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All of us had these right? Or was it just the mood-ring-astrology girls (me lol)?

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All of us had these right? Or was it just the mood-ring-astrology girls (me lol)?

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HuckleberryLogical63@reddit

I literally just threw mine away like 2 weeks ago, I'd had them for probably 30 years, moved with me at least a half dozen times, and I doubt I used them for more than an hour in all that time lol. Was cleaning my game room and they've been sitting next to my PC for years, had to ask myself why I still had them, couldn't come up with a good answer so into the trash they went.
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Immorpher@reddit

I got a couple of those! I never bought them but my friends from asia liked giving them to me.
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Zeqhanis@reddit

I still have mine. I haven't used these in probably a decade. I really should.
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Sharpshooter188@reddit

Holy crap. I had the same exact pair of these
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Zeqhanis@reddit

To grossly misquote Quint in Jaws, "Okay, so we drink to our balls."
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megamanx4321@reddit

No. We were poor.
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Morning-Few@reddit

Yes! These exact ones in this exact box too! Got them in Montreal chinatown in 1995
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Pale_Row1166@reddit

Also got these in a Chinatown. There was a rumor that there was some weird sexual uses for them and upon googling, that seems to be true. They can also be used as kegel balls for pelvic floor training. ![gif](giphy|83QtfwKWdmSEo)
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HotTubSexVirgin22@reddit

It’s easy to confuse Boa-ding balls (pictured) and Ben Wah balls. They are different. (Although I’m confident they’ve have been used interchangeably.)
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_ism_@reddit

my schoolmates were convinced they're the same, and these are for sound effects when you walk with them inserted (said one girl, i believed her)
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plantverdant@reddit

That's not true? Michelle told me that in seventh grade and I have never questioned her wisdom.
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_ism_@reddit

what? i'm referring to ancient events here, i am not claiming i still believe her lol
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Punkpallas@reddit

This discussion makes me think of a scene in this kinda obscure early aughts rom com called "100 Girls." Cheesy but funny and the Ben Wah ball scenes are so silly.
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Primary-Strawberry-5@reddit

Doesn’t work so well for cishet men for that purpose
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MockeryAndDisdain@reddit

No clue why you're getting downvoted. You're absolutely correct. If a dude could sound with ben wa balls, he doesn't have a cock, he has a wind sock.
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Primary-Strawberry-5@reddit

I was merely joking about using them for pelvic floor exercises. And I don’t really care if I get downvotes
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Morning-Few@reddit

hah well i was 11 then, so neither of those uses would have been for me. I did play guitar however and they were great for building strength and dexterity!
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brakeb@reddit

How are you playing your guitar?
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MockeryAndDisdain@reddit

>and they were great for building strength and dexterity! Yep! I was into card manipulation when I was younger. I used them for the same reasons as you
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BookerV79@reddit

Ha! I have these in this exact box from Chinatown in manhattan in the late 90s
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animus218@reddit

Bet my parents still have them
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Murphy_Dropkick410@reddit

![gif](giphy|xXDu7guOzpGzS)
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Top-Pudding-4139@reddit

😍 Jareth, something of both nightmares and fantasies for a young girl in the 80s! 😂
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Burner62391@reddit

Not just girls, lol
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Murphy_Dropkick410@reddit

Hell even *I* lost my virginity to that codpiece on screen😅
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Top-Pudding-4139@reddit

😂🤩
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dogtor_howl@reddit

Exactly.
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JPhrog@reddit

https://i.redd.it/munwqi551esg1.gif
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Usual-Asparagus-1299@reddit

My first thought too
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taleofbenji@reddit

EXACTLY 
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GhulOfKrakow@reddit

The first thing I thought of.
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QuashEm@reddit

The inside of the box mine sit in says, "If I had two, I would be king"
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xosmri@reddit

I sooooo wanted these!
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mikeumm@reddit

They weren't originally for the hand
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graveybrains@reddit

![gif](giphy|cnlrYuoaoHbQBdqMem)
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mikeumm@reddit

Literally looked it up to make sure I wasn't misremembering before commenting
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graveybrains@reddit

