Fidget Toy Gubbins | Ashens

[@abeherbert6603]

"A little body to satisfy your hand addictions." Yeah that's the kind of thing that gets you sent to prison guys.

[@notaperson6871]

"hand addictions" Is this a JoJo reference? Probably not, but meme.

[@MouseGoat]

everything is a JoJo reference, even reality itself.

[@y0urs03pic]

.....Uhhmm[ *Walks Slowing Away* ]

[@antidoteee]

Kittenstomper all hand addictions **

[@taylorthebnnuy]

ravioli ravioli dont lewd the dragon loli

[@joealexander9043]

"Trim Balls- not an instruction" That should have been their slogan.

[@aacb2004]

Joe Alexander Thats beautiful

[@thetaai8262]

Ashens: the only man who can get me to click on a video with a fidget spinner in it

[@howlingthunderproductions5241]

The Meme Master of Cancertopia me too

[@Cdr2002]

Same here. Brand sins and IHE got me to click to..

[@ohnoitschris]

Damn straight

[@Bughunt89]

Same

[@GoldKnightProduction]

I used to be in a band called 'Holy Crystal Decompression Magic Cube'.

[@hingeslevers]

Oh yeah? Prove it! What was your first album called?

[@rice8753]

hingeslevers Whirlerz! Finger Fidgets

[@Marxfan58]

was it of fab quality?

[@GoldKnightProduction]

"Chanticleer Hegemony".

[@Nate-hb8tw]

The pre-CH demos were the best. After that their sound got kind of... commercial

[@papabeanguy]

anyone remember the little finger skateboards?

[@wireoneunplugged]

papabeanguy you mean tech decks? I still have all of mine

[@mozardthebest]

papabeanguy I was always to poor to get them :-(

[@lt.spaceguy5782]

Wire One they're coming back

[@Plutonia001]

You know, those were actually somewhat useful, because you could practice weight distribution and balance for tricks you could do with a real skateboard. The only problem is that if you have spare time to fiddle around with your fingers, you probably have time to go outside and use a real board instead.

[@DisKorruptd]

you mean Tech Deck? yeah I remember those

[@bravojr]

"We are all going to die with suffering and fear in our eyes"-Fidget spinner review by Ashens.

[@staley101]

bravojr Fidget Spinners are actually the larval form of an interstellar alien race. They hatch after the required 1 million spins and use the unfortunate kids body as food before using the earth as a vessel to find other sentient world's to conquer. it's how the moon came to be in orbit around us today. The Apollo 18 moon mission brought them to earth originally and now they have spread everywhere. True story.

[@Chaos89P]

"... that's just how it works." -also Ashens.

[@TokyoJim618]

Chabaca's Clacka'z - also Ashens

[@creeperzoid2639]

bibbly bobbly same tbh

[@bravojr]

not well written 2 out of 10 wouldn't believe.

[@lunargeographer]

"Physical meme" dear god, there's finally a term for it!

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

Because "fad" just didn't do it justice.

[@AnOfficialAndrewFloyd]

Meme is French, pronounced "mehmm," means 'same' as in La Meme Chose. Also short for Memetic.

[@matejcigale8840]

Originally? An idea that is spread trough the population. Like for instance farming is a meme. Like a gene, but without all that messy reproduction.

[@timeslongpast]

A Floyd the English word 'meme' is pronounced 'meem', if you go around pronouncing it 'mehm' then all the internet goes will call you a normie

[@nullwii]

Brastin, Actually, It is pronounced May-may

[@jackfleet6346]

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE DOING FIDGET SPIN-EEEAAAAEEAAAAAGHOUUUUUUUUUGH

[@hoovie5012]

jack Fleet Are you saying that Figet spinners are bad. I AGREE

[@subg9165]

Giovanni Ramirez watch the video

[@apollojustice5338]

And then everybody died. The End

[@Silver_wind_1987_]

Apollo Justice damn where gonna have to clear Hell again.....we ran out of room! This is the 100th time this month dammit!!!

[@ryanl.1085]

*Has a heart attack and dies at keyboard*

[@Ubersaur]

The official fidget cube was a kickstarter but took too long so loads of bootlegs showed up before they ever got the first official ones sent out.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Ubersaur I'm guessing the official ones disappointed everyone when those were released...

[@Mythricia1988]

I finally got mine literally just a week ago. After months of waiting (PAST the expected delivery date). And honestly, they're very well made. They feel rock solid. So at least they were kinda worth the wait. A tactile toy kind of lives or dies based on whether it feels solid or not. But I'm never gonna support anything they make every again - the experience as a backer was atrocious in every way.

[@Ubersaur]

The official ones are actually very good quality! A very noticeable difference compared to the bootleg ones. Probably worth the extra dosh, but being worth the wait will depend on the person, heh.

