this post was submitted on 03 Dec 2023
1386 points (99.3% liked)

Political Memes

5579 readers
1218 users here now

Welcome to politcal memes!

These are our rules:

Be civilJokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.

No misinformationDon’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.

Posts should be memesRandom pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.

No bots, spam or self-promotionFollow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Proper watches >>>> wristphones

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can't remember who made it, but some years ago before the big smartwatch boom, someone put out a watch that had a standard mechanism, but also a tiny one-line screen that would show information like texts to you. That seemed like a good middle ground. But I don't see a lot of watches that fit that middle ground anymore.

[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Withings and then Nokia had this one. Looks decent

[–] jalkasieni@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They still do: https://www.withings.com/mx/en/scanwatch-2

And they’re awesome. Battery lasts weeks on a single charge, works like a watch should, tracks all sorts of things and gives you silent notifications like a smart wearable should.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

That might be the one I was thinking of.

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only really high-end pagers showed texts and you didn't have the convenience of wearing one on your wrist.

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

not with that attitude

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If they made a mechanical watch that could control my podcasts and show me notifications without me taking my phone out of my pocket, I'd buy it.

[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sometimes you have to kobayashi maru things in life.

Part of being a conscious consumer is having the willpower to forgo convience for something bigger.

Unfortunately, we are in hyper simulated/consumerist society, so I really only see this trend getting exacerbated until some global calamity happening.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Nah, I'm not willing to put a moral value on whether or not I own a smartwatch. Especially when a family member purchased it for me as a gift.