#AskingAutistics

When do you stop the microwave, toaster oven, alarm clock, etc. to prevent that awful sound?

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@JeremyMallin @actuallyautistic Last second, usually. Half a beep isn't the worst thing in the world. It does depend on what I'm doing though - warming something up that takes 20 seconds, I'll hit the 30 second button and stop accordingly.

@roknrol @actuallyautistic all my appliances perform the entire series of beeps or buzzes even if I tried to stop it just after it started. 😭

@roknrol @JeremyMallin @actuallyautistic

FWIW, appliances by LG play a melody (different for each function) which stops immediately when you open the door. (My data-points are: clothes dryer, oven, microwave)

I'm not actually that bothered by beeps, but I do find it easier to hear the melodies from outside of the room (because of the different pitches echoing differently)... and the tone-quality isn't harsh.

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@woozle

Can confirm: my LG dryer plays a happy little tune when I start it, and it's practically giddy when the clothes are dry and it stops.
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@ScottSoCal @woozle @roknrol @JeremyMallin @actuallyautistic

Sorry off topic but Scott's comment reminds me of how I feel about my kettle. It sounds so upset and anxious when it whistles, I always feel compelled to reassure and comfort it 😅.

(and apparently feeling an excess of empathy for inanimate objects is an autistic trait so not totally off topic)

@Zumbador @ScottSoCal @woozle @roknrol @JeremyMallin @actuallyautistic

It think it is natural to care for things.
For me, it makes way more sense to have an empathic relationship to a device that lives in my home than... to many people outside that home.
Allistic people are just bad with empathy and then try to normalize that behavior.

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