Casio Adds Fitness Features to Original G-Shock Digital Watch

Re:Casio Adds Fitness Features to Original G-Shock Digital W... by the_gipsy on Monday May 08, 2023 @02:42PM (#35865427)

Did you stop using it because you read about that, or some actual incident?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Casio Adds Fitness Features to Original G-Shock Digital W... by hewlett on Monday May 08, 2023 @04:24PM (#35866590)

An Afgan electrical engineer was sent to Guantanamo Bay for wearing it as Al-Qaeda was known to use the F91W in IEDs

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Casio Adds Fitness Features to Original G-Shock Digital W... by porkbeer on Monday May 08, 2023 @04:40PM (#35866781)

Im sure that was the only factor involved.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Casio Adds Fitness Features to Original G-Shock Digital W... by filoleg on Monday May 08, 2023 @06:07PM (#35867603)

Yeah, I am with you on this one.

I even tried googling for it, but couldn't find any articles referencing both Guantanamo and casio watches, aside from the general ones talking about the whole phenomenon of Al-Quaeda preferring those watches or pieces talking about incidents where the watch was actually used as an IED component.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Casio Adds Fitness Features to Original G-Shock Digital W... by hewlett on Monday May 08, 2023 @06:16PM (#35867668)

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2006/07/why-am-i-cuba/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2011/apr/25/gu...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Casio Adds Fitness Features to Original G-Shock Digital W... by slicktux on Monday May 08, 2023 @06:38PM (#35867874)

I was being made fun of in a tongue in cheek way… If it does not apply I let it fly but it was just a little too much.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Casio Adds Fitness Features to Original G-Shock Digital W... by CydeWeys on Monday May 08, 2023 @09:28PM (#35869169)

By any chance are you Arab? If so, then I can see why that might sting (and why the others were, unfortunately, taking the tack). If you're not though, then meh, easy to dismiss.

[ Parent | on HN ]