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avant-gardeSenior Contributor
Are you anything like me and find it so hard to slow your mind down enough to sit still?
From brainteasers, to fidgets, to even jigsaw puzzles, what do you do to slow your mind down and help your deal with anxious situations? And what is your favourite fidget?
There has been some interest in my collection of brain teasers and fidgets and so it was about time we started a thread!
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JynxModerator
@MissGremlin yep certainly do!! I have wondered if it looks too menacing so I have a couple with tassels on the ends to make it seem... fluffier 😂
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MissGremlinSenior Contributor
@Jynx haha fluffier 😂. There's something about chains and fluff together in the same sentence that just makes me giggle 😂.
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JynxModerator
Rather antithetical concepts hey @MissGremlin 🤣
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MissGremlinSenior Contributor
@Jynx very much so but in the best way 😂
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rav3nSenior Contributor
@avant-garde @MissGremlin @Chasingsunsets @NightFury @RebelliousAngel @Former-Member
i finally got nee doh!! bought it with the tickets i collected from arcade games. ITS SO SATISFYING TO SQUISH.
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MissGremlinSenior Contributor
@rav3n ooohhhh, happy squishing hehe 😊.
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ChasingsunsetsSenior Contributor
I love it @rav3n!! I don’t think I knew about the nee doh‘s but I do now haha. I love the colour you choose too!!
awesome that you got it with you tickets from arcade games! A bit off topic- which games do you like? I loveeee the air hockey 😆😀 that’s one of my go tos hahah
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rav3nSenior Contributor
@Chasingsunsets i love the air hockey game too! we kept accidentally scoring goals lol. i don't think i have a favourite yet, i just try as many different ones as i can. but if i had to choose, it would be the connect4 basketball game. have you tried that one before?
i also tried the claw machine and i told my friend "there's no way i'm going to win anything but i just want to try"... i actually ended up getting the toy on the first go 😆
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ChasingsunsetsSenior Contributor
Hahah omg @rav3n well done you are very very skilled to get the toy from the claw!! How good 😆🎉
haha yesss I love the ice hockey! So satisfying scoring goals 🤣 funny when you accidentally score them or knock them in you opponents goals 🤣
oh I am not sure re 4 connect basketball, is it the one you have to keep throwing the balls in the goals? And then the ring moves at some stage etc? Or different haha
sounds like you had a great time!!
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rav3nSenior Contributor
@Chasingsunsets haha thank you! must've been beginners luck because when i tried another later, it was a flop 😆
haha it is! i accidently hit the puck hard that it landed in my own goal post 😂
you know the board game connect4? essentially it's a basketball version like this:
you take turns throwing a real basketballs in and trying to score 4 in a row (but sometimes the ball goes into the wrong column which makes it funnier).
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