What technology do you think is a fad that won’t last?
Fidget spinners... Definitely fidget spinners!
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by:Doug Walton
I don't know... I still have my yo-yo's from 20 years ago.
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by:Brian Matis
@Doug: Yo-yo's are timeless!

Y'know... that really makes me wonder... Why are they timeless? And do their sales trends tend to go up and down? Some very quick research makes me think that they do...
http://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/14/us/in-world-of-space-age-toys-a-return-of-string-and-spool.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/04/the-yo-yo-effect/389868/

(Also, be-forewarned, researching the history of the yo-yo is a dangerously fascinating rabbit-hole...)
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by:Doug Walton
yo-yo sales
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by:Nichole LaRue
Yo-yo's are great stocking stuffers. I bet Christmas sales are #1.
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by:Lucas Bishop
Yo-Yo's are skill based. They'll never go out of style...

But so are fidget spinners. It takes an amazing amount of skill to spin one of those things.
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