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something's wrong, I can feel it (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 9 months ago (4 children)

then you find out the power went out, and your boomer habit of using a normal AC powered alarm clock (so you can keep your phone away from your bed to improve sleep quality) just bit you in the fucking ass

[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yea I went back to using my phone after that happened. The clock had a backup battery, but that only kept track of the time, the alarm didn't sound.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago

Oh that's bullshit

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah. A clock with a full backup battery (not judt time keeping) is on my list of things I should get but can't be assed to go look for.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Could get a clock with a backup battery.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

mine has a backup- it's a coin cell to keep the time saved, not to run the alarm.

i'm sure true rechargeable battery clocks exist that would further solve this problem if I bought one; but that would both require effort to find a good one, and also run against my other boomer habit: being a fucking tightwad lmao

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

i use a smartwatch (a cheap-ass huawei band) as an alarm.
also has a bonus feature of not waking up 5 other family members.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

like, do you wear it while you're sleeping even? or just on a charger pedestal

I do have an old samsung Gear 2 that I don't use anymore. Could use that and skip pairing to my phone. I just don't wear smart watches, because I never wear a watch at all (blue collar industry habits, can't wear any bands that might get caught in moving machinery)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

i just keep it on 24/7, even while showering/sleeping (i basically only take it off to charge, which it only needs once every 10-14 days for like 15 minutes).
The vibro alarm thingy is surprisingly effective at waking me up! (somehow wakes me up even faster than traditional loud noise alarms)
but yeah in your case i wouldn't be very convinient

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You don't have a battery powered alarm clock?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

....no?

I have some big red LCD shit from the 90s that i got out of a box at my parents house lol