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Fidget Spinners Are Over (fivethirtyeight.com)

Posted by msmash on from the good-riddance dept.

Walt Hickey, writing for Five Thirty Eight: The toy craze that has swept the nation -- cheaply manufactured fidget spinners of dubious metallic constitution -- is probably on the way out, with the high-water mark of fidget obsession appearing to be about a month behind us and the interest in the glorified ball bearings plateauing or declining. [...] Even if there's a long tail on this trend, it's very likely that peak fidget spinner is behind us. The kind of content now doing well on YouTube is either fidget-adjacent stunt videos or videos that have taken a particularly weird turn. This doesn't mean the ball-bearing business is doomed, just maybe don't go long on the spinner industrial complex or quit your job to live off a fidget-related Kickstarter idea at this point.

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  1. Prediction by MAXOMENOS · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Fidget Spinners will see a massive, nostalgia-fueled comeback in the late 2030s.

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  2. So, help a father out... by thermopile · · Score: 4, Funny

    So ... what's the next ridiculous craze that I should work to prevent my daughter from getting into? Thanks for letting me breathe a small sigh of relief from having dodged this bullet...

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    1. Re:So, help a father out... by RyoShin · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Just adopt every possible trend yourself. She will never get into them if she knows her parent(s) are into it.

    2. Re:So, help a father out... by TechyImmigrant · · Score: 5, Funny

      So ... what's the next ridiculous craze that I should work to prevent my daughter from getting into?.

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    3. Re:So, help a father out... by OrangeTide · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Or you could just accept that your daughter will want to experience novelty in her life. And have faith that she'll outgrow obsessive behavior once it's run its course or that there are lots of options for professional help if she never outgrows it.

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