• cobysev
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    242 months ago

    Dude! I had this exact alarm clock when I was a kid!

    I’m 40 now and use my phone as an alarm clock. I haven’t had a dedicated alarm clock in like 15 years now.

  • @Lost_My_Mind
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    92 months ago

    Do people still not have these kind of alarm clocks? I still use one very similiar to this.

    • @OhmsLawn
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      92 months ago

      I think most people just use their phones. I can’t say that I’ve even seen a dedicated alarm clock in half a decade, at least.

      • @Lost_My_Mind
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        42 months ago

        Oh, I don’t use my phone. If something happens where it’s not charging (for whatever reason) then I’m not late for work.

        • @Psythik
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          -12 months ago

          That’s why I set an alarm on both my phone and my smartwatch.

      • @[email protected]
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        2 months ago

        I don’t trust phones because I’ve had several that simply failed to activate the alarm randomly and missed something important.

  • @BoxOfFeet
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    92 months ago

    Oh, wow. A classic. Pretty sure that’s the one my parents still use.

  • @[email protected]
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    92 months ago

    I still use an old Sony cube alarm clock. I think it’s probably at least 25 years old.

  • Mossy Feathers (They/Them)
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    72 months ago

    When I was very young I had a similar clock but instead of digital with a screen, it had those flipping number boards. It was really cool and was the coolest thing I owned until something caused the clock to start smelling smoky whenever it was plugged in.

    • @OhmsLawn
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      62 months ago

      My brother had the flippy one. The noise was a little much for me.

    • @erp
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      12 months ago

      Those things were more digital than digital, but would still get beat by nixie tubes.

  • Nathan
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    62 months ago

    I stared at this trying to figure out what was wrong with that normal alarm clock… Then I remembered it’s not 1998 anymore. Fuck hahahahha

  • @fuzz00713
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    62 months ago

    The same alarm clock I have used since 1985. Still works like new.

  • @Machinist
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    52 months ago

    Wuh waah waah waah waah waah. Smack. Just 5 more minutes.

    • IninewCrow
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      32 months ago

      God … I can hear this comment and that stupid alarm clock

  • @blazeknave
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    52 months ago

    Anyone else use these with a table top tape recorder to make mix tapes?

    Or spend a lifetime looking at the residue atop, from summer melting a thick white rubber band wrapped around your Rocksteady action figure you tossed on top of your clock at bedtime?

    The 80s were yesterday right? Weird to think how “just yesterday” the 50s and 60a felt to our parents which felt so foreign to our modern times. The size of the jump now… jfc… telling my kid about back in my day feels like medieval times. “We didn’t have screens everywhere until a few years ago”… “it wasn’t actually safer but they locked us out of the house all day”… Etc etc old man remarks

  • @erp
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    42 months ago

    July 4, 2024. The first time in my life I have mentioned simulated wood grain twice in one day.