Why do teens wear Elmo/Barney/Hannah Montana backpacks?

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I see it all over the place. My tenth grade sister says it mostly the really "thug" people that wear them. Why? I graduated in 2000 and I'm trying to think about what stupid things we did back then, but I know we would've stabbed ourselves in the eye with a fork before wearing an Elmo backpack to school. I know trends come and go, I know every generation has it's thing that the other generations think is silly, I just want to know how it started and why? I have a degree in sociology, so this kind of stuff fascinates me:)
About the "thugs" wearing Elmo, I googled it and it seems like the popular thing with a lot of these guys that think they're hardcore. I found cartoons of Elmo and Winnie the Pooh thugged out on websites. Lol at that, btw.
 
Well at my school, it's a lot of the "scene" kids who do that. I think they just like to be random and silly and stuff. Just like how they were obsessed with the whole "rawr, I'm a dino" type of thing.
 
Teens nowadays are not afraid to say "yes i like hanna montana and i watch it by myself at home." they are not insecure.
and really thug people? why on earth would a person trying to be a thug want to wear elmo?
 
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