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This makes me nostalgic for the mid-2000s when all the geeks had binary watches

• naikrovek 3y ago
  binary watches are pure vanity. no one wore binary watches because they were useful, they weren't useful at all, unless your goal was socializing. people wore binary wristwatches because they wanted to be seen wearing binary wristwatches, that's it. to me, activities like this are the absolute epitome of waste and vanity. (both are bad, if I'm not being clear, here.) but, I also think that it's perfectly ok for people to like whatever they want to like, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone, so I guess it's like "I don't like what you're saying, but you absolutely have the right to say it."
  • turnsout 3y ago
    I definitely knew at least one engineer who learned to read their binary watch. The goal was absolutely social. It's a conversation-starter, for a crowd that, let's face it, could use more practice having conversations. You're right that it's wasteful—those watches are mostly e-waste at this point. But so are all the electronics we've bought in the past 20 years. I'm typing on future e-waste right now!