Of course the watch itself is a symbol of mortality (in the sense of time ticking down to death). Quite a few of the objects in those pictures (watches, books, a flower) can be interpreted that way. As symbols of vanity in the original sense of the word, and in the modern sense.
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Goths love that…
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Only Americans.
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I guarantee that your locality has its own chapter.
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The watch is lovely, but I was immediately reminded of the phrase “He who dies with the most toys, still dies”.
Then I searched online to try and find the originator of the phrase, and found a whole bunch of Bible studies shit referencing it 
The point still stands - and for me, it’s about the ultra consumerist gotta have it all mindset, which in my (ever so 'umble opinion) does nobody any good.
Then I was cheered up while in conversation with a brewer at a small South Korean brewery. He had just opined that the English drink a lot (to which I had to agree 
), then said “there is no such thing as strong beer, just weak men”.
He went on to tell a Johnny Walker whisky story that left me in no doubt that the Koreans can put it away in quantity too 
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Bit of an anachronism, but when in Rome…
Listening to WWV is both like listening to time itself being generated (especially since, occasionally, they’ll announce adding a second to UT1) and also slipping away forever, beep by beep…
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Some kinds of tourons have their own subset moniker, like for people who invade forested areas for a couple-few weekends to see leaves turning color.
That one came up in a conversation today, but we couldn’tquite remembersuch a term. Anyone know of a term for such tourists that locals would use?
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Leaf peepers?
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Fall guys.
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Leafers is a term I’ve heard up in New England
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I call them “my dad and his friends”, usually with a tired tone 
Like, the montseny is there, and I know is beautiful… but must you go every year to do the same photos?
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Doubles as a reference to Toronto Maple Leafs fans?
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Go Leafs!
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Leave, leaves!
Oh, wait…
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