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[–] orionsbelt@midwest.social 17 points 2 days ago

casio calculator watch or bust

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Don't wearables cause autism?

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

Only if using 5G.

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 37 points 3 days ago

No need for vaccines with 5g chips when the wearable will have one right on your wrist.

[–] j0ester@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Don’t fucking tell me what to do.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Sure Bobby. I went and got myself an open-source "smart" watch that pairs with another FOSS app that doesn't send anything outside of the device.

What? Not like that? Oh, too bad.

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[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

American evangelicals when the government suggests getting a vaccine for a deadly virus- "IT'S THE MARK OF THE BEAST DON'T GET IT OR YOU'LL GO TO HELL"

American evangelicals when people they voted for say you need to wear something on your wrist to participate in society - "This is fine"

A wearable computer is much more similar in form to what is described in the Book of Revelation than a vaccine is, but these dumbasses don't see that because they're not operating on logic but instead are just doing what they're told.

[–] EighteenthNerd@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

From: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/21/rfk-maha-ultra-processed-foods

A key adviser to Kennedy, Calley Means, could directly benefit from one of the campaign’s stated aims: popularizing “technology like wearables as cool, modern tools for measuring diet impact and taking control of your own health”.

Calley Means is a senior Kennedy adviser, and was hired as a special government employee to focus on food policy, according to Bloomberg. He founded a company that helps Americans get such wearable devices reimbursed tax-free through health savings accounts.

Casey Means is Calley’s sister. She also runs a healthcare start-up, although hers sells wearable devices such as continuous glucose monitors. She is Kennedy’s nominee for US surgeon general, and a healthcare entrepreneur whose business sells continuous glucose monitors – one such wearable device. Calley Means’s company also works with Casey’s company.

Due to Calley Means’s status as a special employee, he has not been forced to divest from his private business interests – a situation that has already resulted in an ethics complaint. Consumer advocates, such as the non-profit group Public Citizen, had warned such hiring practices could cause conflicts of interest. HHS did not respond to a request for comment about Calley Means’s private business interests, or his role in crafting the publicity campaign.

He can fuck right off with all his worm-brained ideas.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

He reminds me of the 'precious bodily fluids' general from Dr Strangelove.

edit: holy crap, I just rewatched the movie and RFK is EXACTLY that general. The general talks about toxins from fluoride in drinking water poisoning our precious bodily fluids. He even looks a bit like RFK. Its almost RFK is trying to act exactly like that general.

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[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

RFK jr’s wants, needs, desire to continue breathing move me not at all.

He can fuck off.

If we had a science-backing and non-Nazi government who I had any belief in their ability and will to keep our data safe, this might be really cool. When I first got an Apple Watch and saw all the ways it benefits me I honestly wished everyone had one by default.

Instead, something like this would simply be used to further control people especially women since it can track monthly cycles (to my knowledge at least.)

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Something something government tracking with microchips

[–] Dragomus@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

"Wearables" but they forget to mention it's about government mandated trackers in a closed ecosystem.
They will track which bad (health or otherwise) groups of people one has come in contact with and make deductions based on that.

Ofcourse it's also extra business for the ice teams. And the deluxe wearable also tracks payments.

The European Covid tracking app back then already was very scary in its early setup ... and this mandated wearable idea will be far worse.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 days ago (3 children)

As long as the wearable contains open source software and preferably open source hardware, then sure, I'd be willing to do so. Because then I could know that I could control where the data went.

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[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 11 points 3 days ago

Sporting a wearable pump that injects worm eggs into your blood periodically

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

to do what with? unless you're going to also increase grants to nih studies for wearable devices to study and improve something involving the health system, what is the benefit besides making apple richer?

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 days ago

It makes the police state more efficient.

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