Re: "One of my local box chain stores no longer carries regular…"

In: u/gritty

@namark Young people don't have to pull out and unlock their smartphones: they never put them down. I've always worn a wrist watch -- I can't imagine being without one -- but my kids mock me for how un-cool this is.

🚀 lars_the_bear

Feb 17 · 3 months ago

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🐐 namark · Feb 17 at 13:16:

@lars_the_brear And then the battery dies and they tie themselves to a wall? I imagine back in good ol days some people would hold on to and swing their pocket watches around too, you can make it work, but you gotta have it in you. With the innovation of a wristwatch you can be a hopeless clutz and still pretend to be cool!

If you wanna be cool today though, you gotta have the smartwatch, and do everything with it: gotta open doors, dim lights, start cars, check out, check in, check point, check mate, gesture control your robot dog, summon a megazord, that kind of stuff.

🚀 stack · Feb 17 at 18:04:

Wristwatches broke the 'Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch' symmetry...

And the age of hypnosis

🍀 gritty

One of my local box chain stores no longer carries regular wristwatches. sign of the times.

💬 21 comments · Feb 15 · 3 months ago