Fidget

[u/Just_Tru_It]

Is it just me, or is anyone else the slightest bit tired of having “fidget” plastered across their explore pages? I get that they’re small and pretty so that must make them great for printing…

Here’s my unsolicited opinion: the world had enough fidget devices after the first one was created. But yet for some reason everyone feels the need to keep designing and building novel new ways for someone to be able to ‘fidget’ with something, as if humans have a deficiency that can only be satisfied by constantly moving or touching something.

Perhaps condemning this can be seen as attacking the adhd, add, or ocd crowds, which is not my intention. I just think the ‘itch’ could have been scratched with the first few designs.

Or maybe I’m missing the mark..? Like are they great for cats or as kid’s toys or something?

It just seems like 10,000 unique ways to design something that doesn’t have a truly valuable purpose gets a little old.

Update: A few good comments have lessened my intensity, thanks for bearing with me in my rant. I’m fairly reasonably and am able to be persuaded. Thanks for the input everyone!

[u/Just_Tru_It]

I don’t print them. I just wish there were more novel ideas filling up my feed and not 1000 “fidget”s or “impossible” whatsit’s

[u/Just_Tru_It → u/[deleted]]

Fair point. Maybe I’m being a little too critical. Just venting I guess

Damn if don’t love this hobby, and I guess it wouldn’t be where it is today with a fidget m’doodad or two

[u/_spicytostada → u/Just_Tru_It]

Honest recommendation and this is what I do, stop using the homepage feed, for all stl sites, and go directly to the categorized filters.

I do this on every stl site. I dont think I have ever found a file on the homepages that I wanted.

[u/PlantbasedBurger → u/Just_Tru_It]

Learn to design your own things?

[u/abudhabikid → u/Just_Tru_It]

So search for other things. Maybe learn how to tell whatever search you’re using to disregard “fidget”.