[@xianated]

Yeah, I just received mine recently too.. I'm pretty sure it was almost a year of waiting... It's not a bad product as things go, in fact, I'm playing with it now! My colleague liked it very much too. I watched someone review and compare an official one and a bootleg one, and found only minute differences. But the biggest difference will probably be in how long they last.

[@WhiteboyUltima]

I was a backer, and I thought the whole process went extremely well? I have literally no complaints about Antsy Labs. What on earth makes you say 'atrocious in every way'?

[@Keanu252]

I wonder what the 12 years old chinese factory workers thought about us westerners when assembling the holy crystal decompression cube or the billions of fidget spinners

[@YouSoSpice]

When all you think about is how to avoid the whip and where to get some more rice to eat, you ain't got time for westerners

[@NekoMichi]

"Decompression" is probably a mistranslation from "stress-relief" in Chinese, since the word "stress" is synonymous to "pressure" and instead of referring to psychological pressure they somehow translated it to mechanical pressure.

[@d3v1lsummoner]

Neko Michi It's not uncommon to hear 'decompress' in english meaning partaking in a leisurely activity.

[@sjames5027]

Is that really an excuse though. The Japanese have always successfully translated their manuals

[@d3v1lsummoner]

S James Always might be an exaggeration considering 'engrish' was a term for bad japanese translations, but yeah, I have Japanese manuals dating back to the 70s with competent translations.

[@mexicanwaluigi]

S James I have a few pictures of examples that are poor Japanese translations not from manuals though. Mainly signs in Japan that were poorly translated. Like one that said if you have any gestations inquire within.

[@NekoMichi]

As someone who's had to fix bad Japanese-to-English translated documents before, I can assure you that the mistranslations are equally as funny.

[@maxwell_edison]

You know a trend is dead when even Ashens has a video on it.

[@frantisekzverina473]

Oh my, good point. He's like the dove telling us the water has receded, Merry Christmas and war is over!

[@maxwell_edison]

Clear skies are ahead, the fidget is dead. gg.

[@ChaosChimeraGaming]

I'm generally happy we need Ashens to kill all of the cancerous trends

[@FuckingGolems]

Ah, one of the old men Ashens was talking about in the wild. This one is of a "everything popular is cancer" variety. Very interesting specimen.

[@DoctorKandosii]

"Back in my day, we would twat each other on the knuckles with conkers, and we fuckin' liked it!"

[@ancilodon]

I'm thinking those instructions were written by none other than Mr. Antonio Stella Bottom Tile.

[@subg9165]

I think you're forgetting +Ji plug Pu Melon Nai

[@bowserbycurtis4108]

yes

[@Athawolfus]

They are instructions (instructions)

[@beck5183]

As an autistic person I can 100% confirm that in my experience, the stuff about fidget toys giving us the sensory stimulation we need is true. That's honestly what most of this stuff aimed towards adults and teens was actually made for in the first place. I don't know what else to say, really. I can't really go anywhere or even sit at home without having something to stim with or else I get very anxious, frustrated, irritable, and get overwhelmed very easily.

[@upliftingsiren]

I agree with you 100% i always will have somesort of fidget thing with me and if not ill just sit in the car and fidget with the manual climate buttons

[@2legit2trip53]

Agreed..though for me silly putty works best.

[@cyber_dragon_123]

It was made for adhd originally but the specific symptom it’s made for does appear in autism too.

[@prostata_example530]

Do autistic people fart?

[@Catboy.]

“Eeeh I can’t believe your doing a fidget spinner video eeah” * heart attack *

[@NinjaMatt2201]

The California Garage You're

[@googles333]

The California Garage I'm so thankful someone posted this comment.

[@kyleramey4055]

you're*

[@TwintailsLover]

I wanted to post that. ;_;

[@AntipodalBrink]

@4:07 Nailed it!

[@codevoid4238]

And yet all these things fail in the light of the all mighty clicky pen.

[@as6110]

Code Void my fidget cube has the 5 clicky buttons on one side, a clicky joystick, and a clicky ball.

[@reservoirfrogs2177]

Ashley Sayers Yet the pen still wins

[@cirias]

I was born in the late 80's and the big crazes when I was at school were Tamagotchi, Pokemon Cards, Yo-Yos and (my favourite) Pogs! Half of the stuff we collected came out of cereal boxes I seem to remember. The 90's were amazing for toys, video games and cartoons, it was like some sort of nirvana for kids during that whole time period.

[@Exoreya]

i don't have something against fidget spinner, i just hate all of those "1 million trillion mph fidget spinner vs my grandma" (almost always in caps lock) videos

[@izzieb]

YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. ALMOST DIED.

