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Every tech dude at my job (And there's a lot of them) including several members of our exec team carry these stupid things everywhere. I never thought that owning an autism toy could help my chances at getting a promotion, but here we are.
I hope I'll never give in to act like I'm with the group!
 
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Remember how people were comparing these to Beyblades earlier in the thread?
Well, some absolute fucking madmen made an unholy combination of Beyblade and fidget spinner.

They're not the only ones either. This guy bought 3 authentic, imported, discontinued Beyblades and then butchered them to make a fidget spinner.
The bolts and tracks are fake though so it's okay.
 
Every tech dude at my job (And there's a lot of them) including several members of our exec team carry these stupid things everywhere. I never thought that owning an autism toy could help my chances at getting a promotion, but here we are.

...hmm, given I'm trying to get into the tech industry, must I embrace the autism and pay $6 for a spinning piece of shit to achieve my career dreams?

The answer to that is completely pointless anyway because I'm not wasting money on that shit. If I need a spinner for a job then I'm in the wrong fucking profession.
 
Maybe with Trump playing with them it will be enough for all these dumb people to get upset and ban these shits...
 
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Wearing a shirt that says "The Expert" while fidget spinning

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You know what I did as an awkward child when I was thrust into uncomfortable/social situations?

I talked to people.

I can only imagine how pathetic I'd be were these things around back then, especially being touted as "a way to cope", or even "by getting their nose out of their phones/games".

Great, so replace the digital crutch with a physical one. How is this improving anything?

Distraction is always the best method of anxiety coping, but, why use these? Read a book, bring a friend, talk to someone, watch something on your phone, play a game, listen to music, doodle; there are literally so many better (and productive) things you could do to distract you from being anxious too than watching a piece of plastic spin and outing yourself as a crazy autist.



Pretty sure Deadpool would actually say, "Don't put my image on this shit."
 
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I want to add in, I now have an immense dislike of these things for one simple reason: I just got into skateboarding a few months ago, and one of my favorite things to do was browse bearings and read up on them, etc, to decide how to give me the best ride.
The last time I did this, no issues, but now guess what I only find, even when I specify 'skateboard bearings'?

"THESE BEARINGS ARE GREAT FOR FIDGET SPINNERS!111"
How about for skateboarding? They're all reviews now for this shit.

Yeah, die, Fidget Spinners. Die hard.
 
That's mostly down to the old engineer's saying, "the more parts there are, the more parts there are to go wrong". Revolvers and bolt actions are simpler than semi-automatics.

Have you seen the inside of a typical double-action revolver? It's not as simple as you might think.

well, revolvers and bolt action rifles are the most reliable, and usually can be bought the cheapest if you get them used.

Revolvers aren't "the most reliable", it's a common misconception and it gets repeated a lot but that doesn't make it true by default.
 
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