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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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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?

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.

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

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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.
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