What is going on with a ll these "fidget toys"?

That was "So" three weeks..... Catch up ;p 

Big fad right now for some reason. I'm not particularly interested. 

I don't understand why those silly little things are so popular. Does that officially make me an old hag?

I think they are fun to mess around with...........fidget.  When I was up where my kids live for a few months recently, my grands both had them and I got to where I would play with them too.   Of course, one child has already almost died from one.  Please talk to your kids about not putting them in their mouths.  A little girl did and one of the small black pieces came out and got lodged in her throat or esophagus.  She could have died. 

My daughter has one. I miss when she used to twirl her hair. ;(

not sure what kinds of toys youre talking about