Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent
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How the fuck is a RULER a fashion item?
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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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@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.
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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.
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@IoleRae said in Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent:
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 in my day, slap bracelets had just the thinnest of coverings over the sharp material and could cut you
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@Pavel said in Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent:
@IoleRae said in Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent:
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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I 'member 90s snap bracelets and 100% accidentally cut myself using them on more than one occasion.
Oh the times.
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@Third-Eye I still miss my Trapper Keeper with the low 90s geometric CGI.
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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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Snap bracelets as rulers are still a thing! And absolutely banned from measuring ANYTHING.
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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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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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@junipersky said in Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent:
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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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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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.
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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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@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.
