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I have strict rules with my fidget box. 1. Only one fidget at a time. 2. Fidget must remain under the level of the desk/out of sight of the person using it. 3. You drop/throw it? You have to wait till a transition to pick it up. 4. Fidget can only be in your non-writing hand.

Testament

@Pavel said in Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent:

How the fuck is a RULER a fashion item?

The only kind of rulers that are a fashion statement are the snap bracelets that look like rulers.

Hello, I’m from the 90s and am old.

IoleRae

@Pavel

It’s a fashion item like the PeeChees were a fashion item like the covers for your textbook were a fashion item. As in ‘self-expression’, rather than ‘clothing’. The folders with the bright colors and cartoons on them, the pencil cases with cartoon characters, etc – all of these are fashion items.

Pavel

@IoleRae said in Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent:

@Pavel

It’s a fashion item like the PeeChees were a fashion item like the covers for your textbook were a fashion item. As in ‘self-expression’, rather than ‘clothing’. The folders with the bright colors and cartoons on them, the pencil cases with cartoon characters, etc – all of these are fashion items.

See, I had none of those things growing up. Brown wooden ruler, or clear plastic when I was older, brown paper and clear contact over my notebooks, plain white or blue folders for book storage…

Testament

hellfrog

@Testament in my day, slap bracelets had just the thinnest of coverings over the sharp material and could cut you

GF

@Pavel said in Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent:

@IoleRae said in Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent:

@Pavel

It’s a fashion item like the PeeChees were a fashion item like the covers for your textbook were a fashion item. As in ‘self-expression’, rather than ‘clothing’. The folders with the bright colors and cartoons on them, the pencil cases with cartoon characters, etc – all of these are fashion items.

See, I had none of those things growing up. Brown wooden ruler, or clear plastic when I was older, brown paper and clear contact over my notebooks, plain white or blue folders for book storage…

It might be a girl thing, an American thing (am I right in inferring you’re pretty far east of Murica based on some stuff you’ve said about the time where you are?), or both.

Third Eye

I 'member 90s snap bracelets and 100% accidentally cut myself using them on more than one occasion.

Oh the times.

Testament

@Third-Eye I still miss my Trapper Keeper with the low 90s geometric CGI.

Pavel

@GF It’s more likely that I was just raised in an austere environment. Soviet-era Russian parents (then moving to northern England) will do that.

junipersky

Snap bracelets as rulers are still a thing! And absolutely banned from measuring ANYTHING.

Pyrephox

@junipersky said in Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent:

Snap bracelets as rulers are still a thing! And absolutely banned from measuring ANYTHING.

I like snap bracelets.

I should also not be allowed to have them, because the click-snap of hitting them against your wrist over and over and over again is very soothing to me, and absolutely infuriating to anyone near me.

junipersky

@Pyrephox

You just defined all fidgets ever. X.x

(Not saying they don’t have a place! See my post about fidgets and my Amazon Prime Day deal of 35 fidgets in a nice box for $15.99.)

Pyrephox

@junipersky said in Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent:

@Pyrephox

You just defined all fidgets ever. X.x

(Not saying they don’t have a place! See my post about fidgets and my Amazon Prime Day deal of 35 fidgets in a nice box for $15.99.)

The little flick spinny things don’t seem too annoying! Maybe they are, I dunno. But I like things that make NOISE.

junipersky

@Pyrephox

Fidget Spinners.

My husband got really into his when they became a fad until his boss told him to knock it off.