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Fidget Spinners: Why Being Interesting Can Do More for You Than Being Useful
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#102Just the thought of playing with one of these makes me feel anxious - they're supposed to reduce anxiety?
Why?
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#103My barber gave me one to play with as I sat down for my haircut the other day. I was eager to try it out, but once I did, I didn't really see the appeal, apart from a cute name. This thing is going to go the way of the hula hoop.
> This thing is going to go the way of the hula hoop. Still being sold in every big-box retailer 60 years after it was invented?
Being stocked, maybe. Being sold, I'm not so sure.
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#104Seems 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, mi…
Have a look on bangood or gearbest.
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#105This 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,…
This looks like a product where some investor will end up with a few dozen railway cars full of unsaleable fidget spinners when the excitement dies down. Some VCs I know had a similar problem with garden gnomes a few years back. They used a few for office decorations and probably buried the rest.
Yeah right now demand is outstripping supply, but I don't see that lasting very long.
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#106Came 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.
No reason you can't be both.
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#107Re: Fidget Spinners: Why Being Interesting Can Do More for You Than Being Useful
#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
Marketed by who though? Like the article says, there is no main company or companies behind this. Just lots of random products cheap from China being resold.
I wouldn't be surprised if some smart folks in China launched a covert social media campaign to sell this stuff. You don't need much (aside from money and some dedication) to create a fad these days, as long as it's something simple and doesn't require extensive concentration to grasp.
They have been popular with folks that owned 3D printer for a while. It could be something simple like a critical mass of 3D printers being reached. My wife was printing these for fun a few months before it all exploded.
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#109Seems 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, mi…
Check out the one designed by http://rama.works
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#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
Our ability to copy others is a sign of intelligence, not stupidity.
copying others is a sign of intelligence, being unwilling to choose something of value to copy is a sign of a lesser intelligence
IMHO it is more about values, and not so much about intelligence.