How slime-crazed kids made gunk a booming business

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Post by camtarn » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 11:24 AM UTC

How slime-crazed kids made gunk a booming business
theguardian.com

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Post by character0 » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 6:22 PM UTC

How does an article about slime not mention Nickelodeon?

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Post by wil421 » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 6:27 PM UTC

character0 wrote: post #2

How does an article about slime not mention Nickelodeon?

Right, I grew up in the 80s/90s and slime was a big deal on Nickelodeon. I can remember a kids party in the mid 90s where we even made our own Nickelodeon slime and the slimed each other

What about Gak? This stuff looks like a rip off of it. My parents hated Gak with a passion due to many messes created by my brother an me.

Edit: looks like Gak was Nickelodeon branded.

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Post by pixl97 » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 6:38 PM UTC

Heh, I could have written this story about my 9 year old daughter. Suddenly she wants a gallon of glue and borax along with all kinds of additives and coloring agents. Hey, anything where it gets kids talking about long chain polymerization.

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Post by Kiro » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 6:54 PM UTC

character0 wrote: post #2

How does an article about slime not mention Nickelodeon?

Of course slime has always existed but this YouTube slime movement is way bigger than anything that was on Nickelodeon. I don't think you realise the magnitude.

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Post by moate » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 6:56 PM UTC

I. Do. Not. Get. This.

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Post by setquk » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 7:24 PM UTC

It must be good because they banned it at my kids’ school.

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Post by xnaas » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 7:35 PM UTC

moate wrote: post #6

I. Do. Not. Get. This.

Some kids find out they like slime. More kids find out they like slime. Lots of kids like slime. Slime sells.

Edit: a word

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Post by jonny_eh » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 7:43 PM UTC

pixl97 wrote: post #4

Heh, I could have written this story about my 9 year old daughter. Suddenly she wants a gallon of glue and borax along with all kinds of additives and coloring agents. Hey, anything where it gets kids talking about long chain polymerization.

Ya, I wouldn't be surprised if it gets some kids into chemistry. Whatever it takes to draw them from video games. (Although, I credit video games for getting me sucked into computer science)

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Post by jonny_eh » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 7:44 PM UTC

moate wrote: post #6

I. Do. Not. Get. This.

Kids get obsessed about things, i.e. fads. Now there's youtube which enhances and lengthens these fads, making mini-celebreties out of kids/young adults that can capitalize fast enough.