A sidenote on an old trend

Do you remember how in the early- to mid-90's it was cool to only open your pop tab (or soda, Coke, whatever you call it), so that you had to suck the drink out? Why was that cool???

I understand that fashion trends usually have absolutely no rhyme or reason, but many other kinds of trends find a following because they move us forward in some way--abbreviated words to hasten conversation or texts, aluminum water bottles to reduce waste, coffee shops to provide a third space, a community.

So why the pop tabs? I suppose it may have been the work of parents looking to minimize spilling...which makes sense considering the age my friends and I were in the early 90's, but that can't be it. It had a certain allure to it. There was something confident about it, despite the fact that you had to pucker your lips funny and make weird noises when drinking. Any insight??

(Photo credit: Flickr- timsamoff) <--props for opening the tab all the way