Random Rants
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Here’s one to share. I’ve recently got back into G-Shocks and joined the appropriate subreddit. Came across this thread:
should I return my G-Shock because Apple Watch?My reply:
I do really appreciate what the Apple does but I think I’m just a bit fed up ATM.
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Hate the idea of an Apple watch. I look at my phone more often than I'd prefer anyway. Plus they are ugly as fuck.
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@NickD I've had one since they came out in 2015. It took this long to come to that realization. Allso, I'm a bit cranky today so grain of salt
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I sympathize with the sentiment, but as soon as someone starts talking about alphas and betas I lose interest altogether.
I haven’t ever been tempted to add MORE smart devices into my life. The phone already sucks so much time out of my life and ushers in more surveillance and consumerism.
Anyhoo—I’m all for a gshock. I don’t love that a lot of the new ones are integrating so many smart features and necessitating the app to do what they do.
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@sabergirl The metal square I got connects to my phone and that part of it is awful. It won't sync automatically as it should and there isn't much use in setting reminders and such. The good thing is you can delete pairing and it works just like a normal G-shock and updates time each night from Multiband antennas.
Oh and the "Beta Male" comment was not to throw shade, only to highlight the subservient relationship one inevitably has with the watch. This is my experience after 11 years of owning one. -
Here’s a podcast about alpha-beta, the debunked theory of dominant wolves, and how it lives on for men. Fascinating stuff: https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/alpha-wolf-myth/
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@sabergirl this is great and my own mini rant…most (if not all) of the world’s problems could be solved if men could figure their shit out. And soon.
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Glad to have inadvertently given you peeps something to rant about haha.
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Perhaps @SKT . Though patriarchy has caused a ton of problems, I wouldn’t put all of the blame upon men’s shoulders. We have all participated in building up a society that doesn’t encourage empathy or altruism—which aren’t gendered characteristics. Matter of fact, I would argue all gender roles are BS—but I know that’s a whole other rant.
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I was wearing my Wabash western yesterday, and a couple of people said "nice jacket!" This is something that's been happening to me for years, and it always annoys me a little because it's not a jacket, it's just a shirt. Does this happen to anyone else? It's such a stupid thing to get annoyed about, but here we are
“Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman
@zeebeeleather
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@seawolf After I picked up my OD 14oz type 3 we visited friends and they asked me why i bought another denim jacket. I told them the other denim top I owned is a shirt (33OD in case anyone was wondering). I haven't shown them the Lefty OD yet...
I realize that the clothes we wear are weird to a lot of people
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@seawolf compare your wabi to a standard button down or even a Levi’s western shirt and it might as well be a jacket.
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@sabergirl said in Random Rants:
Perhaps @SKT . Though patriarchy has caused a ton of problems, I wouldn’t put all of the blame upon men’s shoulders. We have all participated in building up a society that doesn’t encourage empathy or altruism—which aren’t gendered characteristics. Matter of fact, I would argue all gender roles are BS—but I know that’s a whole other rant.
We can put the blame on some men's shoulders I think. But in general I reckon a patriarchal society harms most men and women.
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I was headed into the gym the other day and someone said, “I really like your jacket,” in reference to the SEXIH indigo CPO I was wearing. I almost said something, but I caught myself.
This past Sunday, though, I was not so lucky. Or maybe I should say they were not so lucky.
I actually wrote this out yesterday and thought, “This is too embarrassing to post,” but I’m going to do it anyway…
At the Super Bowl party yesterday, some guy came up to me and said, “Man, I love those boots. What are they?”
Instead of just saying Alden, I launched straight into the full Indiana Jones history lesson. Harrison Ford wore these in the movies, except they were brown, not black, and not on a wedge sole. I just kept going.
About halfway through, he goes, “Oh man, sorry, I really gotta go home. My kids need to go to bed.”
As he’s walking up the stairs, he turns around and says, “Man, I like the whole outfit. You’re killing it.”
I’m pretty sure he was thinking, “This dude really likes the stuff he’s wearing. Poor guy. Let me throw him a bone.”
I blame the alcohol.
@selveldgesteps
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@Tago-Mago said in Random Rants:
I realize that the clothes we wear are weird to a lot of people
QFT
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@northsouthdenimguy That's funny.
I sometimes quite like people's old pick-up trucks that they've restored, but I will never tell them as much, because I know there is fully zero chance they'll be able to take the compliment without launching into a 30 min+ lecture about things more boring to me than just about anything else.
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Car and truck guys are the worst. I used to do a little bit of collecting and even I couldn’t stand listening to them. lol
