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IN CASE YOU’RE not aware (in which case we already know your answer to this poll), fidget spinners are the current toy craze for children and pre-teens.
This hand-held spinning toy is a bestseller on Amazon at the moment and the debate is open on whether they are irritating distractions or great for combatting anxiety and improving concentration levels.
Regardless of the effect, they are everywhere. (One is even currently doing the rounds of TheJournal.ie HQ.)
Do you have a fidget spinner in your household?
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Have a fidget box instead not a spinner.
@Sabrina (^_^): the sooner this fad runs it’s course the better.
I don’t get the pushback against these things. Bigger things to be concerned about
@Tony Canning: Totally agree. They’re good for kids with ADHD and other disruptive disorders. Far cheaper than medicating them.
@Coles: I agree too, Every time during class, It helps to concentrate much better by spinning in one hand, instead of clicking the pen all time.
@Coles: No they’re not. That’s a myth and there’s zero research evidence for them. There are plenty fidget items that can be useful for kids with ADHD or ASD, but these are toys. It takes more concentration to use these so it just serves to distract kids more.
I think they would come in handy for people trying to quit smoking- gives you something to keep your hands busy
@enamonkey: thats what giblets are for.
@Aaron Gibson: You’re getting your giblets and your geefors mixed up there Aaron.
@MARK O ‘LEARY: go on so ill indulge you……. Whats a geefor?
@MARK O ‘LEARY: what fergal said.
@Aaron Gibson: @Fergal o’Hagan happy Friday to both of you.
@MARK O ‘LEARY: happy Friday to you and your geefer too
Where is the option for “No, I don’t know what that is”
What is the big deal about ?
@Britain’s Best: or for idiots would be a better description
@booby sandwiches: So kids are idiots? your a malahead your name says it all!!
@Paddy nut: well of course kids can be idiots, IQ tests, exams results etc are all very good at finding out if you are dumb or not
@Louise Ní Riain: It’s basically a hand sized wheel. So if you don’t understand the allure of spinning a wheel and watching it spin, then you’ll never get it. Oooh look, a spinning wheel!
Its a harmless, cheap gadget that kids play with, i cant see a problem with them, mine have them, they dont bring them to school. I got myself one as well i get restless and im always doing something with my hands, crochet, knitting, drawing, felting and now my little spinner
I walk around the office with one in each hand . Very relaxing
@Brian: do you drink cafemochalatas?
@Brian: are you the man with two pints?!
@Brian: Mobiles, women or pens lol.
I still don’t know what it is…
@Awkward Seal: prepare to be disappointed!
@Awkward Seal: Bet Lynch’s ear rings? Really an addition to a prince albert…
“Poll: When putting on your shoes, which shoelace do you tie first?
The right. The left. Can we all just get along?
Have a batch of 100 coming from china, 13 yr old is flogging them.
Can anyone beat 5.35.33 minutes?
@Sam Cairns: Jaysus, your missus is a lucky woman. That’s some stamina lad
thankfully there is no one in my home stupid enough to buy one of those things. sooner they are banned from schools the better
@booby sandwiches: I too feel strongly about harmless cheap trends.
@booby sandwiches: Something comes every now and then to waste parent’s money. It’s this for now. My 6 year old was bugging me with wanting one because everyone has one. I asked if everyone had a cool mam like me ;-). He said no. Conversation over.Case closed.
@The Girl: its not just a waste of money. in schools its distracting for those kids without some makey uppy condition. if kids need a toy at school should they really be in a class with the more advanced kids, its not fair holding children back
@booby sandwiches: I bet you’re great fun to be around
@booby sandwiches: they were invented to help adhd kids concentrate and apparently they work but the inventor couldn’t afford to renew the patent, now toy companies are making a fortune
adhd the biggest makey uppy condition of all time
@Dave O Keeffe: Yeah that story isnt tru, it got passed around news outlets due to bad researching by the original journalist, her patent is nothing like what people are playing with, the actual inventor is a guy called Scott McCoskery
@booby sandwiches: your one of those lonely grumpy people who shoves their opinion down peoples throats arnt ya, im smarter than everyone and right about everything
@Jeni Moriarty: just calling it as i see it. im sorry if the truth hurts you, but school pace should not be set by the slowest. if you need a toy at school you’re not going to amount to anything anyways so why should everyone else suffer as a result?
@booby sandwiches:
Some how I doubt you have kids
@booby sandwiches: lol id say you’d argue with your granny just for a chance to moan, your probably right all the same, gadget spinners are also the cause of world hunger and the aids epidemic ban them now i say, ban them to hell
Two weeks ago they were sold out everywhere. This week I saw two shops with loads of them in stock. I would say the craze is already coming to an end…..what harm, they are kind of interesting…..
Hate to be pernickity but ‘needs must’ Quote “In case you’re not aware( in which case we already know your answer to this poll)” ??? Hello!!! The poll question is do we have one in the home, not whether we are aware of them! Yhere is a diiference and I hope you aware that I can be aware of them but not habe one in the home or play with one or even want one. Pass it on!
I just got on in amarica there every where , drives my dogs crazy
Is that out of the dung spreader?
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