When your tech insults you

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My smart watch “auto detects” when I start doing various types of exercises (running, bicycling, etc…)

While that’s a neat feature, I’ve noticed it giving me credit for activities I’m not actually doing. When it does, I almost feel insulted. Like I’m getting a participation trophy.

For example, I’ll be folding clean laundry with OH. Usually it’s a couple baskets full so it does take a little bit to finish. I’ll notice after a few minutes of folding clothes that my watch will pop up with a notfication saying “Keep it up!” and display that I’ve been “exercicing” for a few minutes already.

How lazy and/or out of shape am I really that my watch thinks that me folding clothes is exercise? And this happens constantly. Same thing when I’m sweeping the floor.

Best yet is the last couple days when I was out with my son on our electric scooters, my watch auto-tracked that as me riding a bicycle. I’m thinking, “I KNOW this watch tracks my heart rate. I may be going 15mph (24kmph), but my heart rate is maybe 63 bpm so why do you think I’m exercising?”

Not sure if my watch is passive aggressively telling me I need to get out and actually exercise, or just plain insulting me :stuck_out_tongue:

Anyone else have any insulting/awkward/creepy tech stories?

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Could be some motivation, especially if you were having sex or masturbating and it tells you to “keep it up”, “go for it!!” Or “you’re doing great.” haha

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I never use that kind of tech. I just find it very patronising. I’m not 4.

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Every time I do house work mine states I’m in fat burning mode I love it :joy: means I’m burning calories so I’m not complaining lol.

Also is it bad I check mine after sex to see how long we went for and how many calories I burned? :see_no_evil:

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I personally don’t think so. But now I’m curious how long the sex lasted and how many calories you burned :joy:

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Haha so one of the recent times was 1hr35 and It says I burned 312 calories :joy: not sure how that compares to anyone else but I think that’s pretty good lol

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it must’ve took some effort eating them
doughnuts then :joy::joy:

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I think there’s a strong possibility it was defective. :slightly_smiling_face: Though I could have been throwing them back with more gusto than I realised. I am rather flouncy.

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What calories do they say you’ve burned if you have it on your wanking wrist? :thinking::joy:

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Only 12…

Edit: Ah, sorry. That was the pedometer.

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Must try harder!

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A coworker has one of these watches and she was mindlessly scratching her arm. Her watch congratulated her on achieving 10,000 steps :joy:

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My Fitbit would do the same :joy:

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I am now very curious to know too. Though by the time I get to full on wanking, I’m usually ready to go from extended edging time so it doesn’t take long.

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That still seems like a lot just for arm scratching though

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She didn’t do 10,000 arm scratches! haha but it’s what took her to and over 10,000 “steps” :see_no_evil:

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Ok that makes sense

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Yep! Same with hoovering :rofl:

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Ok, “hoovering”? I think I’ll need an explaination

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