[@happyguy0105]

GONE SEXUAL

[@technopoptart]

-erica- so like an actual dick then?

[@Tin_Can]

It does make some god awfully annoying noise though when you spin it, I'm unfortunate enough to be around immature assholes who spin theirs during speeches and I just want to strangle them :|

[@leinadlink]

Izzie You forgot to put an emoji in there.

[@mpepp9]

Our school went through loads of crazes growing up. Started off with Crazybones, and then we had Beyblades, Pogs, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic: The Gathering, Scoubidou Bracelets, Euro 2004 England coins, Hot Wheels, Tamagotchis, and finally these trick Yo-Yo's (which were actually pretty good). I fell victim to each of them :(

[@lewishancock3526]

M P I remember Crazybones...

[@OnlyEpicEmber]

Add Doctor Who card and Tech Deck for my time at school

[@Gayestskijumpever]

Tech Decks!

[@IanGrote]

M P Oh god I have like 500 crazybones lol

[@TangyTangyRose]

I still have two tamagotchis on my car keys. I take them into very unimportant meetings with me and get a mixture of looks of amusement and disappointment. I have a gr8 time tho.

[@stringstorm]

Fidget spinners are actually useful. Because you could take of the bearing and use it for other stuff. I recently fixed my AC's fan by using a fidget spinners' bearing because it was the one I had on hand and ordering a bearing online would take ages to arrive. And I needed my AC fixed that day.

[@tedturneriscrazy]

Holy Crystal decompression magic cube, Batman!

[@SiGhast]

tedturneriscrazy That's where my mind went, too.

[@TofuLP]

Was about to say that, too ^^

[@staley101]

tedturneriscrazy My mind just jumped to the puzzle box from Hell Raiser

[@MrTomFTW]

Remember the Beanie Baby craze where people were paying ridiculous amount for certain "rare" ones and collecting them because they thought they'd be incredibly valuable in a few years then the bottom fell out of the market and no-one ever even mentions them any more? Ah, good times.

[@Exeposting]

I have Asperger's and people tell me to throw my spinner away because they're 'cringe'. I use mine to help restrain myself from stimming in public and to distract myself. They do serve a useful purpose.

[@uuu12343]

Irony being the goddamn spinners are meant to help Asperger patients originally, NOT the fucking public Goddamn it, humanity

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

userpic checks out

[@davidlewis1787]

Don’t worry about people who use the word ‘cringe’ it is in itself ironically oxymoronic

[@Khetamine]

cringe

[@mtw227]

youre cringe

[@WINDAKLEENA2866]

"Fidgit spinners" When I was a kid we just cut the bottoms out of our trouser pockets

[@geetar82]

Pocket pool!!!! Great game!! Relieves stress and anxiety as well!!!

[@greenanubis]

Lol. I remember an old movie where a kid got spanked by his mother because he had ripped pockets.

[@Davidmadden19]

+Luke Thompson and it gives you something to do with your hands! Find a way to market this!

[@onif1054]

I don't get it, what is that?

[@geetar82]

+Onif 👏🐒

[@Jonseemann]

Jim Sterling is not going to be happy that you don't have any pogs at hand.

[@TheDubiousSalmon]

Not only that, Ashens is infringing on his spot as #1 Boglin Boy™

[@TheDrew4321]

I think it's OK, he had a boglin at the end. That's gotta earn some points back.

[@dingo596]

One of things I find interesting about fidget spinners is just how fast they became a craze and then how fast they fell off leaving retailers and supplies with massive overstock to the point where you can still find them in shops to this day. Which is good for me since I like the spinners for what they are and I was able to get a load of them at 10 for £1 as a shop recently liquidated their entire stock.

[@MyMyMicah32]

This video should be titled "back in my day"

[@Imasuky]

I had so many pogs that I could have probably built a bridge.

[@EmmaW5]

The bracelets were silly bandz, I think. You're thinking of "Scoubidou", which where long plastic strings you could tie into braids and stuff, they were a craze back around 2005 I think. We still have some in a drawer!

[@m4xwellmurd3r]

those things were a craze nearly 10 years earlier than that. in 3rd grade (1996/1997 for me) we sold them in school as part of a fundraiser cause they were so popular

[@EmmaW5]

Crazes like that tend to "cycle" and become popular every few years, or get "reinvented" with some kind of twist to reawaken the trend.

[@jbed6]

EmmaW5 there's also CraZArt looms.

[@Kochiha]

I always thought the fidget cube would make a really good old school Doctor Who prop, like something the Master would use to control the Autons.

[@rosetintedtankergoggles897]

let's have a moment of silence for all the silly bandz

[@lunad27]

My school was OBSESSED with those things, not to mention Kooky Pens and Japanese erasers.

