Current Events > What's the point of hitting "snooze" on an alarm?

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Why not just set an alarm for when you need to wake up and then get out of bed when it goes off? Why wake up earlier than you actually have to wake up just to hit "snooze" a couple times?

Because my ass doesnt wake up easily so I have to start way ahead
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my dog is the alarm clock. i always seem to get up when it scratches the door.
she's been getting pretty good at trying to go for a walk at 7am.

also why i have to go to bed early because i don't function without enough sleep.
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DezDroppedFreak posted...

Because my ass doesnt wake up easily so I have to start way ahead

This. If I set my alarm for 9:45 and get up when it goes off, Im exhausted for most of the day. If I set it for 9:15 and hit snooze until 9:45 Im good.
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Rikiaz posted...

DezDroppedFreak posted...

Because my ass doesnt wake up easily so I have to start way ahead

This. If I set my alarm for 9:45 and get up when it goes off, Im exhausted for most of the day. If I set it for 9:15 and hit snooze until 9:45 Im good.

Why is that? Wouldnt you technically be getting more sleep if you sleep right until 9:45 instead of waking up at 9:15 and however more times you need to hit snooze to get to 9:45?

buffbillsfan12to83 posted...

Rikiaz posted...

DezDroppedFreak posted...

Because my ass doesnt wake up easily so I have to start way ahead

This. If I set my alarm for 9:45 and get up when it goes off, Im exhausted for most of the day. If I set it for 9:15 and hit snooze until 9:45 Im good.

Why is that? Wouldnt you technically be getting more sleep if you sleep right until 9:45 instead of waking up at 9:15 and however more times you need to hit snooze to get to 9:45?

By technically, you mean you would.
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Zurkon posted...

Part of my morning routine is to hit snooze three times while I think about how tired I am

Basically this
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Because if I don't, I'm likely to oversleep.
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My problem is my alarm is Winters from Earthbound so sometimes I just listen to it until it goes off then fall back to sleep until it goes off again.
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I dont hit snooze.

I just set 6 alarms on my phone and disable the snooze option.
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I just have alarms set at 15 and 10 minutes before I need to get up, when I need to get up, then 5 after. It's more to make sure I actually get up instead of a better sleep thing, though.
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I thought snooze gives the alarm a break. it's nice to not have a constant alarm blaring throughout the house

...lol
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divot1338 posted...

I dont hit snooze.

I just set 6 alarms on my phone and disable the snooze option.

I do that too (although only 3-4, set 15 minutes apart not 6), but its basically the same effect as hitting snooze.
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buffbillsfan12to83 posted...

Rikiaz posted...

DezDroppedFreak posted...

Because my ass doesnt wake up easily so I have to start way ahead

This. If I set my alarm for 9:45 and get up when it goes off, Im exhausted for most of the day. If I set it for 9:15 and hit snooze until 9:45 Im good.

Why is that? Wouldnt you technically be getting more sleep if you sleep right until 9:45 instead of waking up at 9:15 and however more times you need to hit snooze to get to 9:45?

Yeah Id be getting a half hour more sleep but Id have to get up immediately and get ready for work. With snooze I can gradually wake up over the course of that half hour.
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I snooze so I can "drift" awake. My alarm starts going off at 6:40 and I'm out of bed a little after 7.

I use 4 minute intervals :D
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buffbillsfan12to83 posted...

Rikiaz posted...

DezDroppedFreak posted...

Because my ass doesnt wake up easily so I have to start way ahead

This. If I set my alarm for 9:45 and get up when it goes off, Im exhausted for most of the day. If I set it for 9:15 and hit snooze until 9:45 Im good.

Why is that? Wouldnt you technically be getting more sleep if you sleep right until 9:45 instead of waking up at 9:15 and however more times you need to hit snooze to get to 9:45?

Lmao bro literally just said we dont wake up easily

Need to ease into it
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Snooze just makes it more Comfortable, less stressful. If I can lay down and kinda just relaxes there, in and out of sleep, it's so much more relaxing than being ripped right out of deep sleep.
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itachi15243 posted...

