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submitted 1 year ago by QuietStorm@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

sense most online business are having black friday is it worth buying something or should i pass and try to save my money. im a teen i have around 200$ but i would like to limit myself to 100$ or less. im probably posting this in the wrong place but im not sure, i just want to make a smart choice when it comes to money.

also i will not be investing in stocks or crypto so please dont suggest it.

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[-] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Firstly, you are the epitome of clowns if you think $500 smartwatch ewaste is helping anyone with those kinds of issues over serious neurological, physiological and psychological advice, which would be very close to what I gave, and NOT BUYING $500 TECH JUNK NOT FIT FOR PEOPLE WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS.

You missed my point entirely. My point is that slapping on a $200 smartwatch is an easier solution for some people to improve their lives at least marginally

If my advice was "general" advice, so is yours.

The only specific thing you suggested implementing is the app. You spoke nothing of motivators that actually help achieve most of the goals you spoke of. Smartwatches are one way of providing motivation by gamifying metrics like step counts and hours slept. The people I know who actively wear ones appreciate having a multipurpose pedometer on them at all times.

ADHD people are even riskier since smartwatches overload you with unnecessary statistics.

This is more likely a symptom of health anxiety rather than ADHD. Even if not, not everyone with ADHD gets anxious and overwhelmed by random statistics. You cannot gaslight me into thinking that my watch doesn't help me by telling me to walk around after, for example, spending an hour reading random news stories.

You know what is far superior to a watch with two millimetres thick vibration motor? Your ears being able to hear sound.

I'm not going to dismiss your app suggestion, but have you seriously never heard anyone of sleeping past their multiple alarms?

If you have anger management issues, therapy and meditation is a must

Yes, but in the same way that physical healthcare is inaccessible for many, mental healthcare is inaccessible. Finding therapists for a set of niche conditions is often time consuming, expensive, and mentally/emotionally draining. It takes experimentation to find a therapist that will click for a certain person. Using my insurance, it's literally cheaper to buy a smart watch every 2 weeks to 2 months than to visit a therapist at the recommended 2 weeks interval. You severely underestimate the cost of healthcare and overestimate the cost of "ewaste," and that's ignoring the time commitment of healthcare.

Shit, did I forget some people can have allergy strapping rubber or clothing or metal on their wrists, since you are using that logic?

I am one of those people, and I still wear a smartwatch. If you apply the same logic to commonly prescribed medications (e.g. Adderall and dry mouth/insomnia; some asthma medications and suicidal thoughts), then you'd quickly realize that doctors do a cost-benefit analysis before giving a treatment and that your logic is wrong.

A smartwatch in in no form or shape a necessity for any person, and far superior physical monitoring tools for strapping to body exist, that are medically backed and certified for relevant patients.

I don't remember ever saying it was a necessity. I said it was a tool. A Swiss army knife is never going to replace a drill because they serve different functions. If you don't know how to use either, then you shouldn't use either without learning first. I don't see how a smart watch is different in that regard.

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