Innovation

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• QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  BETTER IDEA, LEFT AND RIGHT INDICATORS

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I legitimately used to know a woman who would benefit from wearing this.

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    • edinbruh@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      My sister would.

      She’s a surgeon btw

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    • faintwhenfree@lemmus.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Me that was me.

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    • Allero@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      When did you get to know my girlfriend?

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    • WanderingThoughts@europe.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      In knew someone who would wear rings on the right hand for that reason

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  • monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    But your hands already have an indicator. Your left hand makes an L.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      just for arguments sake let’s pretend i got no thumbs on my left hand. what then

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    • Donkter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yeah but then when I see a backwards L I don’t know what the fuck’s going on

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    • Alberat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      holy shit thanks

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  • Syndication@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Happy 420 lol

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  • ollie@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    thank you SO MUCH for the visual this is great 😭

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    • edinbruh@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You probably already have this built in your hands, btw.

      See, if you close your hands and open your thumbs and indexes, the left hand makes an L, and the right hand makes not-an-L

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  • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Simpsons did it first

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  • _druid@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I knew a girl with “YL” shittily tattoo’d on her left hand, stood for “Your Left”.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      i want to get a “no, your other left” tattoo on my wife’s right hand

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• QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  honestly looking into it this looks sick as hell

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  • RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    While I’m not a fan of the leather implementation, I have to both agree that it’s a placement improvement in terms of ergonomics, and it does look pretty cool. I think it might wear out faster, being exposed to the gripping area of your palm, though. I’d expect it to be difficult to wash your hands or handle dirty/sharp items.

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    • SGforce@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I would immediately smash it on a door frame

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    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I have to both agree that it’s a placement improvement in terms of ergonomics

      This has to be trolling. Like, no, it’s not, unless you prioritize the watch and functionally nothing else in your day-to-day life. (This is even just accounting for ergonomics, e.g. assuming this is achiral and can be transferred easily to the right hand – not how conspicuously stupid it looks.)

      • Putting it on is more complicated because you have to slide it over your thumb and do a tiny little strap and then an even tinier strap.
      • Want to hold hands with a partner? I’m sure this’ll spice things up.
      • What about that entire region of your palm? Who needs that all sensation when you have can a bunch of useless leather anyway?
      • Walking forward in a normal posture? Have fun near-inevitably smacking the shit out of your $300 smartwatch if you aren’t paying attention.
      • Hot, sweaty day? Good thing there’s way more surface area covered by your clammy, leather watch.
      • This genuinely looks like you’ll feel the edge of the leather hit your arm whenever you move your hand in certain ways. More importantly, you’ll feel the leather whenever you have your fingers curled in or hands together, and you’ll likely to feel skin too, so it’ll just feel weird because of the inconsistency.
      • The ergonomics of charging this thing are surely more awkward than just a straight strap. And it’s even screwed in, so you can’t claim you easily pop the watch out and charge like that.
      • Want to hide your $300 watch under a long sleeve? Too bad, fuckass.
      • Choosing to switch it to upside-down? Too bad, fuckass; it’s in this one position you absolutely cannot adjust even a little.

      Glancing to look at your watch is not that onerous even when done relatively frequently. Literally what could your day-to-day life possibly be that this is more ergonomical?

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    • lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I think it would screw with the mobility of your thumb. That thing would be shifting all around if you used your hand.

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    • jumponboard@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I dont like it simply because it’s always visible. At the wirst, I can choose when (not) to look at it.

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  • altphoto@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Actually, no, it looks stupid and is stupid. Hands carry all sorts of dirty bacteria. Those watches won’t last. Maybe that’s what they want though.

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    • starchylemming@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      bold of you to assume that someone who gers this has sex

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  • backalleycoyote@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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    It’s just goth aesthetics for nerds. And somehow doing it with a smart watch makes black metal gauntlets look less silly.

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    • end_stage_ligma@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      👁️ 👁️

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  • GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Looks kinda neat, but also has big LOOK AT ME vibes. Not to mention the issues the other commenter mentioned regarding wear and hygiene.

    I could see it being useful for larger devices a user has to interact with constantly to free up and reduce strain on the hand though.

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  • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s the “driver” orientation and there are even watches made with “12 at 2” to implement it.

    It was for race car drivers back at the turn of the last century. It just makes you look like a dork now.

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    • restingOface@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Wearing a watch at all makes you look like a dork anyway

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  • hOrni@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Looks uncomfortable. I wouldn’t want to wear a glove all the time.

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  • dingus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I do think it looks pretty cool…but what about washing your hands? That’s the main issue with it I’d think.

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  • dan69@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    At this point just extend it down to ur wrist and call it a carpal tunnel wrist watch.

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• mech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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  • ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That’s a WATCH!

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    • mech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It’s modeled after a WW1 pilots watch. And boy those were chunky bois:
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  • urheber@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Cute meow meow

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    • mech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      She likes watches.

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  • altphoto@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    What kind of coocoo does that thing have every your?

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    • mech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It bongs.

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• slaacaa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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• chris@lemmy.grey.fail ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Hard disagree. This is awful.

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  • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I don’t know, I’ve always wanted to place my watch in a spot that inhibits my ability to grab things. Innovation! 1!!

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• ritsku@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Washing your watch has never been easier

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• capt_wolf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I whack my hands on shit daily, that would become expensive pretty quick.

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  • Dozzi92@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I got my watch on stuff often enough. It’s why I don’t opt for the super expensive ones.