[@jakejenson3511]

Digdagpacnam I'm pretty sure I had around 500 silly bandz.😂😂

[@rosetintedtankergoggles897]

Jacob Jenson 😂😂😂

[@gemstonegynoid7475]

Digdagpacnam my younger brother made a LOAD of those rubber band bracelets during that craze a few years back. but then he became capitalistic and made ninja stars out of paper that he sold to his schoolmates

[@bloodcontagion]

Digdagpacnam lol I used to have a whole tin lunch pale full

[@1vite]

It's 3 A.M and I'm watching Ashens' review on Fidget Spinners. What a time to be alive.

[@JohnvanCapel]

Am I the only one here who *wants* Chewbacca's Clackers to become a running joke?

[@myozx2112]

I think that 12 sided one is the controller for the next nintendo console

[@cryptidcloud]

MyOzx doesn't make sense but kek

[@snarblegauz6710]

?? Their controllers have literally gotten simpler with every generation since the N64

[@AgentTasmania]

They've oscillated a bit. Still haven't remembered what shape human hands are since the Gamecube.

[@cryptidcloud]

AgentTasmania nah

[@Z64sports]

Snarblegauz What about the Wii?

[@amaruqlonewolf3350]

This came and went so fast that I immediately forgot about it.

[@PhaQ2]

I learned my lesson about fad toys when the *lawn dart* hit store shelves in the seventies.

[@pastabad4939]

Pha Q That was a lot of scars

[@mikedawolf95]

And hit people

[@caramelmousse8509]

It also hit a few kids, too

[@mychemicalbromance97]

I bought a house recently and in the shed we found a set of original lawn darts

[@EpsilonKnight2]

Holy Crystal decompression magic cube sounds like a high level spell for a fucking priest in D&D LOL

[@shitbag420]

EpsilonKnight d&d*

[@kabobawsome]

shitbag DnD is commonly used in cases where an ampersand can't be used, due to character limits.

[@shitbag420]

Kabobawsome but ampersands can be used

[@WindowsXPFrog]

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE DOING FIDGET SPINNERS UDGHHHH~~!!!!! - heart attack -

[@felagoncalves]

HE/SHE HAS HAD A HEART ATTACK! HOW CAN HE/SHE BE OK? At least go and mourn him/her or something :V

[@MakoTheUndead]

you're right, they're not dead. *They're extinct.*

[@felagoncalves]

shlibber mourning time, eh? Shit... one day you comment on one of Stuart's videos. The next day, BANG! Death. It is enough, indeed.

[@VoidHalo]

Gave you a thumbs up the minute you demanded studies. Good on you for being scientifically minded. Love the channel btw. This has been a steady source of joy for me for some years.

[@akaishi1583]

Nothing\ not surprised he demanded studies, he has a Ph.D. In psychology.

[@VoidHalo]

Oh yeah. I think I actually knew that, too.

[@shecklesmack9563]

"...like a circle of cardboard... with a picture on." The simplest, yet best description of pigs I've ever heard. Just exemplifies the absurdity of that craze.

[@krashd]

I'll stick with "bacon with legs".

[@CoCoNutZ4eVer]

I can't believe that some people can't believe that Ashens would review a fidget spinner. That's his specialty reviewing tat duh"

[@Mentski]

You spin me right round, baby, Right round, like a fidget spinner, Right round round round.

[@grillopsa]

Mentski lol I can see someone recording that

[@cosmicjenny4508]

+Mentski Oh look an occasional face.

[@Drawyah]

An accurate graph of my respect towards Fidget Spinner users and Dabbers. 📉

[@warsaw1548]

UGGGH I CANT BELIEVE YOURE DOING FIDGET SPINNERS- UHGJHHJAHJKL

[@dukctape]

he's clearly being facetious

[@MicoDossun]

First off he's not second off you didn't watch the video long enough to get the joke

[@69mrsteveo]

Do it again.

[@DrNoxin]

I came here looking for this comment.

[@Jaimentalli99]

CaptainQuirk lol I found this comment right as ashens said it in the video

[@lukewalker2485]

anyone remember crazy bones around 2003/2004? just me I guess.. it was cool for about a week at my school after we spent all of our pocket money on them, as usual for all playground crazes then it was beyblades after that

[@squidward645]

Those came out in the late 90's, I remember having them in the 3rd grade.

[@lukewalker2485]

squidward645 yeah I think they are still going actually

[@SchlubbyTomHanks]

i remember those from around 1998 or 99. mum never let me buy any.

