er, you go there, when you need to.

People survived for several hundred thousand years without watches. Why suddenly need them now?
(corinoco is waiting for the revolution., Fri 3 Jul 2009, 14:20, archived)

"approximately morning", "approximately afternoon" and "approximately evening" are good enough for me, anyway.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 14:21, archived)

Do you not feel bad if you are late somewhere
And leave people waiting for you?
( Pickle Fairy is clumsily dancing away this fear, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 14:25, archived)

no,
everyone I know is usually equally late.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 14:26, archived)

Meh, now that everyone has a mobile
as soon as you are one minute late, they ring you up. Pillocks.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 14:27, archived)

I don't have one.
double win.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 14:28, archived)

Excatly. Sun up = go to work. Sun down = go home. No need for extra clock-on-hand to shown I can spend $5,000 on small clock-on-hand.
(corinoco is waiting for the revolution., Fri 3 Jul 2009, 14:26, archived)

You know you're not forced to spend 5 grand on a watch, don't you?

(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 14:27, archived)

No, not forced to spend that much. Some people do, of course, to show that they are fancy people from magazine ads, who wear a watch from a company that sponsors frikkin' airplane races to show how important they are.

I guess people like that need to know the time, frequently.

What the hell is it with knowing the time? Seriously, is it that bloody important?
(corinoco is waiting for the revolution., Fri 3 Jul 2009, 14:32, archived)

Shut up Adrian.

( WHARRGARBL, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 14:35, archived)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uouDt_LQTy0
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 14:36, archived)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS5P6GcUC4s&NR=1
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 14:41, archived)

No. It's a status symbol, or more often, an aspirational gesture expressed through consumption.
Your argument could just as well be about big fancy cars or large houses. Mostly unnecessary, but some people like them.

However, you have chosen to dress up your argument with strange, obscure insults directed at the homeless, the majority of whom have mental problems. Is it any wonder they ask the time? They're probably just grateful for the human interaction. Except with you, you disgusting lizard.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 14:37, archived)

Clickedy click.

( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 14:48, archived)

To catch a train, or a plane, or know when something's on the telly, or so that they have a concrete argument
against the landlord when he tells you to drink up. You wannabe-maverick.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 14:26, archived)

all rare occasions for me,
but I know how long it takes to get places, so I just look at the time of my last b3ta post and work from that.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 14:29, archived)