Snooze just makes it more Comfortable, less stressful. If I can lay down and kinda just relaxes there, in and out of sleep, it's so much more relaxing than being ripped right out of deep sleep.

Cept that isn't how it works. Most people will drift right back into deep sleep after hitting the snooze button. If you can actually remain awake, then hitting the snooze button wont really do any harm, but if you actually fall asleep, you will be awoken from deep sleep every time you hit the snooze button. Not good for you at all.
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The point is to deprive yourself of sleep while simultaneously insisting it leaves you more rested somehow.
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I have 5 alarms set at 15 minute intervals, I snooze each alarm 3 times at 5 minute intervals.
All because that's just how damn long it takes me to wake up.
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On the days Im not working or in school, I hear my sisters alarm clock go off 5 separate times in her room next door before she finally gets up.
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I hate getting up immediately when I wake up. Can't stand it. When I sleep between snoozes, it's some of my best sleep even though it's only in 15 minute blocks. If I'm awake throughout and keep hitting snooze, I would be awake indefinitely anyway. If I decide I want to get up earlier than my typical get up time, I have the extra time to do so. Overall, less stress, so it's better for me. Plus on workdays, I have very bad morning anxiety.
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I sometimes sleep through the first alarm or two
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LightHawKnight posted...

itachi15243 posted...

Snooze just makes it more Comfortable, less stressful. If I can lay down and kinda just relaxes there, in and out of sleep, it's so much more relaxing than being ripped right out of deep sleep.

Cept that isn't how it works. Most people will drift right back into deep sleep after hitting the snooze button. If you can actually remain awake, then hitting the snooze button wont really do any harm, but if you actually fall asleep, you will be awoken from deep sleep every time you hit the snooze button. Not good for you at all.

No they won't, not unless you're snoozing for a long ass time. Deep sleep takes a while to get into.
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itachi15243 posted...

LightHawKnight posted...

itachi15243 posted...

Snooze just makes it more Comfortable, less stressful. If I can lay down and kinda just relaxes there, in and out of sleep, it's so much more relaxing than being ripped right out of deep sleep.

Cept that isn't how it works. Most people will drift right back into deep sleep after hitting the snooze button. If you can actually remain awake, then hitting the snooze button wont really do any harm, but if you actually fall asleep, you will be awoken from deep sleep every time you hit the snooze button. Not good for you at all.

No they won't, not unless you're snoozing for a long ass time. Deep sleep takes a while to get into.

Mixed deep sleep with beginning of sleep cycle, still one of the worst parts to wake up in.
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The bed is so much cozier when you are laying in it half awake right before having to get up. You miss out on that if you get up as soon as you wake up. Also time for mental preparation for the day.
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buffbillsfan12to83 posted...

Rikiaz posted...

DezDroppedFreak posted...

Because my ass doesnt wake up easily so I have to start way ahead

This. If I set my alarm for 9:45 and get up when it goes off, Im exhausted for most of the day. If I set it for 9:15 and hit snooze until 9:45 Im good.

Why is that? Wouldnt you technically be getting more sleep if you sleep right until 9:45 instead of waking up at 9:15 and however more times you need to hit snooze to get to 9:45?

I don't know about these other guys, but it's better for me to gradually wake up in segments, as oppossed to jumping up out of bed the instant my alarm wakes me at go time. Even though I'd technically get more sleep if I slept all the way up until go time, I would feel as though it was less because I got up all at once, compared to waking up little by little.
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Yeah for some people that 5/10 extra minutes is the difference between feeling like a zombie and feeling normal.

I dated someone who moved like a puppet if they didn't get that extra kick
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lol if you've had the same routine for multiple years, you don't need an alarm

i gave up using the alarm and it is so much better to wake up without that annoying ass noise.
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Because sleep is where I'm a Viking. And it's hard to adjust from that back into mundane shut-in in the split second it takes for my alarm to go off only once.
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To snooze more.
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