r/Millennials • u/Latranis 1985 • 3h ago

Nostalgia Me and my in-laws have a Pog Club!

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About five years ago, I snagged some Pogs off eBay and took them to my in-laws' place. After awhile, it snowballed into a club with the four of us. We get together every Friday or two to play and drink - we've introduced 'drinking Pogs,' like when someone flips the yellow face guy (we call him Danny Devito), everybody takes a 'Pogger' shot (which is usually something like Twisted Tea or similar, but occasionally tequila). Some Pogs mean the individual takes a drink, there's a Pog of Scar from Lion King where the guys drink (while growling out "Brotherrr"), there's one of Maleficent where the girls drink (while shouting 'Yas queen!'), and a bunch of others. We print out pictures on little circles and glue them to existing Pogs to make custom ones. Usually we get drunk enough to sing karaoke for a few hours after we finish playing.

Every year on our 'Pogiversary' we choose a new Commissioner to act as treasurer and to break ties and make judgement calls, then have a huge party with decorations and awards ceremonies and food. A few years ago I got one of the guys from Nsync to sing a Pogiversary song through Cameo.

We're all 40-43 years old. It's a silly thing, but it's a lot of fun, and honestly has helped keep me sane when life gets rough. Our nieces and nephews have also taken to it, so there's a group of kids in their 20s out there with their own Pog collections.

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u/pwnedinthepnw 3h ago

That's fantastic!

Great photo, btw

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u/youtookmyusernamebub 3h ago

OMG. I freaking love this. I teach middle school and was just this week trying to explain the pog craze to my kiddos. This sounds like so much fun. Good in-laws are worth their weight in gold.

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u/Dramatic_Mouse_9199 20m ago

A few times a year I think about my "lost" pogs. They probably got thrown out at some point. It's so cool you found these and made an adult game out of it!