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Does this mean that 3/4 adults use something other than their cell phone as an alarm clock? That’s way more crazy to me than the initial stat.
by mikejulietbravo 8y ago
Does this mean that 3/4 adults use something other than their cell phone as an alarm clock? That’s way more crazy to me than the initial stat.
- wenc 8y agoYeah, I had a manual alarm clock for years, and recently discovered that my phone is actually the ideal alarm clock. I travel a lot, often to different time zones, and instead of having muck around with hotel alarm clocks, my phone alarm always goes off at the same time every morning relative to the local time. And there's no alarm clock at home that buzzes in the morning and annoys the heck out of my neighbors before shutting itself off after 30 mins. A phone also doesn't blink 00:00 when the power goes out.
- ocdtrekkie 8y agoI've rarely had a phone successful in waking me up. I've had reasonably good luck with a Motorola Xoom tablet I still have that still works for this purpose. (The Xoom is a nice thick device that didn't slouch on component size, and can put out legit audio.) But the most effective alarm clock I own is a good old-fashion quartz clock AM/FM radio. It's WAY louder than any phone or tablet can offer up, and having it is often more reliable as well, given that my phone sometimes needs a hard reboot after installing a security update and hence isn't booted when I wake up, or didn't align for charging correctly and ran out of battery while sitting on the charging pad. On the other hand, the battery in the Xoom mitigates the risk of my alarm not going off due to a power outage, and it being smart mitigates the risk of being late due to a time change.
- theandrewbailey 8y ago> But the most effective alarm clock I own is a good old-fashion quartz clock AM/FM radio. Mine predates the recession, and I still rely on it. I have it on my dresser, such that I need to stand up and get out of bed to turn it off. Hey, while I'm up, let's start the day.
- jstanley 8y agoI doubt 4/4 adults use an alarm clock at all.
- pranalli 8y agoNobody uses an alarm clock after having kids.
- chooseaname 8y agoNope. But I still grab my phone and look sadly at the time.
- dbcurtis 8y agoWait till they hit college. then you become the alarm clock. (Today, got up at 0500 Pacific to provide back-up alarm for kid on east coast with final).
- lordCarbonFiber 8y agolol wut. In what world does your adult offspring need a call from home to show up for an obligation? Do you plan on early morning wake up calls every day of their career as well (because you should probably automate that).
- ntumlin 8y agoThis is common, or at least, I've definitely had my parents do this for me, and I know my friends have too. The logic is as follows: I need to be up early, my parents always get up early, and my alarm almost always works. If I have both to wake me up, there's a good chance I won't accidentally sleep in.
- sys_64738 8y agoThis is rewarding bad behavior. The offspring should be conditioned to awaken themselves by having an unpleasant experience occur when they don't awaken when expected. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_conditioning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_conditioning
- wgerard 8y ago
- tlrobinson 8y agoBelieve it or not, it's possible to turn off the alarm without checking your phone.
- giancarlostoro 8y agoNot the 2nd alarm?
- usrusr 8y agoIt's also possible to turn off the alarm without waking up. Now eagerly awaiting the follow-up study: have we developed the ability to check the phone without waking up yet?
- njarboe 8y agoOr swiping the alarm off instead of the snooze. Physical alarm clocks have different motions. Push big button, snooze. Click little switch, turn off alarm. Much better. Though, like everything these days, I heard there is an app for that. Swipe to snooze. Calculate some math problem and enter the answer for alarm off. Haven't bought the app myself yet.
- beatgammit 8y agoI put my phone across the room so I have to get out of bed to turn off my alarm. It works really well and I now have to consciously decide to go back to bed. I set two alarms: 5 and 6. If I make my first alarm, I get an hour to myself. If I don't, I scramble to get ready before my kids wake up. Since moving my phone, I have slept better (no more late night time wasting in bed) and I have gotten up at 5 more reliably. I'm not really a morning person, but I enjoy the morning schedule better than my previous "schedule" (kids wake me up by screaming).
- crankylinuxuser 8y agoI take it you don't have a cat meowing in your ear, because they want morning food?
- philip1209 8y agoI use my Google Home now as an alarm clock
- bgeeek 8y agoI'm trying it out at the moment, although I find it too easy to snooze or turn-off, which is different from using Timely on my phone, placed across the room. Also trying Alexa at different time intervals.
- LeoPanthera 8y agoI have an analogue bedside clock that uses WWVB to set the time. It's one of my most valued possessions, in fact. I hate digital clocks.
- ergothus 8y agoDo you have a non-subjective reason to hate digital clocks? I have a strong dislike for analog clocks - hard to read at a glance, and even a .1 second delay in translating the display to a useful time feels wasted (and I spend more time than that because I double check myself, because I'm wrong too often). An answer like "for some reason manufacturers only use garishly bright LEDs" is (too) true, but not really about it being digital (c'mon eink!), while answer like "I find analog clocks to be prettier/more elegant" can be true but is clearly subjective. I've just never understood the desire to have a clock that doesn't tell the time but instead shows some foreign representation of the common understanding of time (and not too precisely at that). That doesn't mean there is no argument I'd find persuasive, I've just not heard it yet. Care to share?
- LeoPanthera 8y agoWhen I read a digital clock, I have to mentally translate it into a picture of an analogue clock before I feel like I "understand" what time it is. It's probably just how I was brought up.
- ergothus 8y ago...completely not an answer I was expecting. It makes as much as sense as my complaint of the opposite though. (well, maybe 80% as much sense, but I'm also biased.) . Thanks for the answer!
- PascLeRasc 8y agoI'm the same way, especially with hearing a time verbally, or thinking about a stretch of time like "this meeting will take two hours".
- rsl7 8y ago
- kradeelav 8y agoLots of people use manual alarm clocks for different reasons. Mine doubles as a vibrating alarm as I'm both a heavy sleeper and don't hear at night. Honestly though, I'm still shocked at the number of people who are on a screen that soon. That can't be healthy for the eyes.
- 1auralynn 8y agoI don't use an alarm clock, but I'm privileged to set my own schedule. I think I check my phone ~5 minutes after waking though. For a while I put it to charge in another room, which I think was healthier - I might do that again.
- echevil 8y agoAnother condition in the study is "within 1 minute". I guess the other 3 are just slower in their waking up process :)
- raws 8y agoMy alarm is the 5mins long hourly news bulletin that does not require data :)
- cimmanom 8y agoI do in order to be able to keep the phone somewhere that it will not tempt me into looking at it when I'm supposed to be sleeping.
- QuercusMax 8y agoI have my phone plugged in on a table that's close to my bed (within 3 feet), but far enough away that I have to get out of bed to use it while plugged in. Since starting the day with an out-of-battery phone isn't very pleasant, it's been very effective at preventing phone use before bed. It still works fine for alarms, or, if I'm on call, pages.
- recursive 8y agoI use a clock as a clock. Crazy, right?