Rubber band on wrist?

[comradeflynn]

I always see people with rubber bands on their wrist - whats the deal?

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

usually people do that to remind themselves of something.....

I do it sometimes to remind me of something I have to do.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

When I was a kid, my mom used to put a rubber band on my wrist so that I would remember something

 

[tranceport]

Stands for I might need this rubber band later. I'll wear it on my wrist?

 

[MacBaine]

SEX

 

[Anubis]

trying to remember something

trying to look cool

 

[tranceport]

Ahh I put a mark on my hand with a pen to remember something.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: MacBaine
SEX

no, that's jelly bracelets

 

[yukichigai]

My friend went to elementary school with a girl who had some kind of manic disorder, who kept a rubber band on her wrist all day. Sometimes she'd get excited, or giggle, or something and she would just keep doing it. Then she'd snap the rubber band against her skin and she'd stop.

That's probably not why everyone's wearing them though.

 

[comradeflynn]

Originally posted by: yukichigai
My friend went to elementary school with a girl who had some kind of manic disorder, who kept a rubber band on her wrist all day. Sometimes she'd get excited, or giggle, or something and she would just keep doing it. Then she'd snap the rubber band against her skin and she'd stop.

That's probably not why everyone's wearing them though.

conditioning?

 

[Ausm]

People are using it to stop smoking. Everytime they want a cig they snap that rubber band and the cravings go away


Sysadmin

 

[wiredspider]

No place to put it down?

 

[EvilYoda]

Originally posted by: yukichigai
My friend went to elementary school with a girl who had some kind of manic disorder, who kept a rubber band on her wrist all day. Sometimes she'd get excited, or giggle, or something and she would just keep doing it. Then she'd snap the rubber band against her skin and she'd stop.

That's probably not why everyone's wearing them though.

no, no, I think that's it.

For girls, maybe they didn't have a scrunchie (sp?) handy and had to use a RB.

 

[lozina]

Originally posted by: tranceport
Ahh I put a mark on my hand with a pen to remember something.

I write it on my forehead so the next person I talk to will likely remind me

 

[Gurck]

Means they're poor & can't afford a real bracelet, not even silver.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I think it's a gay thing.

 

[TheNinja]

It means that want you to go pull it back and snap it really hard. Go try it, they'll thank you....trust me on this one.

 

[PHiuR]

sex offenders snap the rubberbands on their arms when they get desires to do stuff thats not right...im serious.

 

[TheAudit]

Ammo.

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: PHiuR
sex offenders snap the rubberbands on their arms when they get desires to do stuff thats not right...im serious.

Gathering from what's been posted I think it may be a generic form of compulsion-avoidance conditioning.

 

[vshah]

I'M THE RUBBER BAND MAN, BABY!!!


from a song...

-Vivan

 

[ghostman]

Was it yellow?

http://www.nike.com/wearyellow/index_f.html

 

[Chunkee]

its to help celebrate National Cut of your Blood Circulation Day

 

[thirtythree]

people sometimes wear them when they're trying to quit self-injuring.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
I think it's a gay thing.

So to combine the two...Some people use it as a reminder to pick up some sausage from the market?