I feel so out of touch.
I'll just sit over here popping my bubble wrap.
Fidget Spinners: Why Being Interesting Can Do More for You Than Being Useful
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#22Anybody tried a fidget spinner? My wife has adhd and likes the idea but we haven't ordered one. Are these interesting for 5 minutes and then shelved? or do they have some lasting appeal?
I've had one in my office for several weeks now and haven't gotten tired of it yet. It does seem to be close to the Platonic ideal of "fiddly desk things while my code compiles" where the appeal might not wear off.
I had one on infini-loan from a non-fidgety coworker, but then I changed desks. I didn't want to outright steal their spinner so I've gone back to playing with pens. Haven't yet felt the need to go buy a spinner, pens fill that niche for me nicely.
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#23Anybody tried a fidget spinner? My wife has adhd and likes the idea but we haven't ordered one. Are these interesting for 5 minutes and then shelved? or do they have some lasting appeal?
Fun fact: marketing toys as a cure for ADHD isn't new to this trend. It could be literally any stimulus. Yo-yo, etc.
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#24These things also make great office toys, give aways at conferences and are conversation starters. Plus they can be branded as well. Here is one that I designed to promote the Go programming language: https://twitter.com/deckarep/status/864658318479851520
Original artwork by Renée French
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#25Anybody tried a fidget spinner? My wife has adhd and likes the idea but we haven't ordered one. Are these interesting for 5 minutes and then shelved? or do they have some lasting appeal?
My mother in law suggested that we get one to see if our daughter will do that instead of sucking her thumb when tired Other night she had thumb in her mouth, fidget spinner in the other hand, so I'm chalking that up as a fail They're pretty cheap ($5 or so), so it's a pretty low cost experiment if your wife is curious
Give her 2 to play with. Will turn pro.
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#26Who's the person who invented the fidget spinner? I hope he/she made some money on this at least.
funny you would say that... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSXxAlcbMK4
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#27I'm halfway through the article and still have no idea what a fidget spinner is.
It's another silly fad toy object that you spin in your hand. A very successfully marketed one, that is.
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#28It's all the craze at my sons school.
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#29I ordered one yesterday to give it a try. If someone cares, I can report back later.
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#30I ordered one yesterday to give it a try. If someone cares, I can report back later.
There is nothing to it really. My sons have several. They are kind of fun but kind of limited in their fun.