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That’s a bit hysterical. I mean are you living in a mansion that has hundreds of these things? I think there were three or two in my 5 bedroom house growing up.

Tao3300 3y ago
The modern requirements vary based on locale, and will crop up at sale time: https://www.homelight.com/blog/are-smoke-detectors-required-when-selling-a-house/ https://www.homelight.com/blog/are-smoke-detectors-required-... So yeah, I don't remember having many as a kid either, but fast forward 30 years and I had to buy a bunch to sell my house.
lucumo 3y ago
It takes about two or three replacement cycles before you recognize it as the tell-tale signs of smoke detector. I had only one the first time I had to deal with it. But since these bullshit things beep once and then go silent, it takes forever to figure that out. Me: sfalling asleep, enjoying the slow decline into unconsciousness Smoke detector: beep Me: What was that? Listens intently. SM: silence Me: Maybe be my imagination. SM: silence Me: Guess it's my imagination. Let's go to sleep again. SM: beep Me: No, that was real. What is that? SM: silence Me: Where did it come from? SM: silence Me: Oh, I guess it stopped. Weird. SM: beep Me: Or not. Still not sure where that came from. This might repeat a few times, depending on how comfortable the bed is and how cold the house is. SM: beep Me: Fucking hell, this doesn't stop. Goddamnit. Guess I have to get up. SM: silence Me: Thoroughly annoyed and groggy from interrupted sleep. SM: silence Me: ... SM: beep Me: other side of the house SM: silence Me: boiling SM: silence Me: stopped? SM: silence Me: stopped. SM: beep Me: Goddamnit. SM: silence Me: Thoroughly ready to go to bed. SM: silence Me: ... SM: beep Me: starting to have a theory of where it comes from. SM: silence Me: beep, you motherfucker, I need to know it was you SM: silence Me: Is it taking longer to beep? It didn't stop now, did it? SM: silence Me: Come ON! SM: beep Me: Got it. Where's the ladder...? Me: Gets the thing removed from the ceiling. Me: Removes the battery, and throws the damn thing somewhere I may or may not see it in the morning. Me: Sleep now. SM: forgotten for weeks Fuck those badly designed things. Bad UI kills.
yungporko 3y ago
two is enough to cause a problem in the middle of the night, which is the only time the stupid things start beeping.

Tao3300 3y ago

The modern requirements vary based on locale, and will crop up at sale time: https://www.homelight.com/blog/are-smoke-detectors-required-when-selling-a-house/ https://www.homelight.com/blog/are-smoke-detectors-required-... So yeah, I don't remember having many as a kid either, but fast forward 30 years and I had to buy a bunch to sell my house.

lucumo 3y ago

It takes about two or three replacement cycles before you recognize it as the tell-tale signs of smoke detector. I had only one the first time I had to deal with it. But since these bullshit things beep once and then go silent, it takes forever to figure that out. Me: sfalling asleep, enjoying the slow decline into unconsciousness Smoke detector: beep Me: What was that? Listens intently. SM: silence Me: Maybe be my imagination. SM: silence Me: Guess it's my imagination. Let's go to sleep again. SM: beep Me: No, that was real. What is that? SM: silence Me: Where did it come from? SM: silence Me: Oh, I guess it stopped. Weird. SM: beep Me: Or not. Still not sure where that came from. This might repeat a few times, depending on how comfortable the bed is and how cold the house is. SM: beep Me: Fucking hell, this doesn't stop. Goddamnit. Guess I have to get up. SM: silence Me: Thoroughly annoyed and groggy from interrupted sleep. SM: silence Me: ... SM: beep Me: other side of the house SM: silence Me: boiling SM: silence Me: stopped? SM: silence Me: stopped. SM: beep Me: Goddamnit. SM: silence Me: Thoroughly ready to go to bed. SM: silence Me: ... SM: beep Me: starting to have a theory of where it comes from. SM: silence Me: beep, you motherfucker, I need to know it was you SM: silence Me: Is it taking longer to beep? It didn't stop now, did it? SM: silence Me: Come ON! SM: beep Me: Got it. Where's the ladder...? Me: Gets the thing removed from the ceiling. Me: Removes the battery, and throws the damn thing somewhere I may or may not see it in the morning. Me: Sleep now. SM: forgotten for weeks Fuck those badly designed things. Bad UI kills.

yungporko 3y ago

two is enough to cause a problem in the middle of the night, which is the only time the stupid things start beeping.