this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2024
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This comic is inspired by XKCD and recent events and observations in my life. Disclaimer: I have no artistic ability and blatantly rip off the XKCD style and artwork, however the idea is mine and I feel it fits.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

This is the worst thing I've ever seen

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

...and the red bar indicates you (or whoever originally made that meme) started watching it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Its a screenshot from my YouTube history.

I was really engrossed with the plot.

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

I mean, yeah, this is one of those cases where you think the plot is obvious, but also, that's a great setup for a plot twist, so you gotta watch it to be sure.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Voltages drop in the cold, and the middle of the night is usually the coldest. So that's why this is probably not far from reality.

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

Wouldn’t the lower temperature make it highly likely that the low power beep occurs only during the middle of the night, but not during the day?

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

That's if the alarm reads the voltage directly. But if the low voltage flips a switch that stays flipped, then no.

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

Ok, but the probability would still be shifted towards starting at night.

Maybe it could be more like 80% for it to start beeping in the night and 20% it starts during other times.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Pro tip... If your detector is beeping at 2 AM and you don't have/can't find a replacement to make it stop... your freezer is sound proof. :)

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

Instructions unclear, stuck in freezer

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Doesn't work with all detectors. The beep has it's own buried battery because the main one died.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

It is uncanny seeing this, as I experienced this EXACT situation less than a week ago.

I still refuse to replace the battery out of spite. I'd rather burn alive than be awoken in such a way again

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I'm reading this at 4:39 it seems like you got woken up by the alarm, could not fall asleep again and grudgingly made this comic

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

I feel this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I was on my honeymoon, quiet little cabin in the mountains, had just run a hot bath in the jacuzzi tub for my wife and myself, poured some champagne… and a smoke alarm started the low battery chirp.