anyone else set timers to weird numbers?

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[–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • Absolutely, as a slight counter to my ADHD and laziness. I find it harder to say "let me sleep fifteen more minutes" when the timer or alarm isn't a round number.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I try to set it to seldom used numbers. It’s part of my fight to remain human in a conforming world.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Depends what I'm timing and what you consider weird.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago
    [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    That's textbook psychopathy.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I set most of my timers using Siri and avoid 30, 40, 50, and 60 exactly because I can’t seem to emphasize β€œTY”in a way to distinguish it from β€œTEEN”. My wife needs to me to clarify those too, so it’s definitely a me problem, not a Siri problem. I instead go over or under a minute or two, depending on the task.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Some time numbers just feel better. :35, :28 good. :24, :17, bad. I can't explain it. It's like a color or a sound.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yes. I have my alarm at exactly 6:18 - not one minute later or earlier.

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  • I set the minutes of my alarm clocks always on odd numbers

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  • Yeah, i just pull the dial and let it settle where it settles. On my alarm clock my alarm will not go off if I set it to specific times like 7:30 so I usually do weird times in an attempt to get around that.

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