That band looks great.
And we already have a straight pride band: the default grey rubber one lol
And we already have a straight pride band: the default grey rubber one lol
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Apple Unveils 2024 Pride Edition Braided Solo Loop Band and Watch Face
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Ah yes because the teams that work on watch bands are the same ones who work on that stuff. Come on now
I’m gonna take this question in good faith and give an answer…
One of the challenges of being gay is that there’s often no easy way to tell if someone you want to get to know (for either social or dating reasons) is also gay.
Saying “hey, are you gay?” might get one of several responses, many of them safe, but sometimes either verbal or physical abuse. And there’s no way of knowing which one you’ll get, until you ask. That’s the unfortunate reality of society as it is today.
So it’s genuinely helpful to have things like this, that signal that someone is probably LGBTQ+, or at least is someone open-minded enough to not get abusive if you ask.
None of what you said is true.
With virtually every other people group left out.
I can not fathom why straight people would feel diminished by the existence of Pride watch bands. Nor, can I understand why they would want watch bands to celebrate acceptance for being straight.
I have two sons. One is gay and one is straight. That's just the way they were made from day one. They are young men now, and both turned out great. However, while my gay son had to deal with acceptance from family and friends, my straight son never needed to think about this stuff. My straight son will not have to worry about getting bullied for his sexual orientation. He won't have to avoid certain countries when he travels. He won't have to worry about discrimination in the workplace.
So, if Apple makes a Pride watch band, that's fine by me. Personally, I would not buy one because I prefer boring solid colors. This is because I simply can not mix and match colors for a damn. Zero fashion sense. But, if my son asked me to wear one to show support at a function or event, I would have no problem doing so.
If you like these watch bands, buy it and wear with pride. If it isn't your taste in colors, don't buy it. Simple as that.
I have two sons. One is gay and one is straight. That's just the way they were made from day one. They are young men now, and both turned out great. However, while my gay son had to deal with acceptance from family and friends, my straight son never needed to think about this stuff. My straight son will not have to worry about getting bullied for his sexual orientation. He won't have to avoid certain countries when he travels. He won't have to worry about discrimination in the workplace.
So, if Apple makes a Pride watch band, that's fine by me. Personally, I would not buy one because I prefer boring solid colors. This is because I simply can not mix and match colors for a damn. Zero fashion sense. But, if my son asked me to wear one to show support at a function or event, I would have no problem doing so.
If you like these watch bands, buy it and wear with pride. If it isn't your taste in colors, don't buy it. Simple as that.
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Brown Zune™️ wants to know where all the color brown defenders were back in 2006. 
The US is a weird place for the past couple of years. They favor certain groups but forget the rest of them don't fit their agenda.
I think the watch band looks pretty awesome.
...the watch face though, that just make me think of late 2000s album art for some reason. 😬
...the watch face though, that just make me think of late 2000s album art for some reason. 😬
I'm just glad it looks good and is legible this year. Celebrate what you want, but maybe on a watch face make it easier to read the time.
I think the watch band looks pretty awesome.
...the watch face though, that just make me think of late 2000s album art for some reason. 😬
Or mid-90s Photoshop banners. Maybe that's why I like it.
It's literally not part of the rainbow, but we seem to be well past that now.
I'm good. You can't cancel someone that doesn't give a **** if they offend others. lol.
I'm quite certain you've heard this before and are just refusing to acknowledge it, but on the off chance you haven't—straight people don't need pride bands because straight people in general have no need to be proud of their identity. When LGBT people say we have pride, we mean it in the sense that "pride" is the opposite of "shame." Many/most of us grew up hiding a huge part of ourselves and being ashamed of who we are, so having pride is our way of rejecting those feelings and celebrating our identity. Straight people simply don't share that experience and thus don't need to celebrate their straightness.
Agreed at the overreaction, but nobody is being cancelled here lol people are just disagreeing with each other. That isn't "cancel culture" 😂
Wearing this one proudly in support of all of you in the LGBTQ community. This thread's just full of people who grew up coddled and think everything needs to be about them.
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This is so true. It's like 99% straight, cis, white women who are up in arms all the time about terminology that doesn't even apply to them 😂
No need to make things up—the 6-color Pride flag (i.e. the good one) has been in use for decades (since 1979). The one pictured there is the "Progress" Pride Flag, which was created in 2018. And that isn't even the latest! There's also the 2021 "Intersex-inclusive" Pride Flag, which added a yellow triangle and purple circle for the infinitesimal population of intersex people who apparently felt left out by the yellow and purple stripes on the 1979 flag.
I personally don't like the newer flags because the 1979 version already included everyone (hence the rainbow). I think the additional stripes completely undermine the flag, both literally and figuratively—none of them are actually in a rainbow (black isn't even a color, and white is all the colors), and separating out certain demographics is unnecessarily divisive.
An incomplete Straw Man fallacy…*slow clap*
then don't take support for oppressed people as a slight for yourself.
Not ad hominem. It is a valid question asking how you handle situations where other's are given attention.
For somebody who doesn’t care you still felt the need to reply thus showing deep down you do care to an extent. GG
Because I replied to your comment on an internet tech forum, I care about why you want to do certain things with your genitals? Interesting logic.