I knocked out one if the bearings from one if the edges, so its off-balance. I actually like it better. i can speed or slow the spin with very subtle hand movements. I can operate it single handed. Its basicly a million times better at being a fidget toy, for me.
Fidget Spinners: Why Being Interesting Can Do More for You Than Being Useful
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#92I've been in the "fidget" and specifically "spinner" community for a long time, well over a year at this point.
It's funny, but all these articles and all these posts are completely missing the story of the actual rise of the spinners. That's too bad - it's a good story.
These spinners first started getting popular online in a community driven mostly through Facebook/Instagram, and where adults collected metal spinners that cost in the $50-$200. This had been going on for about a year and a half, all started by a single toy from a single maker that was endlessly expanded on (or "copied", possibly).
The plastic spinners that all the kids are buying are one offshoot (obviously the largest) of this community.
(This is hinted at in the Nerdwriter video).
All in all, it was an amazing experience to watch this group grow into this global craze.
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#93The yoyo and other toys such as that thing made of two balls attached to a string you moved rapidly up-down to let the balls hit each other, predate this by nearly half a century; only difference is that nobody then was talking about ADHD, and this one requires no ability to operate.
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#94This is a great article about fidget spinners: https://geeksdistrict.com/inside-the-fidget-spinner-gold-rus... "Over the last month or so, the spinning toys have gone from an elementary-school fad to a nationwide obsession. Unlike many other toy crazes, fidget spinners offer a wild-wild west for global capitalists looking to cash in on the craze. For one, there are no patents or trademarks to worry about infringing,…
That site forces to disable ad blocking, which gains it an honorable mention in my blacklist.
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#95Came here and thought this is more of a discussion about human behavior and self-portrayal:
> Why Being Interesting Can Do More for You Than Being Useful
Because that is what I witness regularly.
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#96And whoever makes first one with a generator inside and a port to plug a charging cable for cellphones is going to make a load of money. No matter if the fine print will say it would take six weeks of continuous spinning to fully recharge a phone, it will just make it look more useful.
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#97Seems like lots of people dismiss spinners as a fad or silly. They are a fad. But I celebrate the fact that they are generally simple mechanical objects that feel good in the hand. Not a doll, not a cheap molded plastic toy (ugh, Shopkins), not an electronic lump of stuff that will eventually leech into a landfill. (Yes, I know there are LED spinners, but that has it's own simple coolness.) I have enjoyed having ball…
Yeah, I figure the faddishness will fade in about 6 months, as it normally does, but I'm planning to get one myself. I keep a piece of bike chain on my keychain, a plain silver ring on one finger, and a bracelet on one wrist all for the purpose of having some metal to play with during slow meetings. A fidget spinner will fit right in. Actually, can I get a recommendation? I want one that's solid machined aluminum, minimal plastic, and on the smaller side (I have little fingers).
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#98I've been in the "fidget" and specifically "spinner" community for a long time, well over a year at this point. It's funny, but all these articles and all these posts are completely missing the story of the actual rise of the spinners. That's too bad - it's a good story. These spinners first started getting popular online in a community driven mostly through Facebook/Instagram, and where adults collected metal spinne…
Where can you get the original (metal) ones?
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#99I've been in the "fidget" and specifically "spinner" community for a long time, well over a year at this point. It's funny, but all these articles and all these posts are completely missing the story of the actual rise of the spinners. That's too bad - it's a good story. These spinners first started getting popular online in a community driven mostly through Facebook/Instagram, and where adults collected metal spinne…
interesting! Could you expand on what this original spinner was, and what led to it drawing a community of its own? Especially given that it sounds pretty expensive.
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#100Came here and thought this is more of a discussion about human behavior and self-portrayal: > Why Being Interesting Can Do More for You Than Being Useful Because that is what I witness regularly.
Have you found any good ways to mentally deal with this arguably sucky part of human nature, assuming you belong to the part of humanity that would rather be useful than interesting? For me it's a daily source of consternation and I would like to develop a more healthy way of dealing with it.