Prank yourself by setting a timer to go off at a long time in the future (like 1 or 2 years) and forgetting about it
Posted by ShoeChoice5567@reddit | CrazyIdeas | View on Reddit | 30 comments
Hopefully it won't go off in an akward time!
Dr_Identity@reddit
I have ADHD so this happens to me on the daily when my oven timer goes off
SpaceBug176@reddit
Reminds me of the time I set up an alarm on a random computer in my old highschool titled "The end of the world". I don't remember when it was, but I set it to happen during school time.
herejusttoannoyyou@reddit
I just set an alarm called “don’t forget the meeting” on April 1st, 2031
sillybilly8102@reddit
How/what app/device/method?
herejusttoannoyyou@reddit
iPhone calendar
sillybilly8102@reddit
Thanks! Does it give you an actual alarm (like ring ring ring ring ring) or just a buzz or ding?
herejusttoannoyyou@reddit
I think I can set it to what I want. My calendar alarms currently are just a ding and a message that stays on the lock screen until I dismiss it.
It is weird to be giving information like this in a joke sub
ivthreadp110@reddit
I wish my cell phone lasted 1 or 2 years....
WayneConrad@reddit
I do that, but not on purpose. For me, a "long time in the future" is just a few hours. 😁
Disastrous_Ad1260@reddit
With me it is weekly alarms for last week's early event. It will take me 2 or 3 weeks to get up and turn it off for good, instead of just for now.
capnlatenight@reddit
Sometimes I get a notification from !RemindMe that I haven't thought about in months/ a year.
Mm2k@reddit
My wife sets the oven timer for 7 hours instead of 7 minutes, and then forgets about and 7 hours later --usually in the middle of the night -- it goes off and scares the hell out of us.
ShoeChoice5567@reddit (OP)
Did she turn the oven off or is it on for 7 hours?
IHateMondays0@reddit
Kinda related but I once left the stove on for 12 hours accidentally. It's a miracle the house didn't burn down. I think about that often
jckipps@reddit
Stovetop, or oven? The stovetop is a bit dangerous for that, particularly if it's on high with anything flammable remotely close to the burner. But the oven could stay on for weeks without consequence.
IHateMondays0@reddit
Stovetop. the reason why is because we moved to a new house where the rotation for the stove knobs was different and instead of turning it off I turned it onto the lowest setting, but not off. so it was on on low all night...
When I came in the kitchen in the morning the whole room was really hot and humid. I think I barely avoided a fire
jckipps@reddit
Low was fine, provided there was nothing near the burner to catch on fire.
Mm2k@reddit
Just the timer.
Blinky_@reddit
She might be giving herself an out from your unwanted sexual advances.
I said MIGHT!
Mm2k@reddit
Naw, you’re probably right.
SentenceAwkward5302@reddit
Even better, put a 100 note in an object or piece of clothing you won't touch for years..
hoggineer@reddit
But do it at my house to prank yourself really good.
SentenceAwkward5302@reddit
😄
SentenceAwkward5302@reddit
Your adress? I'm sure there's a 100 note there 😋
herejusttoannoyyou@reddit
I literally had to look up what a 100 note was. I felt really stupid when I did.
hoggineer@reddit
Otherwise known as a C note. Or (in the US) A Benjamin, or a Benny.
SentenceAwkward5302@reddit
😄
RestInPillows@reddit
Absolute mad lad
Life-Landscape5689@reddit
When I was like 12 and had one of those cheap phones that slid side ways revealing a keyboard, I set a calandra alarm for Jan 1 2060 something. Phones probably in a landfill but I remember being like “omg I’m totally gonna blow my mind when this goes off”
_dontseeme@reddit
I do that with reminders sometimes