Despite all odds, Silly Bandz are still going strong. The cute object-shaped and colored silicone bands made their debut early last Spring and lured kids in with their simple concept and the possibility of trading with friends. In kids world, a trend of six months is impressive, just ask Pogs, snap bracelets, or Beanie Babies. But are they really that innocent?
Rumors are swirling that there might be more to these silly little bracelets than meets the eye. In fact, word on the street is that for older kids, Silly Bandz act as a banner telling others what sexual acts they are willing to perform.
From what I've gathered from Yahoo Answers, the color codes are as follows:
Yellow - indicates the wearer is willing to hug
Pink - indicates the wearer is willing to give a hickey
Orange - indicates the wearer is willing to kiss
Purple - indicates the wearer is willing to kiss a partner of either sex
Red - indicates the wearer is willing to perform a lap dance
Green - indicates that oral sex can be performed on a girl
Clear - indicates a willingness to do "whatever the snapper wants"
Blue - indicates oral sex performed on a guy
Black - indicates that the wearer will have regular "missionary" sex
White - indicates the wearer will "flash" what they have
Glittery Yellow - indicates hugging and kissing is acceptable
Glittery Pink - willing to "flash" a body part
Glittery Purple - wearer is willing to French kiss
Glittery Blue - wearer is willing to perform anal sex
Glittery Green - indicates that the wearer is willing to "69"
Glittery Clear - indicates that the wearer will let the snapper "feel up" or touch any body part they want
"Snap" is a game that is apparently being played with them. It's a fairly simple concept: if a boy snaps a bracelet on a girl's wrist, she is supposed to do to him whatever corresponding color bracelet was broken.
I wonder which color means "my daddy has guns so don't even think about it"?
Do school age kids really do this? If so, it's official, my 10-month-old will never be allowed to leave the house again.
It's possible that the trend is simply in some circles, namely older ones. For instance, my seven-year-old niece has no idea that such a thing as "sex" exists and chooses her Silly Bandz based entirely on what she wants to trade or what matches her (usually pink) outfit. In fact, she gave me a very cute sparkly lipstick shaped one because, of course, "you like pink, Aunt Brooke."
She's right, I do. However, now I may never wear it again, just in case someone thinks I am going to flash them.
Comments
none of the silly bands are like that
No one ever did that. With the jelly bracelets, it was mostly a joke. Occasionally, a guy would break one of the bracelets and then the girl would usually get mad. I never even heard rumors about girls giving into a guy just because he snapped her bracelet. That's insane.
what you heard was a lie,because im a older kid and me & all my friends get silly bands so we can trade them with each other.We like silly bands because they shape into something and to us its cool.and the jelly bracelets that had those meanings wen i wuz in jhs we didnt care wen a boy popped it cause we werent goin to do anything with it.And bracelets doesnt give kids reasons to involve themselves in sexual act they choose on their own to do that.
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