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Toadvine
Mar 16, 2009
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I babysit an autistic boy and if him playing with his fidget spinner is what it takes to keep him from shrieking during minecraft time, well then god bless fidget spinners :patriot:

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Toadvine
Mar 16, 2009
Please disregard my advice w/r/t history.

turn off the TV posted:

What's the appeal of these things supposed to be?

They give overactive kids something to fidget with

Toadvine
Mar 16, 2009
Please disregard my advice w/r/t history.

turn off the TV posted:

I have ADHD and still don't get it. I fidget even if I'm doing something with my hands.

I dunno man pick one up and see if it makes you feel anything ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The spectrum kid I babysit has a fidget cube which has different tactile responses (which he's always craving) and the spinner might just be a way to channel his abundant energy into something he can literally control.

Toadvine
Mar 16, 2009
Please disregard my advice w/r/t history.
What happens when you vape cloud it

Toadvine
Mar 16, 2009
Please disregard my advice w/r/t history.

Grumbletron 4000 posted:

Like someone said, better to see kids playing with these than zombified out staring at a tablet. Early 90's kid remembers the snap bracelet. The ones that didn't slice their wrists on the razor sharp metal band under the cloth.

It was old tape-measures under there lol, buck up and take your slices like an adult

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