Comment on RFK Jr. Wants Every American to Be Sporting a Wearable Within Four Years

some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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

  I mean, some of us kinda need that.

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  • Zoomboingding@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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

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    • lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      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. Again, I like having it right where I can find it.

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      • Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        “I’ve worn watches by my own choice since I was a kid”

        Lets hope it remains a choice

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  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It was a note he wrote down for himself while on strong psycadelics. I don’t think that nullifies the observation.

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    • lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Ahh, that makes sense.

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• AntEater@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  “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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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You would have a nervous breakdown in my house. Clocks in every room and 20 watches hanging in my room.

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    • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Stop it Patrick! You’re scaring him!

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  • ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Do you have children or elderly parents to care for?

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• ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s certainly nice to live a life free of responsibility for others, but that’s a massive and selfish privilege.

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• FriendBesto@lemmy.ml ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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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  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I leave my phone somewhere in my home and walk into a different room. Which undoubtedly has a clock. It also doesn’t cover my cool 8-bit video game sprites tattoo.

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