With my job, I am around teenagers a lot, but there are still some things about today's youth that I don't understand. Well, I may get what these things are, but what I mean is that I don't understand the fetish around them. Why is this or that thing a thing? Why is it fashionable? That's what I mean. With each passing year, it feels more and more like I'm product of a different age. Therefore, in the interest of better understanding both my students and our younger members here, I would like to request the aid of our resident under-30s: the group our society deems to officially be "the youth". @Green Arrow, @Chloe, @Adelaide, @William, @The Xl, could you help us close the generational divide in understanding? If you can explain one of more of the following things that perplex me (why it's fashionable), I will reward you by explaining the corresponding phenomenon from ancient history: my own youth!
I understand: Pogs
I don't understand: Fidget spinners
I understand: JNCOs
I don't understand: Emojis
I understand: Skateboarding
I don't understand: Red pilling
I understand: Goths
I dont't understand: Hipsters
I understand: VHS
I don't understand: Sex robots
I understand: Grunge
I don't understand: Country music mania, yeee haaaw!
I understand: Magic: The Gathering
I don't understand: Jock gamers
I understand: The Clinton years
I don't understand: The alt-right
I understand: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
I don't understand: Twilight
I understand: Alanis Morissette
I don't understand: Gluten. What the hell is it anyway and why is it something I shouldn't consume?
I understand: Real Star Trek
I don't understand: Action Star Trek
I understand: Old TRL
I don't understand: New TRL
Please help!!