• Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      22 days ago

      Get your own shower thought, dude.

      Jk

      I will add, of all the things, alarm clocks seem like they deserved it the least. They did one thing and they were fine at it.

      • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        22 days ago

        Fine is the right term for this. The alarm clocks were not great, not terrible. They were just fine.

        You couldn’t adjust the sound volume or the sound they make. In the later years of alarm clocks, you did have some fancy lamp-radio-alarm-hybrid devices that did have some settings. However, they were woefully inadequate for my needs, so I was stuck with a solution that was nothing more than fine.

        Enter mobile phones and their ability to play any mp3 file. My life changed! I made a custom sound that starts gently instead of jumping straight to the RUN OR DIE -stage we’ve sadly grown accustomed to in the past decades. IMO a mobile phone alarm is orders of magnitude superior to any alarm clock I’ve ever seen.

        • Droggelbecher@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          22 days ago

          I fucking love alarm clocks. Why? My phone used to be the very first and the very last thing I touch every day. As soon as I unlock my phone, it becomes hard to not get distracted and do other stuff on it. Now, I can have phoneless mornings and evenings.

  • Mr_Crash_Davis@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    21 days ago

    This is true. Looking more broadly there’s a bunch of industries that have been affected by smart phones.

    Here’s just some of the devices you no longer need thanks to I-phone / Androids:

  • Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    22 days ago

    About a year ago I got one of those alarm clocks that slowly light up to simulate the sun rise, and that’s been a game changer. I wake up so much easier and feel less groggy when I do.

    Highly recommend

  • eric5949@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    22 days ago

    My dad is still using his same one from the 70s 80s as far as i know. Yeah you know the one.

  • killabeezio@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    21 days ago

    I wish I would have kept my Garfield alarm clock. “Nahhhhh, don’t get up, sleep longer”. Hated getting up, but loved that thing.

  • CCMan1701A@startrek.website
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    21 days ago

    I have never trusted my cell phone as an alarm due to my anxiety of if I set the volume correctly or not. I’m rocking my Sony Dream Machine that’s got to be over 20 years old now. Works perfectly, would recommend.

  • spicy pancake@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    22 days ago

    me and the rest of the ADHD gang keeping the alarm clock market on life support because a phone alarm is too easy to turn off in your sleep: