• iii@mander.xyzEnglish
    280·
    24 days ago

    The classic “OK boomer” still gets them angry, if that’s what you’re after

  • Lupus@feddit.org
    1363·
    24 days ago

    “Interesting, may I see?” And when they hold their wrist up to you, inspect it closely, then lick it, make some faces like a wine connoisseur, shake your head and say :“It’s fake” turn around and disengage.

  • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    901·
    23 days ago

    Serious answer:

    That’s cool. What makes it special?

    Sometimes people talk about how expensive something they own is simply because they’re proud that they could afford it and even when they’re being tone-deaf, there’s no benefit to getting offended when you could just move the conversation along instead. (Although you might have to listen to them talk about watches.) If they were trying to brag, now they’re stuck trying to explain why the watch is actually worth what they paid and you’re the one judging them.

    Cars (and watches) aren’t so expensive that a middle-class person can’t plausibly already own the one he would buy even if money was unlimited. You can act like that’s true about you. My status-conscious former mother in law was bothered by the fact that I owned an old car, but when she would bring it up I would just say “I really like the 2008 model.” She couldn’t argue with that.

    • thermal_shock@lemmy.world
      English
      231·
      23 days ago

      I feel special when my 6 year old laptop runs circles around your new shit because I know how to maintain it and don’t install every fucking app I find.

          • Preflight_Tomato@lemm.ee
            1·
            20 days ago

            Yeah, it’s fine for now. If you’re doing anything more than the absolute basic, you’ll need 16+ now (on Win 11). Somewhat related, but my work computer was stuck, slow, and crashing at 99% utilization on 8GB until I added a card (my money). Now it stays around 85% on 16GB.

          • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
            1·
            22 days ago

            For a Windows 11 machine 8GB is getting to be a limitation. Basically for right now its fine, but very soon 16GB will be the new minimum

    • phantomwise@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      22 days ago

      That’s cool. What makes it special?

      Nice one. If it’s only a status thing he’ll scrabble to find something to say about it other than it’s price. And on the very very low chance that it’s not, he’ll have an excuse to explain. Who knows, he might be a watch nerd who’s really proud that he could afford that watch because it’s a special watch to watch nerds for watch related reasons and he’ll tell you all about it.

  • starman2112@sh.itjust.works
    68·
    23 days ago

    All these comments are trying too hard. The only two options are “OK?” and “that watch?”

    Verbose disses only work in rap

    • untorquer@lemmy.world
      151·
      23 days ago

      Alternatively, “And it’s a very nice watch.” Bonus points for riding the line between nonchalance and condescension while still being a compliment.

    • KeenFlame@feddit.nu
      141·
      23 days ago

      Aahhhh winner:

      “that watch?”

      You are awesome. Now the ball is on their side and covered in two layers of diarrhea

    • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
      4·
      23 days ago

      Or a Guy Richie film.

      “Bleedin 'ell. You’ve bin 'ad mate. Blonde Tony was selling those daan the Nags 'ed last week for a pony. 5 for a ton.”

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
    68·
    24 days ago

    If you need to point out the watch and explain its value, you’ve already lost.

  • Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works
    593·
    24 days ago

    You see this? This is called a “smart phone.” Not only will this tell me the time like your watch, but it can also do a bunch of other things. I can look at pictures of raccoons wearing silly hats or I can use it to insult someone on the other side of the planet. It also cost a fraction of what your watch cost. I’m sorry to tell you this, but I think it should go and get your money back. It sounds like you’ve been scammed. As a matter of fact, let me give you my friend’s phone number. He’s an accountant, and I think he’ll be able to help stop you from making stupid purchases in the future.

    • 6nk06@sh.itjust.works
      191·
      23 days ago

      Not only will this tell me the time like your watch

      No. A cheap $100 phone is way more reliable than the most expensive Rolex thanks to NTP.

    • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
      64·
      23 days ago

      If you’re an astute collector, fine watches are (like art) a solid form of investment.

      • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        8·
        23 days ago

        Prove me wrong: Fine art is a money laundering scheme.

        You get some guy who went to art school to slosh some house paint on a sheet. You then hire a white woman who dresses like Malian royalty to come describe it in contradictory adjectives “It’s subtle, yet bold” while her gay sidekick in a turtleneck flamboyantly slaps his face and gasps. Sell $20 worth of cotton and $30 worth of Valspar for $3.247 million, and you’ve just successfully covered up the sale of 94 more brown women.

        • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
          51·
          23 days ago

          Prove me wrong: Fine art is a money laundering scheme.

          Why would I try when it is a fact? I would caveat that fine art “can be” a money laundering scheme (quite easily). It isn’t always a money laundering scheme.

  • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
    53·
    23 days ago

    “So?”

    That’s the response you want. Complete andutter boredom. You don’t care. Their entire personality is built around a weird little status structure and if you don’t buy into their hallucination they lose their everloving minds

  • moonlight@fedia.io
    361·
    24 days ago

    And it tells the same time as a $5 Casio, but it’s heavy and gaudy. I guess money can’t buy taste.

    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
      27·
      24 days ago

      And it tells the same time as a $5 Casio

      Assuming the fancy watch is mechanical, your $5 Casio keeps better time with a quartz chip.

      If it’s not mechanical then it’s basically the same device with an expensive shell.

      • el_bhm@lemm.ee
        10·
        23 days ago

        Not entirely true. Quartz mechanisms can differ in precision.

        They also can have solar charging, atomic clock sync, bluethooth

        But mostly true for cheap Casio watches and cheaper lines of G-Shock. They keep the time to a very similar precision.

        • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
          9·
          23 days ago

          Barring actual manufacturing defects, the cheapest quartz crystal timing circuit on the market will be far more accurate than the very best Swiss watch movement, by orders of magnitude. A mechanical watch depends on a spring whose behavior is highly environmentally dependent - it will gain or lose multiple seconds per day, being affected by the orientation, vibration and temperature changes it experiences. A quartz watch will drift a few seconds per month.

      • bus_factor@lemmy.world
        1·
        23 days ago

        I think mine was a couple hundred bucks. People mistake it for something fancy, but it’s still cheap enough that I don’t have to worry about damaging it. Also you can get spare parts for Casios!