Fidget Spinners

freshpopcorn · 05-05-2017 07:19PM

When I read the tittle of the thread I put an R in after the F and I thought they were really interesting!

bnt · 06-05-2017 08:11AM

After this video it's making a bit more sense now ... but I still think I'll be OK without one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAFV_D2baPg

bnt · 09-05-2017 06:47PM

OK, now we know it's over:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9TmVMX0rc8

dar100 · 09-05-2017 07:07PM

Oh yeah

VinLieger · 11-05-2017 10:14AM

bnt wrote: »

Interesting story in The Guardian today: the inventor of the Fidget Spinner is broke and struggling to make ends meet. She no longer has the rights to her invention, since she couldn't afford to renew the patent in 2005. I smell a GoFundMe campaign in the air ...

Guardians story is garbage, the patent she filed has no mention of a ball bearing which is essential to these things or looks anything like the average ones the kids are playing with.

Better researched stories now coming out that the its actually a guy called Scott Mc Coskery

Winterlong · 11-05-2017 10:16AM

My son got two of these yesterday. I just dont get why this is a craze.
Crazes have not been as good as the 'spinner' one of 1982.

VinLieger · 11-05-2017 10:20AM

Winterlong wrote: »

My son got two of these yesterday. I just dont get why this is a craze.
Crazes have not been as good as the 'spinner' one of 1982.

For kids its the usual stuff, new shiny coloured toy that everyone else has so you need to have it too.

Personally i use one to help me concentrate and stop nail biting etc

osarusan · 11-05-2017 10:20AM

Saw one of these for the first time a couple of days ago.

My kids haven't mentioned them at all yet.

LordSutch · 27-05-2017 11:01AM

...still going.

bnt · 28-05-2017 05:12PM

I'm just waiting for this to be finished, just to see how large the wreckage is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjKQFVK8r0w

Mena Mitty · 28-05-2017 06:05PM

Bring back the Rubik cube, Groan sticks and Tamagotchi's or however it's spelt...all is forgiven.

Mister Vain · 28-05-2017 06:34PM

They're an Illuminati creation used to control peoples minds.

Relikk · 28-05-2017 08:51PM

looksee · 28-05-2017 09:01PM

My grandchildren got them a couple of days ago. I doubt the fad will last long but we got a bit of entertainment out of them. Can you spin it on your thumb? Turn your hand over, can you spin it on your finger? I managed to balance it spinning on my big toe, and the grand daughter had it spinning on her forehead - you have to kind of lean backwards at right angles

The ones we were messing with were silent and spun satisfyingly well.

Azatadine · 28-05-2017 09:04PM

Mena Mitty wrote: »

Bring back the Rubik cube, Groan sticks and Tamagotchi's or however it's spelt...all is forgiven.

I actually bought a Rubik cube again about 3 years ago. Saw it in a toy store with my daughter and bought it as I hadn't seen one since I was 12. Spent about 2 weeks figuring it all out again.

roisinbeag · 29-05-2017 02:42AM

Have been a very bad nail biter for over 30 years now. I bought a fidget spinner thinking it was worth a shot, just to try and break the habit by occupying my fingers instead. So far so good!...it's only been a few weeks but it has made a really big difference to me.

Dravokivich · 29-05-2017 10:46AM

Was getting something in Dunnes the other day and my son saw them on display by the tills. Started asking for it. Was surprised he'd know what they were as he's only 3. So a bit young for getting caught up in these sort of fads. Got him one and he was annoyed his hands were too small to spin it between his fingers

Widdershins · 29-05-2017 10:54AM

I've heard a few ''special'' and ''autistic'' remarks/jokes in relation to these toys, which is a shame.

diomed · 29-05-2017 11:00AM

I just think midget shinners

seachto7 · 29-05-2017 11:02AM

How did this fad start? Totally lost on me.

VinLieger · 29-05-2017 11:44AM

seachto7 wrote: »

How did this fad start? Totally lost on me.

Some poorly researched news articles will claim it was a woman called Catherine Hettinger but it actually had nothing to do with her, proper explanation here

bnt · 31-05-2017 12:03AM

That's not a fidget spinner ... this is a fidget spinner:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfqOnTTyDfI

bnt · 01-06-2017 09:58PM

Price from street vendors on O'Connell St. today: €6 €5 €4 €3 ...

The Rape of Lucretia · 01-06-2017 11:26PM

Ha ! Fidget Spinners! There's a blast from the past. Cant remember when I saw one last, but there was a time where they were everywhere - all the kids had them, every second shop was selling them, 'experts' showing off the fancy tricks they could do with them. The must-have playground toy. Dont know where you would get one these days.
Wasnt there a thread on them in All Things Retro there a few years ago with people reminiscing about the simple fun they used to have with them ?

mrcheez · 04-06-2017 01:12PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzWgno-HZBk

Holy ****, and I thought millennials were annoying

Is this called Generation ADD?

Even pewdie pie is less irritating

amtc · 05-06-2017 03:41PM

I got two...one for nail biting stopping and one for my grandmother with dementia who is fascinated by it!

bnt · 07-06-2017 04:25PM

I've been wondering about the educational benefits of fidget spinners in classrooms for kids with ADHD or other behavioural disorders. I had assumed that these things were at least silent and non-disruptive, but learned that that's not the case. Here's a perspective from an education professional in the USA. tl;dr: he's not happy:

I support fidget toys. If someone wants to hand a distractable student a squeeze ball or similar fidget toy, I have no problem with that strategy. The IEPs came up with those toys for a reason. For the right kids, fidget toys make education more manageable.

I DO NOT SUPPORT FIDGET SPINNERS. WHIRLY TOYS ARE TOO MUCH FUN, AND THAT SPINNING EFFECT CAN BE HYPNOTIC. When I subbed on Friday, a kid asked me if I thought spinners helped people concentrate. I told him, “No, students start paying attention to the spinner instead of the teacher.” He agreed with me. A number of students in the class agreed with both of us. A few others missed part of the discussion because they were playing with spinners.

(IEPs = Individual Education Plans, which you have here in Ireland too.)

_Kaiser_ · 07-06-2017 05:19PM

I'd no idea what these were until over the weekend, the little fella spotted one in a garage and asked could he get it. Was only a fiver so I said OK.

Still had no idea what they were though till I read a few posts on this thread

_Kaiser_ · 07-06-2017 05:21PM

mrcheez wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzWgno-HZBk

Holy ****, and I thought millennials were annoying

Is this called Generation ADD?

Even pewdie pie is less irritating

WTF did I just watch... well OK, skip through!

Jaysus... if this is what's "it" then I'm glad I'm not with it!

Badly Drunk Boy · 07-06-2017 05:25PM

jonnycivic wrote: »

I keep seeing that you can do tricks with these, but not one video showing a single trick anywhere :P

My nieces were showing me these (doing the regular central spin) so I started to spin them using one of the outer central bearings saying "This is how you're supposed to do it!" (because I like annoying them). Their hands are too small to do it that way, so I won! I beat the children at fidget spinner!! :pac:

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