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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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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 keep 5 watches in each pocket of my jacket, in case some of them fall out.

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

#22

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.

This is genius and a great quality of life improvement. $50, I have a watch somewhere in my house that I can find and wear.

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

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post #4

Funny that 10 years later it's still going strong.

At the point of writing the watch was already more than 20 years old, what's another 10 years? ;)

Validation of the mediocrity principle[1]?

- If you don't know any other information, assume a thing will continue for as long as it has already existed.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediocrity_principle

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

#24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

OK, but I think the point is some people want to wear this watch regardless of it being cheap or expensive. Not everything is about price.

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

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post #21

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 keep 5 watches in each pocket of my jacket, in case some of them fall out.

Surely every jacket, and not just the one?

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

#27

"US officials view f-91w wearers with suspicion"? Better keep an eye on this guy then: https://i.redd.it/5o061ntl2m651.jpg https://i.redd.it/b4j5fzl4d6f41.jpg

Taliban can afford Rolex, at least.

https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/839e131...?

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

#29
I love mine! This is one of the few goods I chose to buy "disposable," since I can't repair a broken watch of any kind on my own. I work outdoors a lot and I'm always scratching the face and banging it on things. Usually the failure point is water getting in through those cracks, but I've had one wristband snap. I think I buy one a year roughly, and have for over 6 years.

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

#30

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.

Here I am designating a place for my watch and always putting it away in that same spot like a pleb.
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