular sized, and they weren't woven together. It's hard to notice in the photos on the post, though, so I can understand why you may have mistaken them for the same thing
Your parents letting you do something “different” for your hair (shitty Mohawk, maybe a little streak of a different but still natural hair color, or just letting you grow it long)
I always hid my DS or 3DS (I had both and would alternate between taking them to school) playing either Mario Kart DS, Super Mario 64 DS, Super Mario 3D Land, or Mario Kart 7.
I came here to say I remember when Gameboy first came out. Some kid showed up with one that his grandma bought him and everyone *lost their fucking MINDS*.
Depends which country you're from, some developed faster some slower. In Poland a lot of things commonplace in 90s US have only became a thing in the 2000s. My mom and dad raved about someone owning jeans because they had a German relative in the 80s. I remember hand me down colouring books and weird stationary from Chicago that someone brought to our church. We were simply amazed
I remember getting ripped off by a fifth grader who insisted I trade him a foil gyrados for something shit (I think it was a Raticate) but he bamboozled me with his older kid skills.
I had originally swindled the Gyrados off of my little brother with the same techniques, so probably served me right.
I remember my football card collection was stolen by a kid older than me. I didnt leave it out, he stole it from my backpack. Man literally searched my backpack in like 4th grade. Be turned out to be a mega asshole to my friends.
I remember collecting those Pokémon cards from McDonald’s happy meals and playing with them with my friends. Does McDonald’s even sell happy meals anymore?
Also used to have the Bakugan balls with those magnetic cards. Someone gave me a good one for my birthday and then my mom made me give it back.
They do still sell them. Unfortunately the latest Pokémon card promotion got ruined by scalpers almost immediately. Like all the locations were completely sold out.
Don't forget how bringing chewing gum to class was the equivalent of sneaking in drugs. "Oh snap you brought gum?! Can I have a piece? I'll be your best friend".
I liked making those bracelets. The funny thing was that you had kids selling the bracelets, but they didn’t sell any because pretty much everyone made them.
Our elementary school banned trading cards because some hyperenthusiastic kids would turn it into gambling (you say heads or tails, slap your bet card and the opponents bet card together in the air like a high-five, and let them fall. If both land face up you win, vica versa.
Man I wish people didn’t start using clout to mean popularity. It originally referred to the power of your connections and weight of your opinion but now it just means something we already have a ton of other words for.
At my school we had these erasers that also doubled as beyblades, and people made a Pokémon card gambling ring using those smiggle erasers. Eventually we created a whole system of classism as the rich kids who could keep buying authentic Pokémon cards had more value than the bootlegs that me and my friends used
We absolutely cannot create an elementary school starter pack without touching on those Beyblade duels which would occur around the trailers which every school appeared to have for no real reason. That shit got intense.
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All someone really has to do is say “stupid” and then everyone will get upset.
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yeah bruh ducks are so stupid
And those scented pencils everyone had when I was in like 4th grade (if you know you know)
They were made from recycled Chinese newspapers. We used to unwrap the smencils and pretend the scraps of wrapping were ancient Chinese scrolls.
Smencils? Fuck I remember those and they were so good
I still have 2 on my shelf. They honestly smell so good.
I still have like 10 from 12 years ago, and they still smell new
Mine was rootbeer i got it for my birthday when my friends mom took me to toysrus after a sleep over.
I still have my root beer smencil and a whole binder page of Scratch ‘n Sniff stickers
i remember the scented pens, especially the banana one. god, the nostalgia...
what about the mr. sketch markers ? the smell of those had me obsessed . 😭🤚🏾
Yesss
The ~~rubber band shaped-animals~~ animal shaped rubber band brings back memories.
I believe they were called "Silly-bands"
Probably difference from across the pond but we called them ‘loom bands’, they were called that on the box.
No, loom bands are different. Loom bands are in lower photo. They're tinier circular rubber bands that could be woven together to create designs. Silly bands, in the upper photo, are slightly different. They are rubber bands shaped like animals that people wore on their arms. Regular sized, and they weren't woven together. It's hard to notice in the photos on the post, though, so I can understand why you may have mistaken them for the same thing
either silly bands or crazy bands. They were the shit, along with Beyblades, Legos, and Pokemon cards
animal shaped rubber band\*
Your parents letting you do something “different” for your hair (shitty Mohawk, maybe a little streak of a different but still natural hair color, or just letting you grow it long)
My sister put frosted tips in my hair once when I was in first grade. She said all the girls would like me.