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• hOrni@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  A perfect solution to a non existing problem.

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• otter@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Why not wear it on the inside of your wrist?

  Its easier and more discreet to check, you don’t need a complicated new setup, and you won’t have any issues working with your hands.

  I know some people do this already, and flip it around depending on the setting. Inner wrist when walking around, and regular placement when working at a desk.

  Unless I’m getting whooshed here

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  • DoubleDongle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s in lenmyshitpost. I would assume OP knows it’s bad.

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      ITT: Every commentor forgets where they are.

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• thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I actually really like this, and it won’t slide down your wrist or hug it too tight either

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• meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Just what I need in my life! MORE easily accessible screens to help fuck up my brain chemistry

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  • Zink@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yeeep, this right here.

    I’m a nerd and software engineer, sitting in front of 4 screens right now. I own a smart watch which I wore 23 hours a day for years on end.

    I stopped wearing it several months ago and I literally do not know where it is right now. I assume it’s in my house somewhere. 🤷‍♂️

    The greedy shits that run the tech world have taken it too far. The switch flipped in my brain and I just do no care about tech “products” any more. If it connects to the internet or has a screen then it’s almost guaranteed to be designed in a way that goes against my best interests.

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• DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  until it hits your hip/pants/pockets/handbag with every step

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• daannii@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Rotate wrist watch ?

  No. Too complicated.

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• Mardukas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Has anyone ever developed wrist problems as a result of looking at their watch? If not, what problem does this actually solve?

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  • Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I doubt it, but personally i did find it to be a really uncomfortable position for a watch and required odd twisting of the arm to see the face of the watch and i constantly hit it on every single surface.

    I fixed it by wearing the watch on the inner side of my wrist. Much more comfortable and convenient to check the time.

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• Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Idk it’s been decades since i wore a watch, if you have a phone there’s no point

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  • lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s easier to casually check what time it is on watch. Especially in a scenario where it’s kind of rude to do so or your hands are full. Also having a timer ready to go, where with a phone there’s several steps to get to one. You can do all these things with a phone but there’s no real “cost” to wearing a watch and I miss it when I’m not wearing mine. Mines also automatic so I don’t have to worry about it running out of juice like I do with my phone.

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  • Jax@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    A lot of techbros are convinced having a watch on makes people take you more seriously.

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  • Bahnd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Watches have always been a status symbol after their primary function of telling time.

    You keep your phone in your pocket, but a watch is there for all to see, is it an expensive Rolex? A cheap Casio? A fruit watch, connected to a fruit phone? Or something that looks like that device from the begining of Spy Kids 2 that I still want 20+ years later.

    Function then fashion, and its always kept up with the tech of the time, all they way back to the chronometer.

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    • ch00f@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Didn’t the spy kids Watch not tell time?

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    • Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Watches have always been a status symbol

      Sure but we have phones now. Doesn’t matter what your status is, you dont need a watch. It used to be a status symbol as being a person who needed to keep track of the time because you were busy. But nowadays that’s nonsense.

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  • orenj@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Its functional jewelry, kinda neat

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    • Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Well yeah i guess i think jewelry is dumb wcyd

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    there’s a big ol’ it depends. my wife (a teacher) has her smart watch run her daily timers to keep her class on schedule. and that way she doesn’t have to pull out her phone and then her class doesn’t yell “mrs ymca no phones at school” every time, because you remember being a student. i know a lot of nurses who wear smart watches for other but similar reasons. the convenience of being able to receive (and maybe send? i don’t know, i don’t really wear watches.) texts and alerts from your phone can be rather useful in some fields.

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  • pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I don’t like carrying my phone on me and I do a lot of activities where I don’t pull out my phone all the time. I can’t just take a phone out as I am up on the rock wall to see how long I’m taking

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    • Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Well fair enough, idk about having a wristwatch on while rock climbing but if it works it works

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  • wunami@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Some smartwatch can have their own SIM and can be the phone.

    Like you could go out on a run or errand without bringing your phone (or even a wallet if you’ve setup a digital wallet on your watch).

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• mr_anny@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Show it to me with gloves on.

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• ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I just wish you could orient the watch so you can put the face on the inside of the wrist

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  • Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yeah if only that was possible

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• over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  First time I’ve ever seen such a design, but I approve. Until it gets in the way of masturbation…

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  • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’ll just get in the way of everything you do, including that. A small price to pay for not needing to bend your wrist slightly to view the time!

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• 5ha99y@lemmus.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think this is considerable as tacticalXD

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• SpicyLizards@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I just staple it to my face

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• nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I want a big gauntlet with a largw screen and more processing power on my arm instead.

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• pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Would be great if it were a super tiny watch, like a waterproof electronic sticker. Completely intrusive as a chonky smartwatch.

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• cybercafe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’d give it a shot. I doubt I’d stick with it though tbh.

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• imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  If you use your hand just to check time - useful.

  For everything else, terrible idea. String will catch up on everything and will etch itself in flesh between your thumb and pointing finger. Holding anything with your palm closed would become annoying as hell.

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• valar@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Why would you want a strap around your thumb? Terrible

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• Kowowow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I could see it being better for biking directions

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• poseur@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  wash your hands kevin

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• saigot@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Genuinely neat idea but you’d need it to be flexible, maybe a glove with a flexible display and the power at the wrist.

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• wavebeam@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I think Zebra makes “wearable computers” that essentially look just like this. They’re marketed towards warehouse workers.

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