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Remember a timer! (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
 

No you won't "definitely won't forget this time"

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[–] arandomthought@sh.itjust.works 53 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Know thyself and set a timer. I don't allow myself to do stuff like that without setting an alarm.

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Beep, beep, beep,

Beep, beep, beep,

What's that for, again?

Better turn it off

I’m gonna turn it off now, and get to it right away. Where does the burn smell come from?

[–] django@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago

"Why does it smell burnt? I am sure I set a timer!"

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[–] hayes_@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

20 minutes later: silences timer because I’m too focused on something else.

2 days later: … crap.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"Guess I'm re-washing that load of laundry."

[–] luciferofastora@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago

Don't you fucking call me out like that, dammit

[–] kozy138@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago
[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"Hey Google, set a 20 min timer, 'drinks in the freezer'"

20 mins later Google will notify "Brinks the breezer" but hopefully that's enough to remind me.

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[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

I have graduated to even screwing up my timers. Now the timer doesn't get silenced until the thing it is timing gets accomplished. Unless I'm distracted and fail to use that rule, then it's back to square one of course.

Edit: whoops, two people already said basically this. Guess I'll leave it

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[–] astrsk@fedia.io 2 points 3 months ago

Everyone’s gotta learn the hard way.

[–] slampisko@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Yep! My fridge has a one-tap 30-min timer specifically for drinks in the freezer (you can also then adjust the time with more taps). Needless to say, it is one of the most used functions of my fridge (☞゚ヮ゚)☞

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 months ago
[–] Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

FUCK I put a snack in the freezer like... 5 days ago? And completely forgot about it until now

This will happen again I can't fetch it right now

[–] SirHery@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Jo when you home buddy? Set a timer.

[–] figaro 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This. I put protein shakes in the freezer bc they taste better the colder they are. They aren't good though if you freeze them then let them thaw, so it's a pretty high risk game. I try to remember to set a 30 minute timer on my phone whenever I do it.

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[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I’ve forgotten about thin mints in the freezer for so long that I had purchased another pack the next Girl Scout cookie season and only found them when I put newly purchased package in the freezer.

[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You mean my roommate wasn't trying to make beer slushy all over the freezer daily?

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 6 points 3 months ago

No I wasn’t

[–] SaintWacko@slrpnk.net 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 3 months ago

B and C. Nothing should be on Facebook.

[–] TDCN@feddit.dk 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I've learned the hard way (multiple times) that if beverage goes into freezer a timer of one hour MUST be set on my phone or smart speaker, because I gaslighted myself into believing it's illegal to put drinks in the freezer and if someone finds out I'll be arrested.

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[–] Wiz@midwest.social 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Now try something in the oven.

YES, A TIMER IS NECESSARY!

[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Good thing my oven has an integrated timer. In fact, it won't work without setting the timer. Never thought about how much grief that must have saved me already.

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[–] AreaKode@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's why I always set a 1 hour timer. Or I will definitely forget.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Sometimes I set a timer and when it chimes I've already forget what it was for lol

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

On most smartphones you can give titles to timers.

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 4 points 3 months ago

instinctively silences timer without addressing what the timer was for

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago
[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Why the fuck did I set a timer?!

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

My phone lets me label timers. Get an app that can do that.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 8 points 3 months ago

Bomb has been planted.

[–] nilclass@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Get a drink with more alcohol in it. It will survive longer

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

Roughly 1 degree below 0°C per degree (percent) of alcohol is the rule of thumb I was taught

[–] the_artic_one@programming.dev 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's even faster to put it in ice water and the worst that can happen if you forget about it is your drink gets warm again.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Add salt to the ice water so it melts colder and it will cool your drink faster.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My ex. Never me. I'd drink soda warm before id risk it bursting.

My ADHD absolutely can't handle that clean up.

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[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

So many exploded cans and bottles in my youth but also the magic when you got it and your coke was in slushie form and then you added booze.

Chefs kiss

[–] legopika@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I just stick it in a zip lock so if I forget about it there's no clean up

[–] froh42@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The 2 liter bottle of coke I once froze exploded with so much force that I found the freezer door open when I investigated the loud bang at 3am. No way a ziploc would contain that force.

[–] F04118F@feddit.nl 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The 2 liter bottle of coke I once froze exploded with so much force that I found the freezer door open when I investigated the loud bang at 3am.

Top-tier sentence right there. Very well written, it just keeps getting better (or worse, for you)

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've been using the "kitchen timer" function on my microwave non-stop since I found it

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[–] gila@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

I'll remember because by the time I put it in there I'm close to dying of thirst, but still won't drink something at room temp. So forgetting and then remembering my crippling dehydration is generally a pretty good egg timer for it

[–] CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 months ago

hey, there's nothing wrong with having an accidental sorbeit

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bonus points if it's contained in a pressurized aluminum can.

Expect: "What the heck was that boom?!"

I hope it was seltzer instead of soda.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 2 months ago

Kid of a girl I was seeing years ago put a can of Coke in there, forgot about it, and the fucking can exploding blew the door of the freezer off somehow.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Obviously it won't work for cold drinks, but for warm drinks, I got my wife a few of these:

https://www.amazon.com/Ember-Temperature-Control-1-5-hr-Battery/dp/B0BHBTQB3X

She still forgets her drinks, but now when she finds them, they've usually maintained the desired temperature.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Man, I've done that so many times. Another one is, "I'll set this important object in this random place while I go do a side-errand. When I'm done I'm sure I will somehow remember where I left it, even though this has never worked before."

[–] Chef_Boyardee@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

I have timers/alarms for everything. At least one hundred.

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