# What's the pint of snooze alarms?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 28, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pint-of-snooze-alarms/847123 "2020-01-28T20:02:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pint-of-snooze-alarms/847123/81 "2020-02-01T20:01:16Z")

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I didn’t use to use a snooze alarm, in fact, I usually didn’t even need the alarm, most of the time, I’d wake up a minute before it went off.

Then my back went out on me. No matter how much I try to train myself, I always end up in some sort of horrible position when I wake up, with my back cramped and sore.

I didn’t start using snooze to wake up later, I started setting my alarm earlier. That way, when my alarm goes off, I can wake up enough to roll over onto my back and start stretching it back out. I usually doze off a bit, but as long as I don’t roll over, 30 minutes or so of laying flat on my back makes my day go a whole lot better. I use the snooze in case I do fall back asleep, I don’t oversleep.

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**Author:** ![MarvinKitFox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MarvinKitFox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarvinKitFox)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pint-of-snooze-alarms/847123/82 "2020-02-02T10:43:47Z")

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“What’s the pint of booze alarms?”  
Well, they are there to help prevent intoxicated drivers from operating their vehicle.

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um… that _is_ what the OP is talking about, isn’t it?

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