I can understand buying one (1) unnecessarily expensive watch
i sure definitly can't! it's 2021 who the fuck needs an expensive time piece?
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:06 (three years ago) link
They’re neat. NB I don’t mean $30,000 I mean like $1,000
― Canon in Deez (silby), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:08 (three years ago) link
i’m buying a modded seiko for like £110 which feels insanely decadent to me
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:11 (three years ago) link
lol people really do live in different worlds
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:11 (three years ago) link
i'm into weird seiko stuff too
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:12 (three years ago) link
I thought about getting a watch when I was teaching and didn't want to look at my phone during class (no clocks in the classroom), but I'm not sure I could deal with the wrist weight now
― rob, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:13 (three years ago) link
uh yeah, expensive for me is $250
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:15 (three years ago) link
$20 Casio MQ24 love em
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:17 (three years ago) link
as i mature into my years of extravagance, reaching the echelons of the 50-60k / year salary enjoyed by late career archivists in the great state of utah, i will have to be actively discouraged from buying tacky dad stuff like a $250 watch.
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:17 (three years ago) link
I don't have a $1000 watch by the way I have a $35 Timex and a $150 Swatch automatic watch neither of which I've worn in like a year because time no longer exists
― Canon in Deez (silby), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:17 (three years ago) link
$35 timex are grebt honestly
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link
well there's a lot to be said for putting your mouse on top of them so you don't go inactive on the work messenger/monitor
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link
they are! You can get $6 NATO straps for them and change it up xp
― Canon in Deez (silby), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:19 (three years ago) link
i really just need a chrono for running. yep, custom straps are the way to go.
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:19 (three years ago) link
if your watch can't spell boobless upside-down, i dont want to know about it
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:20 (three years ago) link
just imagine the horrible human cost of implementing a wealth tax on these psychos. think of all the mom-and-pop auction house owners who would still be able to conduct business as usual, but might not be able to buy thousand-dollar watches weekly to let off a little steam. plus there's all the huddled masses of Uncut Gems characters yearning to score big on the secondary market. our country is headed off a cliff fast.
― this honking's on a bobo (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
I've wanted a watch for years, but hate anything on my wrist. In fact, I hate all jewelry— we don't even wear wedding rings.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link
hate anything on my wrist. In fact, I hate all jewelry
seriously, same here! Why idk, but it really bugs me.
― sarahell, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:36 (three years ago) link
I spent $1000 on a pocket computer with a clock in it that also handles my email and phone calls. Fuck a watch.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:41 (three years ago) link
yeah but it doesn't have any tiny gears or springs!
― Canon in Deez (silby), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:41 (three years ago) link
yesterday's advanced technology is today's quaint affectation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le2eB2xtvBQNO SPRINGS!!
― this honking's on a bobo (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
I like the *idea* of a watch, a beautiful one-of-a-kind timepiece. In practice, no fucking way.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:45 (three years ago) link
in the pre-cell phone days, I briefly had a pocketwatch attached to my chain wallet. At the time, I was doing a bunch of manual labor and it got banged against some industrial shelving and cracked.
― sarahell, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:52 (three years ago) link
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, March 23, 2021 10:41 AM (eleven minutes ago)
HOLD UP ... YOU SPENT $1000 ON A PHONE??? ...
― sarahell, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:54 (three years ago) link
tbh probably 85% of my engagement with my space age supercomputer $600 phone is either checking the time, listening to the radio, looking at maps of my own city or sending "electrical mail". could ditch the phone and replace it with a $5 radio, a $30 road atlas, a few books of stamps, and a $250 watch and still have a few hundred bucks left over
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:58 (three years ago) link
i use my awesome $200 computer phone to send messages to other people's phones, talk to them in real time, answer technical questions of random strangers, like things, and take screenshots of funny things on the internet
― sarahell, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 18:04 (three years ago) link
Almost, yeah. Bought an iPhone XS for myself and an iPhone 11 for my wife, last summer. We were paying for them bit by bit with the phone bill for 6-7 months, but some money fell from the sky last month so I paid 'em both off in full.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 18:07 (three years ago) link
1k+ for the top of the line iphone w/all bells and whistles and case and warranty and whatnot has been apple's business model for years.
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 18:11 (three years ago) link
yes, but that's a business model for assholes and people who get their jobs to pay for their phones. ... It's like buying a new car vs. a used car with like 10k miles.
― sarahell, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link
n.b. I have done fairly well as an owner of shares of Apple stock
― sarahell, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
I'm a freelance journalist. A smartphone is a business expense.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 18:19 (three years ago) link
yeah, but it's still $1000 ... idk dude, you are generally posting about being relatively low-income and the need to be frugal. If the $1k phone is your special treat, then I can respect that.
― sarahell, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 18:22 (three years ago) link
I mean, my laptop is from 2013, my wife's desktop computer is from 2011, our car is from 2009, so...I guess it kind of is, yeah.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 18:29 (three years ago) link
my last phone lasted for five years; my attitude is buy top of the line and then amortize. (nb, the phone i bought last week was $650 all in i think and it better last me until the next republican president)
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 18:30 (three years ago) link
phones aren't amortized, they are depreciated. Amortization is for intangibles.
― sarahell, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 18:31 (three years ago) link
i'm feeling pretty intangible myself these days
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 18:50 (three years ago) link
(i meant amortize the capital cost over the usage time tbh but point taken)
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 18:51 (three years ago) link
i only get android phones that are a year or two old when i get a new phone because top of the line androids and iphones are just too expensive for me. and phones aren't get any more durable as the years pass afaict
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 18:54 (three years ago) link
xp - yes, I know what you meant, but the term for that re a phone would be depreciation. If you were talking about points on a mortgage loan, that would be amortization.
― sarahell, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 18:59 (three years ago) link
NERD!
― Canon in Deez (silby), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 19:22 (three years ago) link
the number of times i check the time i gotta say it’s nice not to fish into my pocket. small but big, if you know what i mean. a thousand dollar device not necessary for this operation
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 19:26 (three years ago) link
lol. I haver had my Android phone since November of 2017. Only thing I've noticed is that my pictures aren't as sharp as they used to be. Oh well.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 19:28 (three years ago) link
if I can't correct the misuse of the term amortization in the quid/ag NYT thread ...?
― sarahell, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 19:39 (three years ago) link
Amortize deez
― Canon in Deez (silby), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 19:50 (three years ago) link
(I haven’t had lunch yet)
That's actually an interesting question -- would you amortize deez in the sense that it could be perceived as an entitlement, which would be intangible, or would deez, as a physical thing, be something that would be depreciated, like a breeder horse or cow?
― sarahell, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 20:02 (three years ago) link
I don't think it would qualify for depletion like you would take for mineral deposits or timber ... even though, biologically, deez do deplete over time
― sarahell, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 20:03 (three years ago) link
deez are appreciated
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
table: try putting scotch tape over your lens. For real.
too much agonizing in here. let's talk tactics.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 22:06 (three years ago) link