- Yeah, light it on fire. That'll make it safer.
- There we go.
♪ (industrial music) ♪
- (FBE) Okay. So for this episode,
we've got something to show you.
- Oh my gosh. What is it, guys?
- All right.
- I have no idea what this is.
- What is this?
Wow.
It just keeps going.
- It looks very futuristic. Is it part of a drone?
- A spinner! Yes!
- Oh my gosh! My friend just bought one of these!
- My kids have these.
This is so fanta-- I love this stuff.
- Every day of my life right now as a teacher,
the kids have got these things.
Trying to teach and trying to keep their attention,
and they're doing that the whole time.
- (FBE) So this is called a fidget spinner.
- Okay, I still don't know what it is.
- (enthused) You use this when you're a fidgeter,
like in your classroom?
- It has been one of the most popular toys for kids,
and it is the most popular things
for people to make videos on YouTube.
- You make videos out of this? That's great.
Well, we're doing that right now, aren't we?
- (FBE) So now we're gonna show--
- Continue.
- (FBE) We're gonna show you some videos
highlighting all of the different and creative things
that people are doing with these. - All right.
- (FBE) You'll get it back. - Okay. You promise?
- (FBE) Promise. - All right.
- The wood fidget spinner.
...fidget spinner.. - Ooh, there's wood?
- (man) The Lamborghini of fidget spinners.
L.E.D. fidget...
- (amused) The Lamborghini of fidget spinners.
- (man) L.E.D. fidget spinner! - Okay.
- Oh wow. That is amazing.
- (man) Oh yeah! Check out all these... - Oh my gosh.
- How many fidget spinners do they have?
- (man) Whoa!
- And they make a whole show about this?
- (man) Look how small this thing is!
- (man) Whoa! Okay. It's silent too.
It's super quiet. - Quiet is good.
- (man) That's the perfect one to have in class.
- Wait. I'm very confused right now.
I understand that they spin, but what do they do?
- (FBE) That's it. - They just spin?
- It's like one of those things where you're like,
"Why is this a thing?"
And you're like, "I'm so glad it's a thing."
- I could really use one for my husband.
My husband's a leg shaker.
If he had a fidget spinner, he wouldn't do that.
This could save my marriage. (laughs)
- I just wanted to show you something,
um, that you can do with a fidget spinner.
If you have a pen,
just stick it... - Stick the pen through there.
That's what's going on in my classroom right now.
- (boy) If I were to flick it, it would fall down.
But if I were to spin it...
- (gasps) - (boy) ...if I were to flick it...
- Whoa!!! That's so cool!
- And that is what you call a top, ladies and gentlemen!
- Life hack videos right there.
- (boy) And let go. Nothing happens, right?
But if you were to spin this really fast...
- You're like Bill Nye the Science Guy.
- Oh cool. He's put some thought into this.
- (boy) ...30 seconds, it will actually straighten up.
- Physics. Science, bitch.
- Yeah! Laws of physics, people.
- Ohh. - (boy) And as you can see,
it's now straightening up.
- I like it. Some physics involved there.
- That's science. Kids are learning.
That's cool. That's an experiment.
I'm all about these fidget spinners now.
♪ (cheerful house music) ♪
- "Why have a spinner and just mindlessly spin it
where there's so much more you can do with it!"
- "You can do some pretty amazing tricks with them."
Like what?
- "The Change-up." Ohh.
- He's talented.
- Oh, you can do tricks with it.
- (amused) "Reverse Sonic." (chuckles)
- Oh yes.
- So it's like the yo-yo,
where you can do different tricks with it.
- That's pretty hard actually. I don't think I can do that.
- I want to know how he was coming up with these names.
- Whoa!
- (gasps) I wanted to see more.
That was actually really cool.
- I got to get one.
- These are great stocking stuffers.
I need to remember that for Christmas.
- (man) All right, guys. Here's a, like I said, fidget spinner.
This spins really fast.
If you get an air compressor,
then you can make it move... - Oh my gosh.
- (man) These things are dangerous without adding blades.
And then once we add blades and eventually knives...
- They're adding blades and knives? Okay, this took a turn.
- (man) Right here is the air compressed.
- Is he gonna break something with it?
(spinner whining)
- It's gonna take off.
- That's crazy that you get it going that fast.
- (man) Right here, my fidget spinner.
Right here's a bottle of Coke.
I'm gonna try to open that bottle of Coke with my...
- This is a bad idea and wildly overexposed.
(air hisses)
(spinner clinks) (laughs and cheers)
- (laughing)
(spinner clinks) (laughs and cheers)
- Whoa, I thought that thing was gonna break.
- My kids obviously have not seen any of these videos,
'cause they've not done that.
- (man) Here's one of the ones with a single...
- That's dangerous.
- (man) Do not try this at home. - This is a bad idea!
- No way, man. I'd cut myself with that.
- Don't do that.
(loud whooping in video)
- That's just so dumb.
- I hope they don't sell those things for kids.
- Yeah, light it on fire. That'll make it safer.
- (chuckles) Oh my god.
- Something bad's gonna happen.
- That's so cool.
- I am an amateur. I had no idea you could do this.
- Oh my gosh. Do not try this at home.
- It's pretty cool. Don't try this at home,
but that's pretty cool.
- (man) ...the most dangerous fidget spinner.
- Whoa, that was cool. That was cool.
