From the Brickyard | Subject: Go old school cool and cut the digital leash
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Sometimes, you just gotta say “screw this” to all the tech crap and go simple. No tracking, no apps, no invisible judge on your wrist telling you you’re lazy. So I ditched my fancy smartwatch and grabbed a Casio W219H for under 20 bucks. And damn, it’s been a breath of fresh air.
Don’t get me wrong—smartwatches are cool toys. Tech’s done some awesome things for us. But tracking every damn step and calorie? That shit’s exhausting and makes you feel like garbage. My watch was always lurking, waiting to call me out: “Only 2,293 steps today, loser? I thought you had more fire.”
Enter the Casio. This bad boy doesn’t give a damn about steps, heart rate, or notifications. It just tells time and date, lights up when it’s dark, and that’s it. Like a kettlebell or a ‘57 Chevy Bel Air, it’s old-school badassery, no gimmicks.
The world’s obsessed with tech, but sometimes you gotta rebel and strip it down. When smartwatches become sentient and start thinking they’re the boss, I’ll be there, clocking gains and busting their silicon ass with my Casio on—screaming “I told you so!”
You ever feel tech’s got you by the balls? Maybe it’s time to slap on something real and remind yourself who’s boss.
Brick by brick.
-Brickwall