[@gordonsalive9998]

Luke Walker and everyone near us had to have a persil washing tablet bag to keep them in or you weren't cool 😎 sharky was the shit

[@lukewalker2485]

Gordon's Alive! haha yes! those little wash bags, haven't seen them in years

[@obesemale5976]

Fondget sponders*

[@K9unit37]

TheMageGaming made me smile a lot more than it should have

[@geneticallygeneric14]

TheMageGaming spidget finners innit fam

[@Billaxle]

Fucking Spiders

[@lShishkaBerryl]

Foodjit Spooner

[@surpriseraisin5892]

Digit skinners

[@LavenderAudio]

Fuck man you mentioned Star Wars Tazo's and I swear I reactivated a dormant part of my brain, the sheer rush of nostalgia and memory is so vivid as I write this I can so vividly remember having some and I'm going a bit funny because of it.

[@lightsen]

that holy cube was an insta win

[@greenisnotacreativecolour]

Can't beat a lump of blu-tack for fidgeting with.

[@AirKingX]

Malleable erasers were my go to fidget in school

[@mre9346]

Spalding high bounce balls

[@Speedojesus]

"These things were designed for autism and adhd, etc. Many of us have issue with various textures and blue tack can be hellish" These spinners have no backing behind them, this is complete bullshit.

[@SuckMyRightToe]

I find a good plumbus works well, keeps you fuddling for days.

[@geoserenity]

Green Is Not A Creative Colour by blu tac, do you mean phone? i’d agree with you then

[@jacklester2150]

I love the generic hater voice for when he impersonates the comment section, it's pretty funny

[@jetfowl]

Back in my day, we used to walk to school... uphill, both ways... in the snow all the time! And we didn't *HAVE* shoes to wear, either, you young punks!!! And *OUR* schoolbooks were made of *STONE*, I tells ya! We didn't have that newfangled stuff called paper! And we were *HAPPY* to have our books made of stone. Listen up, you young whipper-snappers! Now where was I? Oh yeah! And we didn't have any food to eat, either! We were happy just to get a whiff of someone else's food, yes we were. You young punks are *SPOILED* with your real food and your shoes and your *PAPER* books!!! Grumble grumble mumble mumble... zzzzzz... snonk, what?!? Who are you? You young whipper-snapper! You stole my pudding! I love my pudding.

[@judychaz]

Best comment, EVER!

[@xoxolalalalala]

keep talking like that grandpa and we'll have to send you to a home

[@taidgheshea9625]

School? Bloody LUXURY! back in my day we didn't have school, we got up before we went to bed and worked 37 hours a day down the Gin mines! grinding away at the bare rock with our gums! we didn't have any of these fancy new teeth! you younguns don't know whats good for you!

[@BunniMonster]

Gums??? Bed??? We could only DREAM of squishy cushions like beds and gums! We'd wake up after a minute's sleep on a spike and straight down t'pit.. With no breakfast, mind. We had to bang our bare face bones against t'coalface and once we could take no more, we sat in a fire for our supper of animal shite and razor blades and by god we were happy! You've never had it so good!

[@buba4267]

jetfowl back in my day, we didn't use our hands for anything other than pleasuring our women and eating. You young whipper sna... * SNORRRRREEE*

[@andrewkovnat]

Lawyer Morty is still waiting to this day, for someone who is willing to see his Pog collection.

[@studefishernikal]

Andrew Kovnat didn't he die?

[@u1f98a]

Andrew Kovnat I prefer playing with Plumbuses.

[@andrewkovnat]

theLMGN You dirty dirty gromflomite you.

[@maniraptavia4008]

I've gotta ask why companies like Nintendo, Microsoft, Sega, and Sony haven't brought out their own versions of fidget cubes using the actual analogue sticks/D-pads/shoulder buttons...etc. of their consoles and control pads. Imagine a fidget cube with a 3DS circle pad, circle pad pro, shoulder buttons, D-pad...etc. on it. You could even give some of them HD rumble or something.

[@maniraptavia4008]

Exactly! Imagine being able to click that about wherever and whenever!

[@stigrabbid589]

That is actually a pretty good idea. Especially if they have some weird controller functionality, like an Xbox Fidget Cube that can be used as a weird, difficult to use controller.

[@maniraptavia4008]

Yeah, that'd certainly be interesting! Haha

[@AirKingX]

I don't think I can imagine a concept that is so mind blowing. You're throwing out some ancient mumbo jumbo here, bro. A cube with buttons on it? how am I supposed to visualize something so unheard of?!

[@maniraptavia4008]

Hahah! XD You have a point! Still would be cool tho...

[@BriWhoSaysNi]

The cheap fidget cube instructions were wrong because they were literally lifted directly from the original kickstarter. lol

[@ILikeToLaughAtYou]

Actually Ashens, I need that chewy clappers thing to be a running joke.

[@NeatNit]

Ridog_ Absolutely not!