Wow, people are so creative, man. That's crazy.
- That was about the dumbest thing ever.
I'm sure people are trying it as we speak right now.
- I've been wanting to do fidget spinner videos for, like,
the past two weeks.
So we're making Dylan spin it in his hands.
2,000 miles an hour. Boom!
- (Dylan) Well, I'm wearing a glove. I need a glove.
- He's a smart kid.
(air hissing) - (Dylan) I'm so scared.
(shrieks) - (chuckles)
- (boy) Did that fly out of your finger?
Did that rip the glove?
- (Dylan) It ripped the glove. - (gasps deeply)
- (boy) Did that rip the freaking glove?
- (Dylan) And it didn't even break.
- Imagine if that was his skin.
- This is gonna end bad.
- It's all fun and games until somebody's eye is taken out.
- (boy) No, keep going! - (Dylan) No, it's [muted] scary!
- Keep going!
- (Dylan) ...scary! - (boy) Keep going!
- No. No, don't keep going. Please, no.
- He's gonna get burnt.
- Oh my god.
- Oh!
- How many people have been in the emergency room
with these things already?
- (boy) Yes! - They broke it?
- (boy) Yeah! - Jeez! Those things are dangerous.
I still want 'em though.
- I love it. I think it's fun.
And I think there's still a lot more to go.
- They're great. I'm really surprised
my kids have not asked me for one of these yet.
Or ordered one on my Amazon account without telling me. (laughs)
- (FBE) Okay, so we don't have the heavy gear unfortunately.
But are you ready to play with more fidget spinners,
see what all the hype is about? - Yeah.
- (chuckles)
- Oooooh.
- You ready for the change-up?
Oh.
- Aah. (chuckles)
- Oh. (cracks up)
- I'm gonna try...
Oh shit.
No. Whoa, this is hard.
- (whimpers)
Ah, there we go. (chuckles)
- I've never had so much fun in my life.
- I'm gonna be so mad at this.
- (chuckles)
- I'm not very good at this.
- Whaaat? Ha-ha!
- There we go.
- I got this.
I don't got-- I don't have-- okay.
No!
- I wonder if you could...
There we go. (chuckles)
Come here.
Oh, I like it. Cool.
(chuckles) - (FBE) It's still going.
Aw. - (chuckles)
- (FBE) So a lot of these videos made on YouTube
with the fidget spinners are pretty over the top,
with people spinning them at intensely high speeds
or lighting them on fire to the point
where many people online are worried about
kids emulating this and getting hurt.
Do you think that it's okay for all these videos to be made
showing the toy being used in this way or no?
- Absolutely not. I think it should be banned.
That's a dangerous, dangerous, dangerous thing.
- It is dangerous if you're a kid
and you're almost cutting your finger.
Like, I would be worried.
- I think it's fine.
I think just for people having fun with it, it's okay.
- I don't believe in censorship,
so I think that people should be able to make videos, of course.
And I think it's a good opportunity to teach people common sense.
I mean, you can find videos on anything,
much more dangerous things than a spinner.
- I'm very liberal with my kids about what they can watch.
So I mean, there's so much more stuff
that I would be concerned of, not that.
- I'm on the fence.
Because the toy's geared towards such a young audience,
it does lend itself to be like, "Okay. Well, they did that."
If they have an air compressor,
they're probably gonna try to rip that kid's glove,
and then, like, shattered. It broke the toy.
- I'm so conflicted about that.
As an independent person, I feel like,
you do what makes you happy,
as long as it doesn't hurt anybody else.
However, I'm also a mother. And I have two boys at home,
one of whom I caught lighting steel wool on fire with a battery.
So I could definitely see my son
doing something dangerous and stupid.
But at the same time, the young person who still lives inside me
thinks, "That's awesome! Look at the fire!"
Like, who doesn't love that?
- (FBE) So finally, do you think that these
are going to be a lasting toy? Or is it just a fad?
- I think it'll be a fad.
- It's just a fad. Everything comes and goes.
- It's just a fad. I think it's this generation's Beyblade.
- I think it's just a fad.
It'll be like one of those things where you see online
where it's like, "Hey, '90s kids." And they show them one thing.
So it'll be like, "Hey, 2000s kids."
- Maybe they'll fade out.
Of course, it is a little bit of a fad now.
But I think in some way, they'll stick around,
and they'll make another resurgence.
I know from psychology, some people actually learn better
by moving their body and doing something.
So I definitely think it could be a therapeutic tool.
- They're actually useful for people who have ADHD and ADD.
It probably helps with anxiety too, I'm guessing.
'Cause I used to get anxiety a lot when I'd go to places
and people would all just stare at me 'cause I'm a little tall.
And that'd been nice to have.
I'd've just been like, "Just gonna stare at my spinner."
- Every toy in the universe is just a fad, you know?
If you go from the Cabbage Patch Kid to the Beanie Baby
to the Tickle Me Elmo.
It'll fizzle out just like anything else.
But I do think it's brilliant,
and I do think it serves a really good purpose
for a lot of people who need something like that.
- Thanks for watching this episode of Adults React.
- Let us know in the comments
what viral trends we should react to next.
- Oh. Bye.
- Hey, guys. It's Ethan here from FBE.
Thank you so much for watching this episode of Adults React.
All right, let's see if I got the skills to do it.
Agh. (spinner clatters)
It's too hard. It's just too hard. It's too hard.