Episode 258
Kickin' It Old School: Hacky Sacks Are Back, Baby!
Gen Z is totally vibin' with hacky sacks, and we’re here for it! 🎉 It’s like the 90s never left us, folks! This episode is packed with hilarious tunes and playful banter about how those little bean bags are making a major comeback in schools, and even sparking varsity hacky sack teams! 😂 We’ll dive into the ridiculousness of kids kicking it old school, while also dishing out some silly song parodies that’ll have you laughing out loud. Plus, we’ve got some juicy tidbits about how this trend is helping kids unplug and socialize—finally, something that doesn’t involve TikTok or Tide Pods! So grab a snack, kick back, and let’s get this hacky sack party started! 🎊
Takeaways:
- Gen Z is totally vibing with hacky sacks, bringing back the nostalgia of the 80s!
- Haystack does a hilarious morning show on two stations, with silly songs galore, y'all!
- We've got a fun parody about hacky sacks that you won't wanna miss, trust me!
- Turns out, hacky sacks are all the rage in schools again—who knew?!
- Kickin' it old school, we’re all about getting off our phones and having fun!
- People are actually forming varsity hacky sack teams—this is not a drill, folks!
Transcript
It's haystack.
Speaker A:Are you ready for a little bonus content that you may not have heard on the radio?
Speaker A:If you listen in northwest Arkansas?
Speaker A:So if you're in northwest Arkansas and you don't channel surf, you may not know that I actually do a morning show on two different radio stations at the same time.
Speaker A:A lot of times I'll discuss the same topic but do different silly songs depending on which station it's on.
Speaker A:Because I do a country station and I do a 70s and 80s popping rock station.
Speaker A:And I did a bit this morning all about the Gen Z rediscovery of hacky sack.
Speaker A:And I did two different songs, and I'm gonna put them both in this haystacks so I can torture you with two different song parodies.
Speaker A: art with the country one from: Speaker A:I had a little fun with that song.
Speaker A:Talking about kicking a little hacky sack.
Speaker B:My daddy always was a hippie man.
Speaker A:Never the kind who played sports with his hands.
Speaker B:He would always hang in a parking lot at the mall.
Speaker A:A lot of people would just laugh at them, but he never let the.
Speaker B:Ribbon get to him.
Speaker B:And he would tell me, son, never let that sack fall.
Speaker B:You've got to hack a little and kick the sack.
Speaker B:Sometimes you gotta hide around in the ma.
Speaker B:There's gonna be people making fun of you.
Speaker B:You may get mocked a little, and that's tough.
Speaker B:Being a hacky sacker can be rough.
Speaker B:But all that matters is to keep up that sack.
Speaker B:You've got to kick a little sack.
Speaker A:And of course, I needed do something on my 70s and 80s pop and rock station.
Speaker A:So we turned to the Devo Classic and had a little fun with that one.
Speaker A:Talking about the hacky sack.
Speaker B:Grab some friends, hold a beverage,.
Speaker A:Play.
Speaker B:Hacky sack because it's coming back.
Speaker B:A game played by your dad.
Speaker B:You must kick it.
Speaker B: A: Speaker B:Go and kick it.
Speaker B:There's no way you can be sad when you kick it.
Speaker B:Now kick it with your foot.
Speaker B:Keep it up.
Speaker B:That's good.
Speaker B:Don't let it hit the ground.
Speaker B:Be social.
Speaker B:Put your phone down and kick it.
Speaker B:Hacky sack.
Speaker A:Gen Z has officially discovered hacky sacks, the little bean bag thing that every guy with frosted tips and cargo shorts used to kick around outside.
Speaker A:And you can see multiple reports actually, actually asked one of my best friends who has a teenage daughter, and he goes, yeah, she was actually saying something the other day about wanting a hacky sack.
Speaker A:They are exploding in popularity in high schools and in colleges across the country as kids form little circles before class, during lunch, after sports practice.
Speaker A:Social media has, of course, turned this into a weirdly competitive thing, and some schools are even joking about their varsity hacky sack teams.
Speaker A:But honestly, I kind of love this.
Speaker A:For once, Gen Z found a trend that does not involve filming strangers in public or eating detergent pods.
Speaker A:Researchers and parents say part of the appeal is that it gets kids off their phones and interacting face to face.
Speaker A:It is cheap, it is social, it is outdoors, it is weirdly calming.
Speaker A:And stores are selling out of hacky sacks because demand is so high.
Speaker A:I love this.
Speaker A:It's amazing.
Speaker A:Somewhere there's a 47 year old guy with a soul patch whispering, finally, my time has come again.
