It gets complicated when you have a child who is situated somewhere on the spectrum; it’s weird to think that something in use as a therapeutic tool could become such a fad. Something that allows you to move while sitting still is performing a novel, useful function and it kinda sucks slash might not be 100% legal that some are deprived of it because their medicine got fetishized by mainstream culture.
I wonder how much of that last bit is random chance and the arcane workings of fad/fashion, how much is "hey, Joey has one of those things so I want one too", and how much is "everyone, to some degree, enjoys stimming."
Back when I was a kid, we had Lego, K'nex and Lincoln Logs. Toys that invited you to think, to create, not to stare into the center of a spinning bauble while it hypnotizes your problems away.
I was just disappointed with fidget spinners. When I first saw them I thought that there was some kind of spring loaded thing in the center, so that if you pressed the center axle together, it would spin it.
Then I realized it did not have that, and felt a sad.
Back when I was a kid, we had Lego, K'nex and Lincoln Logs. Toys that invited you to think, to create, not to stare into the center of a spinning bauble while it hypnotizes your problems away.
You seem fun.
"When I was in school, they told me practice makes perfect. Then they told me nobody's perfect. So I stopped practicing." --Steven Wright
Had to google it myself. Appearently that's when you film yourself drinking a pint in a single gulp and uploading it to youtube.
Pretty sure back in my day we just called that "drinking". Now get off my grass you darned hooligans.
There was never a better nonsense toy-craze than Slap Bracelets
I was convinced each one concealed a razor sharp core made of hanzo steal. That was the reason given for their banning at school, and I always imagined students figuring out how to shank each other with them.
I was told as a child that those things were razor sharp and could slice through an arm like butter. I'm still genuinely apprehensive of them because of that.
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There was never a better nonsense toy-craze than Slap Bracelets
I wonder how much of that last bit is random chance and the arcane workings of fad/fashion, how much is "hey, Joey has one of those things so I want one too", and how much is "everyone, to some degree, enjoys stimming."
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Well, he did handle massive balls on a daily basis.
I made a game, it has penguins in it. It's pay what you like on Gumroad.
Currently Ebaying Nothing at all but I might do in the future.
Then I realized it did not have that, and felt a sad.
You seem fun.
I'd rather being able to spin it by pressing the "button" in the center, instead of just needing to flick it
I assumed that's how they work... huh. Lame toy!
Had to google it myself. Appearently that's when you film yourself drinking a pint in a single gulp and uploading it to youtube.
Pretty sure back in my day we just called that "drinking". Now get off my grass you darned hooligans.
I was convinced each one concealed a razor sharp core made of hanzo steal. That was the reason given for their banning at school, and I always imagined students figuring out how to shank each other with them.