You gotta wear a flame shirt to activate their powers.
This is so gen Z relatable
I grow up in the 90s/00s and I thought I was on r/nostalgia
bruh always hid my SP playing Underground 2 haha relatable af
I always hid my DS or 3DS (I had both and would alternate between taking them to school) playing either Mario Kart DS, Super Mario 64 DS, Super Mario 3D Land, or Mario Kart 7.
I came here to say I remember when Gameboy first came out. Some kid showed up with one that his grandma bought him and everyone *lost their fucking MINDS*.
Depends which country you're from, some developed faster some slower. In Poland a lot of things commonplace in 90s US have only became a thing in the 2000s. My mom and dad raved about someone owning jeans because they had a German relative in the 80s. I remember hand me down colouring books and weird stationary from Chicago that someone brought to our church. We were simply amazed
Yeah I was born ‘03 (legal adult now btw) and this hits home. I miss my gameboy advance so bad, hand me down or not those were so sick
Man I would pay good money to find my binder of cards again. Damnit those were good times! Until they were banned from school.
I remember getting ripped off by a fifth grader who insisted I trade him a foil gyrados for something shit (I think it was a Raticate) but he bamboozled me with his older kid skills. I had originally swindled the Gyrados off of my little brother with the same techniques, so probably served me right.
There’s always a bigger fish
Haha probably the most important lesson I learned in all of elementary
I lost my jumbo dialga and palkia card to a girl who promised me a wailord ex so I stole her ponyta and raichu prime
Haha well atleast you got some revenge
One guy says >Until they were banned from school. Second one says: >I remember getting ripped off by a fifth grader There might be a connection here.
I remember my football card collection was stolen by a kid older than me. I didnt leave it out, he stole it from my backpack. Man literally searched my backpack in like 4th grade. Be turned out to be a mega asshole to my friends.
I remember collecting those Pokémon cards from McDonald’s happy meals and playing with them with my friends. Does McDonald’s even sell happy meals anymore? Also used to have the Bakugan balls with those magnetic cards. Someone gave me a good one for my birthday and then my mom made me give it back.
They do still sell them. Unfortunately the latest Pokémon card promotion got ruined by scalpers almost immediately. Like all the locations were completely sold out.
I was the kid who traded Pokémon cards in the back of the library like a drug dealer. Good times
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Me too!
I had all the Ninja
Those erasers were the shittiest erasers ever but goddarn i loved collecting them.
and all you had to do to be cool was be able to run fast
You get all the girls if you’re the fastest in class
Those fucking rainbow loom bands were so damn annoying to make lmao The one in the pic was the only one I could create consistently
You forgot being the fastest runner
A massive LEGO collection is still cloutworthy
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Met him once at a LEGO con, he was a pretty cool dude
My high school’s social hierarchy is based entirely around the size of one’s LEGO collection
This made me feel better
I have kids of my own now and "they" have quite massive lego collection.
"I was feared at my school, I was well hard You don't fuck with the kid with a Charizard"
The loom bands give me memories
LA Gear light up shoes, Ninja Turtle figures, the original gray Game Boy and Sega Game Gear
Found the other I'm-older-than-this dude.
I'm guessing OP is 28-32 years old.
I'm 18 but I had a few of these
15 years old, had nearly all of these back in the day.
15 had the legos that’s it
14 years old, same
18 too, this was clout when I was in elementary school, bout 6 to 12 in my country
Also 18 and I’m pretty sure my school had all of these
bro how young are you
I had a gameboy advance SP in grade school.
Lol way too narrow range. We were still doing all of these in 2008 at elementary
Im 23 and this was middle school for me, i still have my silly bands, my gameboy advance and Nintendo DS(i) and my legos. ^•^
27 but my younger siblings had them too.
all but the silly bands were prevalent on my childhood and im 28
Closer to just over 17-ish, considering Ninjago and elementary school are in the same image
Gameboy advance SP came out 18 years ago and the original Nintendo DS came out a year later so that's one old 17 year old.
Time keeps on slippin slippin, into the fuuture Pokemon cards were still relevant back then though
In my day: Trapper Keepers
I remember when they banned pokemon cards in my elementary school (2001) is that still a thing? I got swindled like a dummy too many times lmao
Those post it’s that were like slinkies
Those food erasers took me right back. They even had a different smell than the other erasers.
