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Name: Horse chestnuts.

History: Brought into the UK over four centuries back.

Appearance: Nature's Labubu.

That can't be accurate. Absolutely. Go and watch a TikTok video of someone unboxing a conker, and you’ll almost certainly hear them call it “the earth's Labubu”.

Opening up horse chestnuts? What on earth are you talking about? Oh wow, you are definitely not up to date, aren’t you? Gen Zers are using social platforms to record videos removing conkers from their prickly shells.

But why? Because of the feeling of amazement! When you unbox a conker, you can't predict what you’re going to get. Could it be large? Will it be flat? What will its shine level be? It is similar to a surprise package every time!

Do Labubu dolls share those traits? No, they’re somewhat eerie dolls that have become collectible because they also come in mystery boxes.

Would someone inform the younger crowd that they’re doing conkers wrong? Is that so? How do you play with horse chestnuts, then?

You put a shoelace through the middle of them, and try to break others' nuts. Is that true? That’s unusual.

Yeah. You’ll have a much better chance of winning if you leave it in vinegar and then bake it like a pie. You're not joking?

Truly. And if you end up collecting too many conkers, you can toss them in the schoolyard and all the other kids will fight each other for them. A lovely item from nature like a conker, and you use it as a tool for battle? A weapon that comes with a long set of arcane and bewildering rules?

It’s traditional! The King recently awarded the World Conker Championships with three hundred horse chestnuts! At least gen Z is only filming them.

How are you unaware of this? Probably, because certain schools prohibited the game two decades ago, due to various health and safety fears.

Today's society always surprises. Maybe revealing horse chestnuts just doesn't appeal to you. In which case, perhaps you would be better suited to some other hot new gen Z trends.

Is that so? Like what? Well, there’s this thing called knitting, and something else called clay crafting that I can explain to you.

Those hobbies are ancient! Let me guess, you heat tools in apple drink and then use them to poke each other?

Certainly not! OK, calm down. I assumed that all older generation's pastimes involved some type of aggression, after that conker thing.

I feel stressed. Take a breath. If you need me, I’ll be unboxing seeds for clicks.

Appropriate comment: “TikTok can’t stop filming conker reveals.”

Don’t say: “That's crazy.”