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Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by pmoriarty »

FartyMcFarter wrote: post #9
pmoriarty wrote: post #6

I got a Casio watch because it was cheap. People buy cheap watches because they're poor. There are far more poor people than there are rich people, so there'll be far more cheap watch wearers than there are expensive watch wearers. So cheap watches are ubiquitous. Is that really a surprise?

I know several people who are far from poor and wear this watch.

People who are far from poor are a tiny minority and so have no bearing on why this watch is ubiquitous.

There are also exceptions to every rule, so it's no surprise that some rich people wear it too.

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by crispyporkbites »

bbqmaster999 wrote: post #8

These are great! For less than $10 each, I’ve bought a bunch of them and left them scattered around my apartment and various other places so I can always find a watch. If it’s starting to take me too long to find a watch then the watch density must be getting too low, so I order some more.

Have you considered a clock or perhaps wearing your watches

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Post by top_post »

bbqmaster999 wrote: post #8

These are great! For less than $10 each, I’ve bought a bunch of them and left them scattered around my apartment and various other places so I can always find a watch. If it’s starting to take me too long to find a watch then the watch density must be getting too low, so I order some more.

What?

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Post by z3t4 »

I bought a gshock about 16 years ago when going through military training - during the time I had two other watches stop working. The watch has been in some harsh conditions and has taking a beating, its worn down to the point you can no longer read the text captions, but you can still read the time perfectly, all functionality works, even the light, and its still on the original battery.

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by ssalazar »

pmoriarty wrote: post #6

I got a Casio watch because it was cheap. People buy cheap watches because they're poor. There are far more poor people than there are rich people, so there'll be far more cheap watch wearers than there are expensive watch wearers. So cheap watches are ubiquitous. Is that really a surprise?

There are many cheap watches; this article is about why this particular cheap watch is more popular than the others.

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by joecool1029 »

FartyMcFarter wrote: post #9
pmoriarty wrote: post #6

I got a Casio watch because it was cheap. People buy cheap watches because they're poor. There are far more poor people than there are rich people, so there'll be far more cheap watch wearers than there are expensive watch wearers. So cheap watches are ubiquitous. Is that really a surprise?

I know several people who are far from poor and wear this watch.

Both Obama and Osama have been photographed wearing this watch. As well, I would not have considered either of them poor.

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by throwhypothetic »

bbqmaster999 wrote: post #8

These are great! For less than $10 each, I’ve bought a bunch of them and left them scattered around my apartment and various other places so I can always find a watch. If it’s starting to take me too long to find a watch then the watch density must be getting too low, so I order some more.

I do the same with clip-on guitar tuners.
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