• Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 hours ago

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

    This is pretty out-of-touch. I mean, a lot of us kinda need to know the time at some point. It takes a special kind of privilege to be able to unshackle yourself from any semblance of a schedule, a privilege that not many of us have.

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      4 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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        7 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. But again, I like having it right on my wrist. I’ve worn watches by my own choice since I was a kid, and now I’ve got a small collection.