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I guess habits, yours are already formed, while teenagers are more easily to mold. Habits are difficult to change. "What do you mean there is no Internet anymor

• VLM 13y ago
  "while teenagers are more easily to mold" Lets play a fun game. Only us wanna be near senior citizens get to play. Its claimed that its financially valuable to monetize teen "tech" fads, now that we're old and wealthy lets see how companies are cashing in on our teen years, to get an idea of how incredibly valuable it will be to cash in on todays teen fads. 1) The music market dominance of heavy metal and grunge, and cassette tape as its delivery medium. 2) Beanie babies as an investment portfolio, also baseball cards. I'm a hair too young for the MtG card fad. 3) AOL chat rooms lead the market, as does AOL in general. I will admit defeat in womens fashion which follows a generational pattern, where my mom wore bell bottom pants, therefore all the girls were wearing bell bottom pants again, 20 years after she did. Similar patterns in the popularity of tights/yoga pants, and the cyclical nature of miniskirt length. But these are not tech related issues and they appear impossible to profit off of, unless you're in the biz and you simply ship this year whatever was cool 20 years ago. I've been hearing this claim that teens are molded into inflexible consumers all my life without any actual citations, so I feel safe calling it bogus in the future if its always proven bogus in the past.
  • lgieron 13y ago
    MtG will be turning twenty soon, and it's stronger than ever. A Black Lotus bought in 1998 for $300 is now worth $3000. I'm pretty sure it's more than just a fad.