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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

No you won't "definitely won't forget this time"

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[–] [email protected] 93 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Know thyself and set a timer. I don't allow myself to do stuff like that without setting an alarm.

[–] whostosay 30 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Beep, beep, beep,

Beep, beep, beep,

What's that for, again?

Better turn it off

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

"Why does it smell burnt? I am sure I set a timer!"

[–] MisterFrog 5 points 1 month ago

MultiTimer for Android and iOS: Set as many labelled timers as you like.

Android (not sure about iOS) you can also label your native alarm app alarms.

Can recommend 👍👍

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I’m gonna turn it off now, and get to it right away. Where does the burn smell come from?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

2 days later: … crap.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

"Guess I'm re-washing that load of laundry."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Don't you fucking call me out like that, dammit

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago
[–] Benjaben 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

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

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[–] d00ery 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

"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.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] SirHery 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Jo when you home buddy? Set a timer.

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[–] billwashere 3 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You mean my roommate wasn't trying to make beer slushy all over the freezer daily?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

No I wasn’t

[–] AreaKode 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's why I always set a 1 hour timer. Or I will definitely forget.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Sometimes I set a timer and when it chimes I've already forget what it was for lol

[–] dustyData 13 points 2 months ago

On most smartphones you can give titles to timers.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

instinctively silences timer without addressing what the timer was for

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Why the fuck did I set a timer?!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

My phone lets me label timers. Get an app that can do that.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Now try something in the oven.

YES, A TIMER IS NECESSARY!

[–] NotMyOldRedditName 3 points 1 month 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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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

B and C. Nothing should be on Facebook.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My ex. Never me. I'd drink soda warm before id risk it bursting.

My ADHD absolutely can't handle that clean up.

[–] Buddahriffic 3 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Bomb has been planted.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Buddahriffic 6 points 1 month ago

Add salt to the ice water so it melts colder and it will cool your drink faster.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] Godnroc 2 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Get a drink with more alcohol in it. It will survive longer

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Roughly 1 degree below 0°C per degree (percent) of alcohol is the rule of thumb I was taught

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've been using the "kitchen timer" function on my microwave non-stop since I found it

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[–] toynbee 5 points 2 months ago

Obviously it won't work for cold drinks, but for warm drinks, I got my wife a few of these:

https://www.amazon.com/Ember-Temperature-Control-1-5-hr-Battery/dp/B0BHBTQB3X

She still forgets her drinks, but now when she finds them, they've usually maintained the desired temperature.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

One of the bathrooms in my apartment has an extractor that, for some reason, is controlled independently from the lights. I broke it within the first month because I kept forgetting to turn it off.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I just stick it in a zip lock so if I forget about it there's no clean up

[–] froh42 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

The 2 liter bottle of coke I once froze exploded with so much force that I found the freezer door open when I investigated the loud bang at 3am. No way a ziploc would contain that force.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The 2 liter bottle of coke I once froze exploded with so much force that I found the freezer door open when I investigated the loud bang at 3am.

Top-tier sentence right there. Very well written, it just keeps getting better (or worse, for you)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month 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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

hey, there's nothing wrong with having an accidental sorbeit

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

get a wife. you leave one drink to long in the freezer a few dozen times and they never let you live it down.

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