Men Statistically, there are more men playing the game than women. Tiddlywinks is played mainly at British universities, so it is played by, amongst others, 'intellectuals'. Many, but not all, are scientists. This proves very little. We have a sense of humour, we have many other hobbies, we are definitely social creatures, we do have a life.
Some winkers have an internet presence.
You may want to see what else winkers get up to. In order to flick the things around you'll need some other plastic discs, called squidgers, e.g. cut 4cm diameter circles from a phonecard. The winks FAQ may come in handy too. One short term distraction is to sing one of the winking songs. Every winks club or society seems to have its anthem, and they are all collated on Ben's Traditional Tiddlywinking Songs Page .