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The Bud Jest, number 1138.
Oh, I like this expression.
What good is blah blah?
What good is something?
This is such a useful expression.
We use it all the time.
You understand what it means, right?
Well, don't worry, I will explain it after you check out the dialogue.
And the question is, if we can say what good is blah blah, can we also say what bad is blah blah?
I'll explain after the dialogue.
What good is a smartwatch?
I use mine all the time.
For what? Counting my steps, watching my stress levels, making sure I'm getting enough sleep.
Yeah, my wife bought me a smartwatch a couple years ago and I do like it for those reasons.
What good is a smartwatch?
It simply means what is the use of or for a smartwatch?
And the nuance is it's not useful.
We don't need it. It's unnecessary.
What good is blah blah blah?
We don't need it. It's not necessary.
What good is a smartwatch?
Just use a regular watch.
You don't even need a watch.
You can use your smartphone to see what time it is.
Why do you need a smartwatch?
Well, my explanation, I use mine all the time.
For what? What do you use it for?
Counting my steps. How many steps a day do you get?
Me, not many. I'm around 5000 steps a day.
That's not good, right?
But I keep track. I use it to watch my stress levels to find out when I'm stressed and when I'm not.
As it turns out, I'm always stressed.
And I use it to make sure I get enough sleep.
You know, they say you're supposed to get seven to eight hours of good sleep every night.
Well, for me, if I get six hours, that's great.
Sometimes actually quite often it's just five hours this morning or today it was four hours.
So yeah, I'm not getting enough sleep, but I'm monitoring it and I know and now I have a goal to try and get more sleep.
Do you have a smartwatch?
Do you like it? I remember when smartphones first came out like the iPhone.
I was like, what good is a smartphone?
It's silly. It's stupid.
It's I don't understand why, but now, oh my God, maybe you two without a smartphone.
How would we live? My dad is smart.
My dad used to have a smartphone.
He got rid of it. He went back to a flip phone.
Yeah, I should try that impossible.
But anyway, so the question is what good is blah, blah, blah, why do we need?
What is the use of or what is the use for something something?
Can we say what bad is?
No, we can't. No, we can't do that.
So if somebody says, what good is a smartphone?
You can counter argue by saying, well, what bad is a smartphone?
You can't. You could say that and we would understand, but we don't use that expression.
You know, we actually don't.
So what good is something something is great.
What bad is I do not recommend you use that expression.
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What good is a smartwatch?
I use mine all the time.
For what? Counting my steps, watching my stress levels, making sure I'm getting enough sleep.
What good is a smartwatch?
I use mine all the time.
For what? Counting my steps, watching my stress levels, making sure I'm getting enough sleep.