Fidget Spinners: What's they hype all about?

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What are the Fidget Spinner things all about? I stumbled across a youtube video the other day, and now today I noticed 4 facebook posts about them. Maybe I'm late to the game.

I admit they look cool, and like something that might keep me occupied at work on my breaks. Maybe even relaxing in some way. Plus they're cheap.

I'm guessing these will end up being the Pogs of the 2010's.

Does anyone own one? Thoughts?

 
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Showed up at my school three weeks ago. Shit is gay af.
 
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They are everywhere - it's horrible.

My son (6th grade) teacher sent a note last week.

"Hey parents,

These fidget spinners sure are great, aren't they? Well, as great as they are, please let your child know the next one I see in class will be mine until the end of the year.

Mr. Neilsen."

Kudos to him.
 
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I've been reading articles about how they're distracting in classrooms.

The guy in that video looks like a middle-aged hipster fagit.
 
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madman said:
I've been reading articles about them here about how they're distracting in classrooms.

The guy in that video looks like a middle-aged hipster fagit.
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Yeah. That guys always wearing a beanie. Its fucking April in that video!
 
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I just saw some article about them last week and had to look up what they do. Suddenly there's tons of videos on YouTube about them with millions of hits each??? Now I notice every store selling them.

Didn't they already do this with Beyblades and Spinjas?
 
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I can tell when a youtuber is a faggot when they start off every video with some permutation of "it's your boi <whatever>".
 
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I only had to type "What is a" into google. "What is a fidget spinner" was the second result.

Back in my day, kids fidgeted with butterfly knives, not plastic ding-dongs.
 
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I've asked myself, what is the genesis of such rapidly growing trend which lacks a name brand?

I'm assuming, these aren't patented. They're not advertised (unless you count the youtube videos I've just heard about).

POGS/Spinjas/beyblades etc. were items sold in toy stores.

These are generic pieces of plastic sold at gas stations probably made by 30 different companies. Who were the original brains behind this?
 
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Just typical middle class white kids appropriating someone else's culture.

In this case the cultural item is from ADHD kids, since all kids have ADHD now because amphetamines are awesome and you should give them to your kids I guess.
 
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From a hardware standpoint, I think it's neat, do I wanna play with it? Nah, sounds dumb. I think a YoYo would be cooler, maybe some of that tech could be used for it.
 
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I just mindlessly practice picking techniques on my guitar while working at my desk...
 
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madman said:
GOOGLE. SEARCH. FUNCTION.
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I presented my hypotheticals to function as a conversation piece.

I don't give a shit enough to care/know, but I'll click the link.

Can a google search cure you of your deficits in understanding the concept of subjectivity/objectivity?

Who knows!

EDIT: Article was a bore!
 
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lithy said:
Just typical middle class white kids appropriating someone else's culture.

In this case the cultural item is from ADHD kids, since all kids have ADHD now because amphetamines are awesome and you should give them to your kids I guess.
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:keke:

I straight up asked the parent of a skinny 8 year old, who is on two 20mg XR Adderalls and a fucking SLEEPING PILL every night if he'd ever tried Adderall himself? He said no. I told him he should take 1 and then ponder how fucked the fuck up he'd be if he did both.

Fidget spinners. Idk whatever. But they will always be special to me because without them I'd have never seen the Beyblade World Championship 2012.

 
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Doesn't Adderall affect kids and adults differently? Makes kids do homework and makes adults clean stuff.
 
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We just literally had a meeting at work about these. "Should these be allowed in the training rooms?" We train adults at a financial institution. Jesus Christ.
 
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Doesn't Adderall affect kids and adults differently? Makes kids do homework and makes adults clean stuff.
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I think thats got to be bullshit. Its amphetamines. Would they say cocaine and meth effect kids differently too? Probably, if they were selling them to children.

The kid I referenced in the above post seemed cracked out, coupled with the fact they actually had to put him on a sleeping pill too...
 
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Poppy said:
I think thats got to be bullshit. Its amphetamines. Would they say cocaine and meth effect kids differently too? Probably, if they were selling them to children.

The kid I referenced in the above post seemed cracked out, coupled with the fact they actually had to put him on a sleeping pill too...
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Serious question: What do college kids (and I guess even some adults) get out of snorting Adderall?
 
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SML said:
Yoyos are better, and modern ones already use the ball bearings that these fidget spinners are built around.

A lot of yoyo stores and manufacturers are jumping on this trend, hard, because yoyos are niche right now.

http://onedropyoyos.com/edc/spinners/
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I used to be into all the tricks, pre-teen years, I was decent, anyone remembers the Coca Cola Yoyos from the mid 80's?

I was the kid with the marbles, the cards and the yoyos, always during recess taking all the marbles 'cause I was a fiend! Teachers hated me, lol...good times...
 
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