Remember these?
I don't. Well, yeah, I do, but I never did get one. I remember being startled in the middle of a great game of MASH when my friend had to leave right then to go feed her Tamagotchi. Right then. So confusing.
During a math lesson last year, I heard a mysterious beeping and caught one of my students trying to sneakily "feed" his Tamagotchi. Yes, they still exist. You can buy one for 20 bucks (!) from their website.
Wouldn't it be cool if they were cool again? You could carry them with you everywhere you go. In the middle of conversations, all of the sudden you would have to stop and pull it out, feed it, take it for a walk, or whatever. You'd have to plan your life around what it tells you, which would give you purpose and direction.
NOT.
My dear roommate Alyssa over on the other couch was just talking about how the way we use our phones is remarkably similar to the way we used our Tamagotchis. I thought about it. Yep, guilty (Although I am definitely the kid with the ones that were constantly dying due to neglect). I think I'm going to rename my phone Memetchi.
