This is true. Looking more broadly there’s a bunch of industries that have been affected by smart phones.
Here’s just some of the devices you no longer need thanks to I-phone / Androids:
Strictly speaking the replacement for the gameboy is not iPhone / Android.
It’s the Switch / PSP / other similar handheld consoles.
I would love to have that red phone with the number dial though, for decorative purposes :)
Hard to get a game of bones going with just a smart phone.
I’m sure there’s a dice app that adds the “clickity clack” effects. After that it’s practically the same lol.
I wish I would have kept my Garfield alarm clock. “Nahhhhh, don’t get up, sleep longer”. Hated getting up, but loved that thing.
I have never trusted my cell phone as an alarm due to my anxiety of if I set the volume correctly or not. I’m rocking my Sony Dream Machine that’s got to be over 20 years old now. Works perfectly, would recommend.
My dad is still using his same one from the
70s80s as far as i know. Yeah you know the one.MREET! MREET! MREET! MREET!
The analog one with 2 bells that never keeps accurate time? Or the horizontal one with the radio and the flappy, rolodex-shaped parts that display the time?
About a year ago I got one of those alarm clocks that slowly light up to simulate the sun rise, and that’s been a game changer. I wake up so much easier and feel less groggy when I do.
Highly recommend
Also highly recommend gradual nature sound alarm sounds like birds and stuff. Wake up way less grumpy.
me and the rest of the ADHD gang keeping the alarm clock market on life support because a phone alarm is too easy to turn off in your sleep:
Plus keeping the phone far from bed is always a good idea.
I keep my phone on the opposite side of the room so I can’t turn off the alarm without getting out of bed.
I can’t sleep with an alarm clock because my ADHD causes me to always want to look at the time if it’s in immediate view
have you tried blocking the view of the clock with a Mountain of Pillows™?
maybe worth a shot, but I feel like I would impulsively “need” to look still, and end up looking over the Mountain o’ Pillows
fair, fair
i wish you whatever your equivalent of Pillow Mountain is that helps you find sleep success! :]
As were many consumer electronics, radios, walkmans, calculators, landline phones, etc.
Get your own shower thought, dude.
Jk
I will add, of all the things, alarm clocks seem like they deserved it the least. They did one thing and they were fine at it.
They did one thing and they were fine at it.
so were radios, calculators, landline phones etc
I have that clock that projects the time onto the ceiling. It’s the best!
Me too. Just got it recently. I thought it would be a gimmick and maybe it is. But I love it.
