What is the big hype with Silly Bandz?

OK so, i am sure you all have heard about sill bandz. You know the rubber bands that are made into different types of shapes. Well frankly I can care less if little kids wear them, when I was little I anything that was hip at the moment. I can't believe i just wrote hip, I'm starting to feel old, well anyway there is no problem for kids to wear them but if someone that is at least 18 years or older wears them, then there is a problem.

I personally think these bandz are dumb, but that's because I have become a grumpy old man. I am sorry but it really bothers me if a 18 year guy or girl are wearing them. A big question just forms in my head; What is the big hype with silly bandz? and Why are people my age responding to this by wasting money on colorful rubber bands?

Have these people devolved? I mean seriously they are only rubber bands. While hanging out with my girlfriend and her friend, Tracey, she told us that another friend of hers which i believe is our age had them and was trading as if they were baseball cards or something. Sara, my girlfriends sister, told us that she finds it hot when a guy wears it. Sara is 19 and she is one of the smartest girls I know, and even she is under the spell of silly bandz.

Now even DC and Marvel comics are joining in the fun. Both have released silly bandz. DC has there women superheros, Justice League, Batman, and Superman bandz. While Marvel has there Wolverine, Iron Man, Avengers, Spider-Man, and Villains bandz. Although I am a huge fan of Wolverine, and admit that the designs are pretty cool, you will never see me walking around. From now on if we see anyone of the age of 18 years or older, I believe it's our duty as citizens of this world to smack them across there heads and just confiscate there silly bandz. Because the only thing that look silly aren't the bandz, its the people who are wearing them.