What's in the picture: [Baoding Balls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baoding_balls) What you looked up: [Ben Wa balls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wa_balls)
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hamburgler26@reddit

lol Riker'd
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graveybrains@reddit

![gif](giphy|hKO8eHNi2OwX3PBUm6)
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hamburgler26@reddit

Even on Beyond Belief, I choose to believe he's still addressing us as Riker in disguise.
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graveybrains@reddit

![gif](giphy|R0TrhAtNeUC0E)
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mikeumm@reddit

I have never seen them not labeled and sold as Ben was balls.
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tubagoat@reddit

Sir, sir, this is a Hot Topic
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Decent-Ad-5110@reddit

I love these and my husband recently bought some yin-yang enameled ones at the flea market. The original fidget toy!
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plantverdant@reddit

Um, no. Mine came in a green brocade box, they're totally different.
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Waste-Reflection-235@reddit

Still have mine.
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Both-Leading3407@reddit

They are called Ben Wa Balls. I have been told they were the early version of Kegel exercises. But maybe they were the Retro fidget spinner.
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TheSean_aka__Rh1no@reddit

Are you in my house right now? Legit, got the same fabric cover on the box and all
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patient_brilliance@reddit

Still got mine (with yingyangs, obvs)
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The_Goondocks@reddit

Same. Mine are on the shelf to my right lol. Box is falling apart though
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prettyminotaur@reddit

Same. Box is a mess, but the jingly balls are unchanged. My cats got into them a few weeks ago and jingled around the basement.
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sombreropickle@reddit

Same. Bought from a street vendor when I was in middle school.
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panteragstk@reddit

Same
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BSugaHi@reddit

I had these and my parents kept them and packed them when they moved in with us. These are still in their case in my garage, LOL!
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Top-Pudding-4139@reddit

Definitely had them. Also a mood ring astrology girl though 🤭 I forgot all about these! Now I've moved on to singing bowls 😊
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ampersandhill@reddit

Hell yeah I love those. I actually need a new pair. My first fidget toy
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Asleep_Onion@reddit

Always put hased from a store that sell incense and has a glassware section behind a curtain
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DrMcJedi@reddit

“We sell glasswares and ceramics for decorative purposes ONLY, any implication of illegal use will result in your being escorted from the store” - The Management
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Zombifiedmom@reddit

I remember my gramma having those. They were for hand dexterity or something.
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ShutYourDumbUglyFace@reddit

I definitely had these. To go with my yin-yang jewelry.
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Ippus_21@reddit

I never had any, but I knew what they were. My wife had some she got as a gift from some random aunt.
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ClassicLightbulbs@reddit

Yeah I hid my rave mescaline in the compartment under the balls
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TheAnswerUsedToBe42@reddit

The original Jade Egg
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BrattyTwilis@reddit

I remember seeing these sold at the nature store at the mall. Some kids at school had them
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72scott72@reddit

I had the same set and same box. The 90’s fidget toy (along with butterfly knives).
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silversunshinestares@reddit

Ah, the “I visited a city that has a Chinatown” balls.
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Punkpallas@reddit

Shit, I still have mine- but I was also a mood ring-astrology girl.
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minxwink@reddit

Omg yes !!!!!!! My parents had them and they were my favorite thing as a kid. I’ve recently wondered where they disappeared to bc I neeeeeeed them for my fidget collection
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_ism_@reddit

I saw them in shops and liked them but didn't know what they were "for" as the shops didn't really include instructional placards LOL. I remember them coming up in conversation in middle or junior high school and it was decided that they were sex toys, meant for insertion, so that you chime when you walk. I didn't want any after that.
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NoBoss8479@reddit

I got some with dragons on them in San Francisco Chinatown when I was a kid 😄 I thought there were so cool and kept them into my late teens at least.
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Designer-Bid-3155@reddit

Ben wa balls.... 👀👀👀
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Basic-Biscotti-2375@reddit

