No you won’t “definitely won’t forget this time”

  • gila@lemm.ee
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    8 hours 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

  • Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    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

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      9 hours 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.

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        22 hours ago

        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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        17 hours ago

        Smartphones have location-based reminders. Just ask Siri or whatever Google calls theirs this month.

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    23 hours ago

    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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      21 hours ago

      “Hey Google, set a 20 min reminder*, ‘drinks in the freezer’”

      20 mins later Google will notify “Brinks the breezer” but hopefully that’s enough to remind me.

      • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        Yeah I get real snotty with the assistant too, cussing it out and talking mad shit. I don’t care if a future AI catches me out. Fuck Roku’s Basilisk, either a superhuman AI respects lesser beings or it’s no better than a flawed hypocrite like me.

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      1 day ago

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

      2 days later: … crap.

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      1 day ago

      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

      • arandomthought@sh.itjust.works
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        24 hours ago

        I usually press the “+1 minute” button and then the “pause” button. That way it stays in the tray of my phone and I’m too OCD to not get rid of it as soon as possible. Then of course you have to adhere to the rule of only removing the timer once you did what you set the timer for…

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          22 hours ago

          Use alarms and snooze them instead giving you 10 min until it rimgs again. Repeat until task is done

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            22 hours ago

            But then don’t you have to set it to a precise time on the clock each time you use it, rather than “30 min in the future”, for example? The issue for me is timers that I set often, like while cooking. Seems like a minor annoyance maybe but I use them while cooking and entertaining especially, AKA having my attention severely split already lol, additional complexity is to be avoided

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              14 hours ago

              Yes it doesn’t really work for cooking or tasks where you need to be precise, but then snoozing wouldn’t work anyway since 10 min would be too long for most occasions. However you can use your assistant on your phone to set precise alarms. Just say “Hey Google/Siri set an alarm for 12 minuts for the pizza” and it should set an alarm instead of a timer.

              I just have a few generic alarms on my phone i keep changing for whenever i need them. They dont repeat weekly on Android automatically so they are like single use. I also do also have weekly repeating timers for remembering stuff like trash bins or groceries delivery.

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      23 hours 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)☞

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      23 hours ago

      If you get lucky it supercools before freezing and the shock of the vessel breaching is enough to freeze the rest of it mid-explosion. The one time I’ve had a bottle burst (luckily the cap gave way first), that happened and I was left with a bottle with frozen liquid holding the cap a few cm above the bottle and minimal dripping.

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    1 day ago

    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.

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Me: I’m gonna season and dry the wok for a few minutes while I do the dishes.

      does dishes

      walks out of room.

      air quality alert from filter goes off saying bad air quality.

      Shit the wok!

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      23 hours 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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    1 day 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

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      23 hours ago

      My family had a recipe for brandy slush that used the alcohol to prevent the mix from freezing solid. It was a big hit at summer parties.