Wow! Slash is not even close to the league Jimmy Page is in, and Jimmy Page is kinda overated as a guitarist.
Slash is most definitely the superior guitarist. Jimmy Page is totally overrated, except for his acoustic work.
The new annoying thing I find is kids getting right up in my face. We’re not talking a “respectable distance” but rather 3 inches from my nose. And I am not a big dude either. What is going on? I’m only like 5-foot 6 inches, but there’s 6th graders bigger than me getting all “up and in my face”. Also, keep in mind I’m also wearing inline skates so we’re adding maybe an extra 2-3 inches to my height as a result. Many of these “confrontational kids” are STILL taller than me! I just “stand my ground” but shoot them back a look that “they’ve already lost, but they are free to exercise better judgement”.
I’m now being TOLD on a daily basis to “give me this, give me that” and it’s getting old fast. On top of that, some of the parents are acting this way too. It’s geting worse since I’ve clipped a Kendama to my YYE 5-pocket bag for my daily treks back and forth between home and school. I can see where the kids get it from. In this area at least, kendama is everywhere and there’s a nearby place I work with that sells kendamas so much they are honestly having problems keeping them in stock. Yoyo isn’t so accessible, but that same place will soon carry yoyos. In the meantime, the local TRU has a poor selection and Learning Express is 30 miles away. Another store is closer but the yoyos are in a forgotten corner in the back and the selection is a bit dated.
So, starting this week, I’m having to give up my only time for yoyo so as to aggravate the heck out of the people who are annoying me. I’ll try to clear up time in other parts of my schedule to yoyo. Can’t show because there is nothing to show. Can’t give anything because there is nothing to be given. I’m sure I’ll catch fall-out for taking away that which they were hoping would be in place to enable their “demands”.
The week after I’ll go back to “my way”.
Yes. Sometimes I’ll be in the middle of a trick and someone will grab the yoyo and tie a knot. Ugh.
Ok so i have a new one. I was at target today on my way to pick my sister up from a party so my mom didnt have to and i had my dm2 on a holster and kid about 7-9 run up and ask if it was a yoyo I told him yes and he ran away. A few minutes later on my way out he chased me yelling “that kid stole my yoyo!”. I got held there till the manager found his dad which took about 20 minutes, the kid then lied to his dad that he had a yoyo and that i stole it. I tried to convince the dad that it was mine by doing tricks, the kid then yelled “youre doing it wrong, its my yoyo ill show you how to use it” he yanked it from my hand smashed it on the ground and said “seeeee, this is called walk the dog, this is how you yoyo stupid” and picked it up and put it in his pocket. I had to show his dad the electronic recite (always take a screen pic of them) before i finally got my yoyo back, after he told me i was stupid for spending that much money on a yoyo. Now i live in Maine, for those of you who don’t know its sort of like Vermont but its bigger and has more people then cows, my point is i have never had anything like that happen in my life ever. I kinda get what studio42 is saying about kids and their parents, i mean i had to convince this kids dad that it was my yoyo before i got it back.
I am disappointed.
That’s just beyond outrageous. I don’t understand how any child can think it’s okay to do that, or parent to believe the kid. That’s plain not right…
Things like this are why I’m glad that I happen to be a well-spoken, physically imposing (albeit kind of short) person. Little kids are always afraid of me, so I never have to worry about anything like this. But I do have one story.
I was yo-yoing outside of my local library (that’s right, contrary to popular belief, libraries are still a thing) a few weeks ago, and the YA manager came up to me and immediately begged me to do a DIY thingy-bulingy for the library. It’s nice that someone recognizes that throwing is not “some stupid time-waster” and “a money pit to nowhere,” but a skill that is worth learning
Its how our society is today. Kids are raised pampered, so they think everything is theirs or at least should be theirs and if its not theirs they take it.
I am well spoken and i am 6’2" so physical stature isnt a problem. It was just this kids dad was so pig headed, it was like he believed his kid couldnt lie to him.
Yeah I totally agree, Kids get an iphone and a facebook by the time they are like 2 years old. Plus they have a negative vibe and a care free attitude. But some will realize they're mistakes. Like jeff Bliss who realized how education was important after dropping out of high school for a year (Hes the guy who ranted about the teacher). I believe kids can learn something from Jeff. He cares. Kids just need to care again. . .
While I’m not surprised by the dad’s behavior, I am disappointed by it. But it was probably his first kid, and who wants to hear that their kid’s a liar? The first child is always the least disciplined, if only because the parents are inexperienced
Kids do seem to be a bit more self-important these days and I largely blame the parents. I’ve heard the way some teenagers speak to their parents over the phone and I would never dream of talking to mine like that unless I desperately wanted to spend a night sleeping out on the front lawn.
Anyway, back on topic, one of my favourite things that my non-thrower friends tell me is “that cost you HOW much?!”. They get that I’m hooked on yoyos and don’t give me grief for it but they’re constantly surprised at how expensive yoyos can get.
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Been there. Lots of kids and parents are surprised about the costs. What I do explain is that despite how expensive the yoyos are that I tend to prefer, I let them know there are some fantastic yoyos under $20. I also take time to explain that lots of people, including professionals, are competing and working using plastic yoyos, including metal and plastic yoyos.
I also have to explain responsive vs unresponsive play. That takes a bit to explain to parents, mostly since they, like me, only understood “tug return”/responsive play.
I also explain that costs are one thing, but that preferences are important. I just say that unless you’re actively enjoying this activity, it’s really had to explain why yoyos are different. I will talk about that there are different diameters, widths, general shapes and where the weight is located. I talk about my preferences, but also how I enjoy variety. For those who haven’t glazed over yet, I talk about options such as stacked yoyos, side-effects, different bearing sizes and bearing shapes.
But in the end, I tell them to not go nuts supporting their kids wanting to get into this. I make some recommendations back int eh under $20 range for the most part.
I’m interested to see how this week’s “no skill toy” experiment will work out.
The nerve of some kids. I mean I’m 14, but I am not like the other kinds: my parents took the proper time to raise me up correctly and teach me that some people have things that you don’t have and you just have to accept that.
When people who’ve known me for years ask “do you still do that yoyo thing?” No. I just quit. That’s how life works…
Well, in all fairness, life CAN work like that. Not everybody sticks to every hobby for eternity. They probably don’t know the depth of your passion for it. 
As passionate as I’ve been about music production, I haven’t recorded properly in a few years now.
You never know. I mean i ended up yo-yoing cuz i spent 2 months in a hospital recovering from a screw up in surgery. So to quote the guy in the van, “life works in mysterious ways maaan”.
I got this one guy at my job who yells like a circus carney to the people walking down the street wile I’m throwing . come one come all see the death defining feets of the yoyo . lol He’s just having fun but it’s starting to get Annoying .
Tell him to please stop