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I had to stop wearing mine because what went from a making fun of my antiquated watch turned into I’m a terrorist… All because of this Wikipedia page: https://

I had to stop wearing mine because what went from a making fun of my antiquated watch turned into I’m a terrorist… All because of this Wikipedia page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F-91W https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F-91W Scroll down to usage

orhmeh09 3y ago
Who's telling you that? Although I know of this story, I've been wearing one all this time, save for a few years of folly with an Apple Watch 4. In fact, I just picked up a new one two days ago since I left my old one in another country. No police has ever given me trouble (e: am from Middle Eastern country and have had more LE interactions at the airport than most people) I love not having to charge it and not having to worry about bumping it into anything. (My new watch is a slightly updated model - W-217H-9AVCF, which is a little bigger and has a brighter, more even light in amber) PS: Nobody's going to think you're a terrorist if you drive a Toyota, either.
- slicktux 3y ago
  It started out with “your watch is so old it probably had a Wikipedia page” and the person jokingly looked it up scrolled down and it was an “oh shit” reaction… I love the watch and I still have it..
- astrange 3y ago
  > PS: Nobody's going to think you're a terrorist if you drive a Toyota, either. What if you're driving a Hilux technical?
  - orhmeh09 3y ago
    Might raise some eyebrows in the US tbh, as they don't sell it there!
    - somat 3y ago
      Is there a difference between the hilux and tacoma? All I know is that the tacoma is built(assembled?) in the US. however I always assumed they more or less the same design.
      - astrange 3y ago
        They're pretty different designs mainly because of different regulations, but have the same purpose. Old Hiluxes are famously near-indestructible; Top Gear once drove one into the ocean and it still started. …btw, "technical" means it has a machine gun mounted in the back.
the_gipsy 3y ago
Did you stop using it because you read about that, or some actual incident?
- hewlett 3y ago
  An Afgan electrical engineer was sent to Guantanamo Bay for wearing it as Al-Qaeda was known to use the F91W in IEDs
  - porkbeer 3y ago
    Im sure that was the only factor involved.
    - filoleg 3y ago
      Yeah, I am with you on this one. I even tried googling for it, but couldn't find any articles referencing both Guantanamo and casio watches, aside from the general ones talking about the whole phenomenon of Al-Quaeda preferring those watches or pieces talking about incidents where the watch was actually used as an IED component.
      - hewlett 3y ago
        https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2006/07/why-am-i-cuba/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2006/07/why-am-i-cuba/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2011/apr/25/guantanamo-files-interrogators-al-qaida-taliban https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2011/apr/25/gu...
- slicktux 3y ago
  I was being made fun of in a tongue in cheek way… If it does not apply I let it fly but it was just a little too much.
  - CydeWeys 3y ago
    By any chance are you Arab? If so, then I can see why that might sting (and why the others were, unfortunately, taking the tack). If you're not though, then meh, easy to dismiss.
MegaDeKay 3y ago
You should have told them you were planning to run for President of the United States. Barack Obama wore an F-91W in his youth. https://watchesyoucanafford.com/the-venerable-casio-f-91w-digital-watch-the-digital-watch-that-took-over-the-world/ https://watchesyoucanafford.com/the-venerable-casio-f-91w-di... Or you were just a big fan of Napoleon Dynamite, who wore one as well.
KomoD 3y ago
Is this a joke post?

orhmeh09 3y ago

Who's telling you that? Although I know of this story, I've been wearing one all this time, save for a few years of folly with an Apple Watch 4. In fact, I just picked up a new one two days ago since I left my old one in another country. No police has ever given me trouble (e: am from Middle Eastern country and have had more LE interactions at the airport than most people) I love not having to charge it and not having to worry about bumping it into anything. (My new watch is a slightly updated model - W-217H-9AVCF, which is a little bigger and has a brighter, more even light in amber) PS: Nobody's going to think you're a terrorist if you drive a Toyota, either.

slicktux 3y ago
It started out with “your watch is so old it probably had a Wikipedia page” and the person jokingly looked it up scrolled down and it was an “oh shit” reaction… I love the watch and I still have it..
astrange 3y ago
> PS: Nobody's going to think you're a terrorist if you drive a Toyota, either. What if you're driving a Hilux technical?
- orhmeh09 3y ago
  Might raise some eyebrows in the US tbh, as they don't sell it there!
  - somat 3y ago
    Is there a difference between the hilux and tacoma? All I know is that the tacoma is built(assembled?) in the US. however I always assumed they more or less the same design.
    - astrange 3y ago
      They're pretty different designs mainly because of different regulations, but have the same purpose. Old Hiluxes are famously near-indestructible; Top Gear once drove one into the ocean and it still started. …btw, "technical" means it has a machine gun mounted in the back.

the_gipsy 3y ago

Did you stop using it because you read about that, or some actual incident?

hewlett 3y ago
An Afgan electrical engineer was sent to Guantanamo Bay for wearing it as Al-Qaeda was known to use the F91W in IEDs
- porkbeer 3y ago
  Im sure that was the only factor involved.
  - filoleg 3y ago
    Yeah, I am with you on this one. I even tried googling for it, but couldn't find any articles referencing both Guantanamo and casio watches, aside from the general ones talking about the whole phenomenon of Al-Quaeda preferring those watches or pieces talking about incidents where the watch was actually used as an IED component.
    - hewlett 3y ago
      https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2006/07/why-am-i-cuba/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2006/07/why-am-i-cuba/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2011/apr/25/guantanamo-files-interrogators-al-qaida-taliban https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2011/apr/25/gu...
slicktux 3y ago
I was being made fun of in a tongue in cheek way… If it does not apply I let it fly but it was just a little too much.
- CydeWeys 3y ago
  By any chance are you Arab? If so, then I can see why that might sting (and why the others were, unfortunately, taking the tack). If you're not though, then meh, easy to dismiss.

MegaDeKay 3y ago

You should have told them you were planning to run for President of the United States. Barack Obama wore an F-91W in his youth. https://watchesyoucanafford.com/the-venerable-casio-f-91w-digital-watch-the-digital-watch-that-took-over-the-world/ https://watchesyoucanafford.com/the-venerable-casio-f-91w-di... Or you were just a big fan of Napoleon Dynamite, who wore one as well.

KomoD 3y ago

Is this a joke post?