Oddbean new post about login | logout @01d883e5 I know nothing about yoyos except for my childhood yoyo toy which looked very different, but I am curious: are yoyos actually small diabolos?
@e3c6d923 there are many similarities between the two! It's mostly a playstyle difference (size, whether the string is attached, number of yoyo's used simultaneously, optional counterweights). Here's some more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-yo#Modern_yo-yo (read the part on "techniques", 1A through 5A, especially.