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by rsynnott 966 days ago
You know the little pocket within a pocket that most jeans have, in this future year of 2023? It's for a _pocket watch_, originally. Fashion tends to lead to vestigial details hanging around more or less indefinitely.
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Funnily enough I've always heard that referred to as a "coin pocket", but since I live in a country that has barely used cash for the last 10+ years I thought this was very anachronistic and started putting my keys in there.
I used to think it was for (old, zippo-style) lighters. But nah, apparently it started off life as somewhere to put a pocket watch.
You mean the Airpods pocket?