[@GrapeDrank001]

"well bad news boys, were all going to die" left a like just for that one 😂

[@kabobawsome]

shlibber No, actually, metals and plastic will last far longer than any of us. After the death of humanity, there will be more fidget spinners than people.

[@nephco]

I came here for Chewbacca's Clackers.

[@veso5554]

You've summoned Jim Sterling.

[@CyfilmsProductions]

ThunderGuardian *Jim fucking sterling son

[@Athawolfus]

ThunderGuardian Bit dangerous to badmouth pogs when Jim Sterling is prowling KZbin

[@a.j8307]

*Boglin Boy

[@Anthonyelmio2]

my generation was marbles, Pokemon cards/games, Yu-Gi-Oh, Tamagotchis, Hot wheels, rubber bands, yo-yos​, Gameboys, COD and etc. All of them mostly die right away or they last awhile, mostly because the schools ban them or they stop being​ cool after everyone has them

[@magikbullet5570]

MahaerHD It is for middle aged autistic men

[@Teddy_Bear312]

Eripa Sudarshini Still have my Tamagotchi laying on my desk in my room. Battery hasnt dies yet after 3-4 years

[@Marco-wp9kw]

cod? you'd bring fish to the playground? lmao

[@LouiesLog]

Marcos Vazquez It's strange I never found anyone playing with their COD yet they were always talking about them. I brought my COD into school and got laughed at. I must have been late to the craze.

[@Fabrysiheder]

Eripa Sudarshini omg i had so many marbles leftover xD we played that furiously back in secondary school

[@DGneoseeker1]

Currently wondering if kids have yet installed razor blades to each of the three sticking out bits on one of these and engaged in playground duels using what are effectively circular saw blades.

[@tovvie3089]

DGneoseeker1 Kids have been arrested for it, thank god the fidget spinner craze has stopped.

[@averybottomtext7713]

As someone with ADHD & Aspurgers , fidget toys becoming more mainstream and easily-available have been a godsend for me. I, for one, love the toys. They help be focus on what I'm doing and relieve restless energy. It gives my anxious hands something to do. It gives me something to mess while listening to college lectures or watching TV instead of clicking pens or tapping on my desk or bouncing my leg.

[@averybottomtext7713]

Al Funcoot honestly. I always get weird looks in public for making odd noises or bounce up and down when im excited. Fml.

[@edfreak9001]

Honestly looking at the Fidget Dodecahedron was oddly satisfying.

[@polishenglish8356]

It was a great insight into Ashen's past! :) Nice to see new fads coming into existence and fading as if they were never true :D

[@AMidgetWalrus]

"Physical Memes" thank you for inventing that phrase for these kind of trends

[@Arthanias]

Aha but the appendix has been theorized not to be as rudimentary as we thought! It acts as a sort of safe area for symbiotic bacteria in the case of bowel infections that kill the other bacteria in the intestines, from where once the infection has passed the bacteria can repopulate the bowels. People without an appendix are 30% more likely to suffer another bowel infection, and multiple species across the world have independently evolved, lost, and regained appendices across the ages. I have dispensed my pointless knowledge in response of the most arbitrary part of the video imaginable, my duty as a youtube commenter is complete!

[@krashd]

The appendix is an internal Yakult that can turn to the dark side of the flora?

[@project014]

My appendix burst on Christmas day and I didn't realize untill boxing day , it hurt so much

[@hatsuhimeful]

Stuart, I must say, I've been following your channel for quite some time now even though I keep most comments to myself but today I just cannot refrain... I usually amuse myself to no end with your PoundLand and PoundWorld shenaningans (sorry if I mispelled that) but today, my friend, you really managed to bring me to the tears. Of laughter of course :P That Trim Balls (not an instruction) remark made me laugh for (i kid you not) over 10 minutes non stop. And every time I rewinded the video I would have a laughter attack. Kudos from Brasil to you sir!

[@mobrien98]

Generic hatred of fidget spinners await all who enter this comment section...

[@unlokia]

"Generic"? Maybe you meant *assumed*...

[@Iliek]

So far yours is the only negative comment I've seen.

[@mobrien98]

When the video was new probably 50% of the comments were "FIDGET SPINNER UGGHHASDF"

[@Iliek]

I chalk that up to confirmation bias on your part.

[@Reddles37]

The "holy crystal decompression magic cube" isn't even a cube! 😠

[@gemstonegynoid7475]

6 dimensional

[@23Scadu]

I guess they thought "holy crystal decompression magic dodecahedron" would be too unwieldy.

[@Infernal969]

At least the "holy crystal decompression magic" part fits.

[@Tfin]

Except for the "holy." Also not the "crystal" or "magic." But "decompression" might apply.