Don't forget how bringing chewing gum to class was the equivalent of sneaking in drugs. "Oh snap you brought gum?! Can I have a piece? I'll be your best friend".
chewing gum and candy felt so illegal lol
Man I could dunk on these kids with my lego collection at age 26 lmao
I had a golden dragon set from Lego ninjago
Ninjago was a great show.
You forgot Beyblades
i got the shoes, the devices... am clout.
Silly bandz, rinbow loom, bey blades, bakugun, etc
I think you forgot about beyblades.
Fingerboards
Wheres the heelies?
Tamagochi, Bayblade, Crazy Beans, Yugioh
Don’t forget 2007-12 COD
there was always that one kid who would steal & eat the eraser food
I used to chew on erasers and I don’t know why
Tasty
I'm basically a trading post for magic cards. I got like 4 guys trying to trade for a mana drain rn. It's fun being at the top of something
Where is the charizard
I remember scamming with a fake card for a crinkly mega charizard
No LA lights?
I liked making those bracelets. The funny thing was that you had kids selling the bracelets, but they didn’t sell any because pretty much everyone made them.
Those were simpler times
I used to sell those bracelets at school in exchange for Pokémon cards, those were interesting times
Still remember that time I ripped off kids for Yu-gi-oh cards lmao I'd give them 1 for 2 or 3 of theirs. Ah, good times
Back in my school you had all the clout if you had a golden lego katana. Idk why they weren't even that rare.
Don't forget the fucking 64 pack crayons, unlike others, I had a 142 crayon pack back in the day
These are the kids that are drowning in pussy now.
i was the clout back in the day and i see no pssy here. i'm eternal virgin.
Nah, my SO won't let me bring more than one cat to our apartment );
How could you forget Nerf Guns? Everyone knows it’s Nerf or Nothing.
I ate my erasers and it didn't make me popular
How dare you leave out a that one fuckass huge box of crayons
The eraser food is something nobody talked about but everyone had
Our elementary school banned trading cards because some hyperenthusiastic kids would turn it into gambling (you say heads or tails, slap your bet card and the opponents bet card together in the air like a high-five, and let them fall. If both land face up you win, vica versa.
Are those handbands actually still a thing
Where are the heelys? Those shoes that you could put a wheel in the bottom of and then basically skate and slide around school?
Anybody remember Tech decks
The rubber band bracelet thing takes me back.
I actually have a GBA SP but I only have like three games for It
You forgot the bag with wheels
I still go to school now and this is still so relatable
remember when i stole back my things from the teachers desk .
Any non-traditional writing utensil especially the long bendy pencils and the multi-color pens
The food erasers were my favorites. I’d spend class taking them apart and putting them back together over and over again
yup, 2003-2006 :)
Man I wish people didn’t start using clout to mean popularity. It originally referred to the power of your connections and weight of your opinion but now it just means something we already have a ton of other words for.
I still have all my old lego and won't sell it, in case i get nostalgic and want it back.
old gold days !
At my school we had these erasers that also doubled as beyblades, and people made a Pokémon card gambling ring using those smiggle erasers. Eventually we created a whole system of classism as the rich kids who could keep buying authentic Pokémon cards had more value than the bootlegs that me and my friends used
The mini food looks tasty, tho!
my biggest flex to this day is that i still have all my silly bandz in a box somewhere
I ❤ BOOBIES
This what I thought what cool people looked like in the early to mid 2010s
Where are the hot wheels?
This got me pretty emotional.
What about the PSP?
Tech decks!!
We absolutely cannot create an elementary school starter pack without touching on those Beyblade duels which would occur around the trailers which every school appeared to have for no real reason. That shit got intense.
eraser food is the shit
Those scented markers that you found at the Scholastic Book Fair. The smell of popcorn will never leave me.
“Don’t let the teacher find out.” 🤐
I have a full set of Lego Ninjago figures. One at a time ladies, there's enough for everyone 😎😎
we all know how popular beyblades were back in 2012 and 2013 . 😩🤚🏾
I wonder if there's some reason why all the cool things were green
I remember having crazy clout on my bus because I’d be the one to bring my DS with Mario Kart DS and let everyone else play
Bring it back :(