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    • PavelP
      Pavel
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      How the fuck is a RULER a fashion item?

      He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.
      BE AN ADULT

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      • juniperskyJ
        junipersky Administrators @Tez
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        @Tez

        They put them on //everything//now and I had a literal nightmare that included them.

        Don’t get me wrong! I have a very cute dolphin pop it in my fidget box for babies who need it*. Great tools.

        THEY DO NOT NEED TO BE ON RULERS AND PENCIL BOXES AND PENCILS/PENS.

        deep breath

        • 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.
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          Testament @Pavel
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          @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.

          I don't know what I'm doing. Poke at Seven Nations sevennations.aresmush.com port 2021

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          • IoleRaeI
            IoleRae @Pavel
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            @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.

            the entity previously known as Sunny

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            • PavelP
              Pavel @IoleRae
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              @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…

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

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                    GF @Pavel
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                    @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.

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

                      Oh the times.

                      I want something else to get me through this
                      Semi-charmed kinda life, baby, baby
                      I want something else, I'm not listening when you say good-bye

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

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                        • PavelP
                          Pavel @GF
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                          @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.

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

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                              Pyrephox Administrators @junipersky
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                              @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.

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                              • juniperskyJ
                                junipersky Administrators @Pyrephox
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                                @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.)

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                                  Pyrephox Administrators @junipersky
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                                  @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.

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                                  • juniperskyJ
                                    junipersky Administrators @Pyrephox
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                                    @Pyrephox

                                    Fidget Spinners.

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

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                                    • Duke WhiskyD
                                      Duke Whisky
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                                      I got one of these from work as I need to shuffle around in my seat during meetings. It is like a bunch of macaroni tubed up. You can pop it apart and click it together, doesn’t make much noise, but mostly you can roll it around.

                                      a toy that helps with fidgeting that looks like a bunch of macaroni all stuck together

                                      Current Projects:

                                      Twitch -> https://www.twitch.tv/dukewhisky

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                                      • juniperskyJ
                                        junipersky Administrators @Duke Whisky
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                                        @Whisky

                                        This is my favorite fidgit as a teacher!! They can be hard for little fingers to pop apart, and since that is really the only sound they make it doesn’t bother mw.

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                                        • Duke WhiskyD
                                          Duke Whisky @junipersky
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                                          @junipersky Yeah and having broken enough pen lids bending it during a meeting…

                                          It has been a DELIGHT to use. Sadly this one has lost it’s “crunch” when you twist it since I twist it a lot.

                                          Current Projects:

                                          Twitch -> https://www.twitch.tv/dukewhisky

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                                            @WhiteRaven truth

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