[@lewkforce]

I'd like to think that's describing the packaging, not the contents. To me, it makes more sense that way.

[@adeladd7638]

At school in the late 60s a few of us had Sekiden guns,plastic pistols which fired clay balls by spring power,we soon found that dried peas worked just as well and were much cheaper. This all developed into a war between us Sekiden slingers and kids with traditional puff powered pea shooters. Soon the school was littered with dried peas and eventually both things were banned on the grounds that stairs covered in peas might be a hazard,health and safety gone mad as we didn't say back then.

[@gamesonvhs5927]

OMG that 12 sided one looks like the invention from Homer Simpson's dream!! : O

[@WakoDoodle]

id pay for panini stickers over the football ones. I'll trade you two bagel stickers for a toasted bacon butty sticker.

[@XplodingTurtle]

Psycho Doodle yes😂

[@JacobGunner]

I lost it when he was opening the instructions going "BAAAAAALLS!"

[@SmeddyTooBestChannel]

*HOLY CRYSTAL DECOMPRESSION MAGIC CUBE*

[@JasmineBrowneyes]

Speaking of obscure stuff, anyone remember those aqua pets? I BARELY remembered it existed until now. I think I had someone from my family had it at one point. I mean at least you could interact with those.

[@TheRealLumpySpirit]

Jasmine Browneyes YES. I had 3 of them, only have the 2 now. One of them is Spongebob. Too bad they're both all dried up now.

[@joe-yj1bw]

Jasmine Browneyes aqua monekys or something

[@azzarox6661]

Those instructions bring me back to OLD, OLD Ashens videos... remember the popstation instruction manuals?

[@natem.3336]

"Right, let's read the instructions- BAAAAALLS"

[@ImMotionless]

At least it's not 3am

[@cybercentipede1685]

MotionlessIn White true...

[@DG_427]

It's 3 am for me. :/

[@bookmuppet]

nah man.. only 2 am here

[@dunkfrbw]

8:18 pm here

[@four_tay8986]

MotionlessIn White on a ouiji board?!?! @penguin0

[@TotallyNotUni]

my favourite thing was my school had a butterfly trainer knife craze for a bit. I still have some of mine and I left that school a long time ago, and it was a christian school too.

[@YuJay]

Is that a Plumbus?

[@Jonseemann]

Yu Jay i've always wondered how those are made!

[@ekmad]

Wouldn't be surprised, we all have one

[@Pup3_]

that's a very unhealthy plumbus, gonna want to get that checked out

[@edselay9632]

Jonseemann First they take the dingle bop and they smooth it out with a bunch of schleem. The schleem is then...repurposed for later batches. They take the dingle bop and they push it through the grumbo, where the fleeb is rubbed against it. It's important that the fleeb is rubbed, because the fleeb has all the fleeb juice. Then, a schlami shows up, and he rubs it...and spits on it. They cut the fleeb. There's several hizzards in the way. The blamfs rub against the chumbles, and the...plubis, and grumbo are shaved away. That leaves you with...a regular old plumbus.

[@WakoDoodle]

Yu Jay that explains a lot actually, rick and morty were nearly 2 years ahead of trends!

[@TheSmegPod]

fucking hell I remember scoobies from about 2006 I had one of those rubber alien pod things I used to bounce it off the ceiling and it got stuck one day and nobody could reach it

[@khalidazhar101]

SmegPod fucking dilemma bro 😮

[@alexpjp9082]

do you remember go go's?

[@Viner_Davis]

Those instructions had me dying 😂

[@checkp0int885]

I saw fidget spinners and prepared to write a hate comment. Then I realized it was Ashens, Ashens can make anything acceptable

[@MiningChaos]

Except FunkoPop. Fuck those big headed bastards

[@Unholybeef]

1000 degree hot knife vs Ashens' blow torch.

[@Tradanbattlan]

Find better things to hate.

[@H.EL-Othemany]

kiss ass

[@thearmyofiron]

tru

[@markplott4820]

ball in a cup is great, because if you miss , its ok, because the ball is attached to a string, LOL

[@LackadaisicalWizard]

Mark Plott haha

[@dariangossman]

I used to watch this channel 4 years ago, forgot it existed. Glad to see its still alive.

[@MisanthropicDolphin]

Scoobies were just a lengthy piece of plastic that your would thread or plait together. It wasn't a craze that lasted long, unsurprisingly.

[@krock90]

Damn, i 'member the coca cola yo-yo's

[@paulnash9851]

Indeed, I still have both the Fanta + the 7UP versions in a drawer somewhere. They actually weren't bad yo-yo's considering the cheapness of production...

[@beware_the_moose]

I had a gold one!!! :) you had to win it then go queue up in random towns..I don't remember much more as I was about 9...

