Just as a
WAY long time ago throwback, when the Hellcats first came out, some people were selling these on ebay, while others were throwing them out.
First they were a fad, then they were an embarrassment. Tim K ridiculed owners for them and was annoyed by the fact that they were left on.
They went from yellow, to purple (again, done by Tim K) in an attempt to get owners to not leave them on and be embarrassed by them.
I left mine on for about a year, in fact I went to the first Colorado Mile with them on and got the full range of response to them.
I eventually took them off, not because of pressure from people, but because I outgrew the novelty of them.
