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Anybody 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 love the fidget cube though. (Got it from antsy labs)
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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…
Winter will end the fad - mittens, gloves, and cold weather.
I'll stick to playing with my pen.
Careful, Misophonia is a thing and you might annoy some people. Although the spinner probably wouldn't be much better.
But frankly, if one is so maladapted that a reasonable amount of pen-spinning makes them unable to work/live/whatever, then we can hardly expect the entire world to conform to their needs. There's a point at which we move beyond the realm of installing handicap ramps (reasonable) and onto the realm of policing innocuous behaviors for the benefit of an extreme few (unreasonable).
I'm sorry for people who can't function around spinning pens. I really am, but it's unreasonable for them to expect anything beyond common courtesy. I suggest they buy earplugs if it's that bad.
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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…
Winter will end the fad - mittens, gloves, and cold weather.
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There are ads all over Facebook and Instagram
Why on Earth do people not run ad-blockers on Facebook and Instagram? I never see ads on either of those sites.
Half of the content of both of those sites is ads, even if it poses as part of the regular flow (sponsored feeds etc).
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I think much of the original point still applies: Should I put mental resources into being perceived as 'not boring' or should I disregard all that and focus on doing what I do well? Maybe I catch a lucky break and somehow just have an interesting personality without having to do much, but then again, maybe not. Recognition of one's work is a lot of the time a function of how 'not boring' you are, as well. Thus, if y…
What gets you down isn't the injustice of it, if such there be - it isn't fair that some people are better at a given thing than others, but "fair" is something no one ever promised any of us life would be. What gets you down is that you can see how it would be a useful skill to have, but you don't want to invest the effort required to develop it. That's an internal contradiction, and those are uncomfortable to carry…
I don't think this is the point originally made. And I'll put it slightly differently:
You have a product team (unnamed scientists in the Nye/Tyson case), and then you have a sales team (Nye/Tyson themselves). What I realize is a fact on the market, and maybe inherently so, is that a good sales team can sell any product, no matter how crap, but a good product can't be sold without at least SOME marketing (and yes, word-of-mouth is natural and comes to good products, but it's no where close to a marketing division).
I believe this was the issue that OP believed was unfair, and at some level I agree. I think your point might still apply in that there's no point in lamenting it if you can't fix the system, because you either have to be better at marketing or stop caring about selling your product.
TLDR; He wasn't saying that it was unfair that some were naturally better at socializing/selling their product/skill, but that the fact that they were (good at selling) was the only relevant factor in getting a raise from the manager/company, and not how well they do the job.
Tyson/Nye aren't on TV/media because they're the best scientists, but because they're the best on TV.