>> My grandmother gets that way with watches. She just... fries them if they touch her skin too much.<<
I am the same way, and so was my grandmother! It is usually based on fey nature (which is timebendy) and/or the high bioelectric field of any strong magical person. I have found that mechanical watches are less susceptible than electronic ones, but I can't keep machinery running well either (different glitch). So I keep the watch guts off my skin by using plastic-coated watches with a nylon (it HAS to be synthetic) band that goes between the back of my watch and my arm. Watches still go senile on me, but it takes longer.
>> I can see how that'd be difficult to work with. Do you end up having to use ethernet cords when you're at home? <<
We use cables for as much as possible, but the only way to get upstairs is a wireless router. The wireless connection here is ... iffy, and rarely works if someone brings their equipment from outside. Residential tech tends to adapt, eventually, if it doesn't die outright.
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Yes it is.
>> My grandmother gets that way with watches. She just... fries them if they touch her skin too much.<<
I am the same way, and so was my grandmother! It is usually based on fey nature (which is timebendy) and/or the high bioelectric field of any strong magical person. I have found that mechanical watches are less susceptible than electronic ones, but I can't keep machinery running well either (different glitch). So I keep the watch guts off my skin by using plastic-coated watches with a nylon (it HAS to be synthetic) band that goes between the back of my watch and my arm. Watches still go senile on me, but it takes longer.
>> I can see how that'd be difficult to work with. Do you end up having to use ethernet cords when you're at home? <<
We use cables for as much as possible, but the only way to get upstairs is a wireless router. The wireless connection here is ... iffy, and rarely works if someone brings their equipment from outside. Residential tech tends to adapt, eventually, if it doesn't die outright.