Beenie Babies
Do you remember Beenie Babies? Back in the day they were hugely popular for reasons that I still don't understand. The big thing about them was that supposedly some of them were rarer than others, and these ones would be worth something someday. I'll be honest, my family got really into this fad. They spent a small fortune collecting them, even going so far as getting protective cases for some of the more "valuable" ones.
Well now that several years have gone by, we have all realized that these Beenie Babies are worth, well nothing. All that time and money invested in to collecting these toys and nothing.
Now compare that to my cousin. Years ago he used to be into X-Men comics. Most of them just ended up in a box in his garage. Now years later when he decided to clean out his garage, he took the box to a comic book store, and lo and behold he got over $1000 for his old comics.
Its funny that we can spend so much time and energy on something that we think may be worth while, something that is flashy and gimmicky, but in the end it is worth substantially less than something we have had all the time but take for granted. It makes me wonder at times about some of the people I spend my time with. Are they worth my time?
Well now that several years have gone by, we have all realized that these Beenie Babies are worth, well nothing. All that time and money invested in to collecting these toys and nothing.
Now compare that to my cousin. Years ago he used to be into X-Men comics. Most of them just ended up in a box in his garage. Now years later when he decided to clean out his garage, he took the box to a comic book store, and lo and behold he got over $1000 for his old comics.
Its funny that we can spend so much time and energy on something that we think may be worth while, something that is flashy and gimmicky, but in the end it is worth substantially less than something we have had all the time but take for granted. It makes me wonder at times about some of the people I spend my time with. Are they worth my time?
posted by The Cube at 8:09 AM
1 Comments:
"Its funny that we can spend so much time and energy on something that we think may be worth while, something that is flashy and gimmicky, but in the end it is worth substantially less than something we have had all the time but take for granted."
Well said, and so, so, true.
(I remember the Beanie babies. My kids have a couple of them, which were handed down from a collector who now just wants to get rid of them all.) :)
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