Fidget spinner

Since the beginning of humanity itself, there have been toys, and the toys that explode into popularity for no logical reason. The early 19th century saw the wildly successful Toy Trains, the 1940s the deceptively simple slinky. In recent history you may remember other trendy toys like beyblades, yugioh cards, tamagotchis or minion plushies. But none of these will ever come close to the outright bizarre viral popularity of the Fidget Spinner.

The Fidget Spinner (a throw back to the fidget cube of the year before) was originally designed as a hand held device for children with autism, ADHD, ADD or any number of other things starting with the letter A to play with in their free hand, so they could focus better in class. However, the Internet took one look at this device and decided it had a greater plan for it: Memedom. Since gaining an audience on Facebook and other social media platforms sales for the device have skyrocketed, some people owning dozens of the things. Since it is a small, handheld object that has gone viral in popularity, naturally the trend to stick them in the anus has also gone viral.

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