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RFK Jr. Wants Every American to Be Sporting a Wearable Within Four Years (gizmodo.com)
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[–] 25 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I chose to stop wearing a watch more than 20 years ago. I thought about getting one for the health benefits five years ago, but concluded that I don't want to have a watch nor cover an awesome tattoo. As a friend once wrote, "wearing a watch is like being handcuffed to time."

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    As a friend once wrote, “wearing a watch is like being handcuffed to time.”

    This is pretty out-of-touch. I mean, a lot of us kinda need to know the time at some point. It takes a special kind of privilege to be able to unshackle yourself from any semblance of a schedule, a privilege that not many of us have.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I have a decent sense of time and an abundance of options to verify it

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I have a decent sense of time

    I don't lol. I mean can check outside, even out in the middle of nowhere, and have a rough idea; but I like knowing it because that's just how my brain works.

    and an abundance of options to verify it

    Sure. Phone, computer, microwave, oven, TV, wall clock, city clock tower, someone else's watch, etc. But again, I like having it right on my wrist. I've worn watches by my own choice since I was a kid, and now I've got a small collection.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    “wearing a watch is like being handcuffed to time.”

    That's perfect! I'm stealing this. I HATE, despise, loath in every respect clocks, watches, calendars and any other form of scheduling oppression. Go pound sand - I'll show up when I show up.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Do you have children or elderly parents to care for?

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Do you take your phone everywhere? Does it have a clock you use on it?

    So, guess the only difference is that one has an armband and the other you stare at for a lot longer?

    If you do not have a phone either, then hats off to you.

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