![gif](giphy|2Te6t1Q7DAKuk)
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butterednoodlelovers@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/938cjf42rcsg1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0811059da36bce2e9261fda4cbce630e012e9fed
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Sleep_Champion@reddit

I dated a guy my freshman year of high school that thought he was super cool when he was spinning his balls. Ugh.🤣
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BusyArachnid8039@reddit

I have a set on my dresser lol
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Pheeline@reddit

I think I still have mine in a box somewhere in our spare room...
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MarkDavid04@reddit

Chinese Baoding balls (therapeutic). The fidget spinner from 1000 years ago!
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Specialist-Leek8645@reddit

Think I have the same set in a bin. So much junk we accumulated! No I'm not getting rid of them. ;] I think i read they are based on Chinese walnuts ppl would tumble? I forget the details.
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Separate-Relative-83@reddit

I just found some in a tote of stuff in my garage haha
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Dancinfool830@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/k3p5xi5qhesg1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b6154dadd227930d9063c51e3add8b2b6051d7c Had?
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statistacktic@reddit

An early fidget spinner.
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Set_the_Mighty@reddit

I still have my balls. I even play with them sometimes. I got them at a flea market in the 90's.
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ThisIsADaydream@reddit

I feel so relaxed now...🙃
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Spartan04@reddit

I still have mine. Picked them up years ago at a store that showed up in the mall (and didn’t last very long) selling all kinds of Asian looking things (I say that because I highly doubt any of it was authentic).
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FancyThought7696@reddit

I immediately thought of Hot Shots
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Nadathug@reddit

These always remind me of Furious Styles from Boyz N The Hood https://i.redd.it/k1j124yczbsg1.gif
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JPhrog@reddit

HAHA, first thing I thought of and posted before seeing your comment further down. I can still hear the dramatic music
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snkiz@reddit

I can spin then in my hand without making a sound, baffles my kids.
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AshDogBucket@reddit

I had them!!
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hahakafka@reddit

Somehow my husband has these too, so I think they spoke to all of us lol.
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katharsister@reddit

I got some as a gift sometime after 2014. Very happy with them.
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xstitchnrye@reddit

Still have them! My partner actually just recently bust them out to help with some tendonitis in their hands. Who knew they'd come in handy all these years later!
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Mike_Honcho_Summer@reddit

Am I the only one who didn't have Ben Wa Balls as a child?!?
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often_awkward@reddit

My dad brought me home a pair of those from a business trip to San Francisco in the early 90s. I still have them sitting on a shelf in my office and I occasionally - you know there's no way I can say this without sounding like a double entender - pull out my healthy balls and give them a twirl.
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Ok_Concentrate4461@reddit

I had them
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Novel-Being167@reddit

![gif](giphy|dtIGTEaGLRvdODtdQe|downsized)
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thewalruscandyman@reddit

I sure did.
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MartyFreeze@reddit

I never knew what the point was. My friend who owned them said you were supposed to move them without them making a sound but they had these chimes inside them that were very lovely. Was he wrong? Was the point to have peaceful chimes as you twirled them in your palm?
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Fun-Preparation-4253@reddit

I had a set. My cousins who lived in Japan sent them to me.
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Careless-Ad-6328@reddit

My dad brought back a set of these when we went to China on a work trip in the late 80s or early 90s. As a kid they absolutely fascinated me. My parents are getting ready to downsize, and last time I was home my dad gave them to me. I absolutely love them still.
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Relevant_Mouse_4860@reddit

Forgot about these, had some, what was the point of them though
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ResurgentClusterfuck@reddit

These are ben-wa balls, used as a female masturbation aid
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lueur-d-espoir@reddit

No. Those are smaller and ANIT for masturbation, they are held inside while going about your day to strengthen your pelvic floor especially after giving birth.
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Relevant_Mouse_4860@reddit

Are we sure?
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Faechylde@reddit

They’re baoding balls, meant for hand strength and dexterity exercises
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Zeqhanis@reddit

Whether or not someone uses that acquired hand strength and dexterity for masturbation is entirely up to them.
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Hannibal__@reddit

![gif](giphy|Ur8g3qgbgd52eVo88J)
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ChaucersDuchess@reddit