[@koenvandamme6901]

"A little body, to satisfy your all hand addictions" sounds like something you'd find on the sign of an illegal Taiwanese brothel.

[@wuggldy]

UHHHH, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE DOIN' FIDGETSP-UHAUAHHHCH **dies of heart-attack caused by sheer hatred and fear**

[@bartman5693]

Pogs were the shit when I was a kid. I still have my old collection in a big plastic jar but I'm afraid to open it because I used to put bugs in that same jar, so now I'm afraid there's some germs in there that'll kill me when I open it.

[@nemueru]

Pog

[@_sliver]

You don't know till you open it

[@chrismiracle]

The playground craze I remember from school was something I only remember as calling Clackers which similar to an oldschool football rattle but they had plastic balls at the end which would strike each other in the manner of a Newton's cradle. They were quickly banned because so many kids ended up with RSI in their wrists.

[@dator36]

UHHH I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU FIDGET UHGHUGGHUHHGGHUUU

[@strangepoyo1201]

don't you mean Fidget Spinner™ buy yours at the following stores now! Tesco. Seven11 ToysRus Argos (insert every shop ever) it comes with a free Chewbacca clackers

[@Unknown-jz4po]

Most of the time new crazes instantly get banned in schools, in my school it got banned 3 days after it became a craze (yet people still have them)

[@Stettafire]

2:27 I remember those. That was a early 2000s thing, I think. I still have a few that I made. They were a bit rubbish, the gel-like tubes would snap at the slightest thing and some really young kids used to chew on them then choke on the plastic. I remember being really young and not being allowed a tamagotchi because my parents said it would die while I was in school Pokemon cards and sticker albums are still a thing, I'm informed by my 8 year old niece.

[@acehardy3629]

I don't think it's a fear of getting older, I got a fidget cube like a year ago because I fidgeted about in bed a lot and found it hard to sleep, so I actually own one, it'd be hard to say I hate them. I dislike that kids feel like they need to have one to fit in and then everyone and their aunt trying to cash in on them quick before they go out of style. Like right now my suggested feed is filled with utter toss about fidget spinners, every "phone repair shop" that just buys a whole load of shite off aliexpress and tries to flog it is rammed full of them. I don't really know, there's something about nonsense being shoved in your face constantly that makes it annoying. Edit: Yeah my cube is the same as that one, but they decided to do me a favor and actually have one of the silenced buttons be silenced, the downside however was that the other silenced button doesn't work at all.

[@SomeBlokeOrWhatever]

Yeah, I can see that. I mean, ever watch Nostalgia Critic, another Internet Person? If so, you must know of his, now turned into a running joke, hatred of Pokémon. Now, anyone under.... Idk, at this point, 30? Has very likely played pokémon in childhood, and if into videogames, will probably tell you that Pokémon has delivered very consistently good games for the past decades. Of course, Nostalgia Critic is older than that (he was getting into college when Pokémon became a thing), and in his own words "We didn't know what it was about, but we didn't care. All we knew was that it was *everywhere*, and that was *annoying*."

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Shen The Eye of Twilight I saw Fidget cubes at me local Canadian Tire. Didn't but one...

[@a.j8307]

The reason kids feel like that is sometimes they get bullied if they don't have the latest toy/shoes/mcguffin.

[@Christian-wl7gs]

UUUHHH i cant believe youve done fidget spiUUUUUUUOHHHH

[@SomeBlokeOrWhatever]

I rolled my eyes when I saw the title and Ashens holding the spinner, but *whoof*. Most of the video is just him giving us some serious Memento Mori. I love it.

[@rebelbeammasterx8472]

That's one weird video game controller.

[@MrAdequateGamer]

Holy Crystal Decompression Magic Cube Batman!

[@NinjaXavier]

4:07 well that certainly adjusted my negative mood. How right you are Stu ;)

[@littlesnowflakepunk855]

if you think that aint a dodecahedron, you're thinking about an icosahedron

[@onslaughtiscool]

Tetrachromia yeah uhh all i know is a square

[@RealOrbit-Australia]

Tetrachromia that's 20 sides

[@WheezyShotta]

My life is shit, I've been fired from my job and my wife left me. Think I'm gonna kill myself.... *slides block* My life has no flaws.

[@mauriceh7558]

so you dont have to wake up for work , no one nagging your head , sounds wonderfull

[@Pehmokettu]

+EaglesFanboy25 That works only in the areas where weed is legal... It is not very funny to spend the rest of your life in prison or pay ridiculous penalties only because you smoked lots of weed.

[@Ozterkvlt]

pretty sure it was a joke, lol

[@0xffox]

At least you not reviewing figet spinners on internet.

[@kenfumiotoyosaki3254]

+0xffox yup that's the good thing