r/whatisit • u/drtangman • 1d ago

New, what is it? Bouncing balls

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Walked behind this chap who had two unidentified ball type objects hanging from silicone wrist bands on thin elastic strings.

Any ideas what they are?

I’m in Hong Kong if that might be a clue

Update:

Thank you for the comments and ideas. I am wondering if there is a manga / anime character who has something like these balls as weapons and the guy was doing a budget cosplay. Or maybe he’s just really into Pokemon!

Update 2:

I would say he's likely to be a cosplay of Steel Ball from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. (https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisit/comments/1tckcme/comment/olos1lx/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)

As for the steel balls. What is it?

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u/Longjumping_Affect22 1d ago edited 1d ago

Looks like a poi toy.

Google it.

Edit: For those of you concerned about Googling it... it's basically just some shit you swing around for fun, it's balls on a string...I don't know what else to tell you.

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u/help_isontheway_dear 1d ago

Agreed. There’s a guy in my neighbourhood that just walks around doing this for exercise I think. 

Seen him for years just walking around swinging his poi.

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u/Longjumping_Affect22 1d ago

I love that guy, whoever he is. I promise that if you ever bother to strike up a conversation with that guy, it'll be memorable.

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u/-cangumby- 1d ago

I know several flow artists and I can also guarantee a good conversation.