Not me, but my mom 😂
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fookewrdit@reddit

I JUST donated a set of these a couple days ago!
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Aggressive-Green4592@reddit

I still have mine.
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Chili-Potatoe@reddit

![gif](giphy|3o7bu6eqFuuAvcg06I|downsized)
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dfibslim@reddit

Boyyyyyy
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ShowerNo4684@reddit

Ngl that gif speaks volumes like we all been there, fr it’s rough out here
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yamahowzer@reddit

r/synthesizercirclejerk is leaking
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TheConsoleGeek@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/v7p1m3bw9dsg1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=37728917bca3ffa8355c1ddab87fe1fc7c28bd22
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TheArtimus@reddit

I saved up all of my tickets at the local arcade (RIP Top Dog) for a set.
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lobsterbandito@reddit

This exact box, too!
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fyrefly_faerie@reddit

Still have mine. I got them at Epcot in the China pavilion.
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drtyhppi@reddit

Still have mine. And I have a small one on a string hanging from my rearview mirror. I bought it when I was 18 and it's hung from the rearview mirror of each car I've owned ever since.
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projectkennedymonkey@reddit

I haven't seen mine in a while... I wonder where they went...
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mlo9109@reddit

My grandmother did and I think one of my aunts has them now. I thought they were cool. My parents found the noise annoying so never had my own. 
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SolarDarkMagician@reddit

Yep! Mine might still be somewhere. Before I moved I kept it right next to my mortar and pestle
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Acceptable_Class_576@reddit

I still have a set
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MrSmokii@reddit

i thought everybody had these
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Wintaru@reddit

Still have them on my desk!
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illprobablyeditthis@reddit

I still do! Lol
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Moxie_Stardust@reddit

They seemed neat, but not enough to spend my limited money on.
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Ph4ntorn@reddit

I found a set for $5 and felt like I got such an amazing deal.
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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

I remember these silly things!
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blue_suavitel@reddit

Hahahah yeah I remember these, I always wondered wtf was so special about them
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Sanguine-Penguin711@reddit

I had a knock off pair from the Dollar Tree. I had know idea what to do with them, but they were cool, so I had to have them.
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S_A_R_K@reddit

I said a wah, wah, wah-wah-wah Wah, wah-wah-wah, wah
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MysticKei@reddit

I still have mine, I saw them a couple years ago when cleaning out a closet...and I'm still clumsy at spinning them.
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Sassifrassically@reddit

I did, I got mine from a street vendor on my Middle school DC trip
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SavingsInformation10@reddit

😂 me too
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Relevant_Leather_476@reddit

Still have mine
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FormidableMistress@reddit

I have a pair of Jade ones without the chime.
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nelmski@reddit

I had a smaller one in a little cage on a necklace, and a tiny wind chime necklace too. Every movement I made sounded like a fairy. They were magical and I wish I still had them!
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SaveusJebus@reddit

Definitely had this. My little box is green. I think mine is in my closet somewhere. Maybe husband's closet.
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Lord_Darlantan@reddit

I still have mine somewhere!! lol
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be_loved_freak@reddit

still have
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echochilde@reddit

The original fidget toy.
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wtfftw1042@reddit

Still have these. Don't know where my mood ring ended up.
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a_solid_6@reddit

Yes! I have a pair that I got at a shop in D.C. Chinatown when I was 14.
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hardwarecheese@reddit

I had these same ones I don't remember where I got them maybe the mall or a toy store.
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leicanthrope@reddit

The poorly written directions are *still* a meme between my wife and I: IRON BALL DIRECTION.
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Ivy7424@reddit

I thought I was so cool because my brother brought a set back from (South) Korea in 1996. Now I realize that that particular present he bought at the airport on his way home.
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Haemwich@reddit

Certainly played with them in the store, never bought any.
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drewbaccaAWD@reddit

Still have a pair.. but I’m also one of those weird new-agey type people.
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AstuteStoat@reddit

I think I got mine from a thrift shop. But yeah, I had them. They were a stimming thing for me. 
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