LOL Hilarious article. It's an interesting way to look at it. I had one... My cousins got me one but it was a knock off one that was a big ol' watch and the animal was a puppy. If I forgot about my little guy for too long it would sit around sad (or dead) surrounded by a massive amount of pixel poops that were almost as big as he was. The entire thing was utterly ridiculous. I remember during snack time at school we would all run to our cubbies with our backpacks and feed or clean or play with our animal. We had to be careful though because they weren't allowed at school. It was my first lesson on how to discreetly do things so my teacher wouldn't notice, keeping my hands inside the depths of my backpack, furiously pressing the buttons as to not be caught. I would later do this when I got my first cell phone and all throughout high school, doing and selling things I wasn't supposed to. I had to be discreet and be aware of where the teacher was at all times without looking around the room. Casually but quickly. I got caught with my Tamagotchi knock-off and learned from my mistakes and never got caught when the punishment would've been much harsher than phone call to my parents.“Am I not the Harbinger of Death? Am I not also a Child? What powers do I hold, what potentiality do I contain? Am I not Little Father Time?”