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ShiroOuji

ShiroOuji

Member Since 25 May 2013
Offline Last Active Nov 01 2016 12:22 PM

In Topic: I forgot the name of this LN. Do you guys know this story?

13 November 2015 - 03:21 AM

I'm sure it's not Mushoku tensei. since there are so many reincarnation stories, i honestly can't recall whether i've read the story u mention or not.


In Topic: victorian maid :3

09 September 2015 - 03:08 AM

I read their synopsis and not sure they're what I'm looking for but I'll check'em out. Thanks, mate.

I might be looking for some romance with the maid/s or something like that,...I guess?


In Topic: victorian maid :3

08 September 2015 - 07:07 AM

Yes, I just found it and I'm gonna read today.

anything else you know?


In Topic: I can't be the only one who still wear watch...

12 March 2015 - 07:18 AM

a bit different question, but do you guys plan to get that apple watch??


In Topic: I can't be the only one who still wear watch...

06 March 2015 - 03:01 AM

Gonna be totally honest I wear watches all the time - in fact, I even own a pocket watch that I love - but when I wear them I don't even look at them. It's purely for aesthetic reasons. I just think they look really cool.

 

 

Hmm. So the formerly 'universal gesture' of glancing at your watch, now often involves taking out your phone. Looking at your watch, especially more than once, can mean "Please hurry it up. I have to be somewhere after this." or "How long is this meeting going to take." or just "I'm getting impatient." or on meeting someone it's a less rude way of saying, "You're late." 

 

I don't see how taking out your phone has the same subtlety and specificity. Did you get a text? Emergency phone call? Need to look up something that someone just mentioned? Really bored with the meeting and you're going to read your messages/play a game/check Batoto? 

 

Well non-verbal communication evolves as the technology changes. Taking out a pocket watch was a less subtle gesture than glancing at a wristwatch, and rather difficult to do covertly. Hmmm.

pocket watches are really hard to find nowadays (at least in my town) but I definitely love to get one, to try that subtle gesture like a sir :P