Beanie Babies, the stupidest thing ever made

There have been millions of bad products marketed to the general public, however only one disgusts me to no end.

Beanie Babies.

They were EVERYWHERE. Every kid had to have them. They came in Happy Meals. Except for the fact that every time you went to McDonalds they were all sold out.

Perhaps the most disturbing thing about these sad little animal shaped sacks filled with plastic beans, is that it inspired every 350 pound 45 year old woman to collect them. And don't you dare fuck up the little heart shaped tags! They will be worthless. They even made little plastic cases for the tags.

I can remember going to a yard sale a couple years after these things had kind of died down.

Somebody picked up one of these stupid things that was shaped like a rooster, and asked how much it is,

The slack-jawed redneck lady then said "$20, that one is retired"

Retired?? WTF!

Yeah, as if it wasn't bad enough that these idiots told people that these things would be worth money, they even went so far as to "Retire" certain animals, so that price and demand would skyrocket.

Well my friends, here we are in 2012. Now these things can be found at every garage sale, and thrift store nationwide. Even better? THEY'RE WORTHLESS!!! Totally freakin WORTHLESS!!!!!!

I still find it funny to see these at a yard sale ran by some old woman in her 60's, and she wants at least $5 a piece for them. NO!!!

These things aren't even collectable now. You can't tell me that anybody who has an education higher than the 2nd grade would possibly go tracking these things down and paying good money for them that could be spent on action figures.

R.I.P. Beanie Babies, nobody misses you.