Stupid Ingenuity

The oxymoronic title of this post refers to the invention of the alarm clock snooze button, which ranks right up there in its benefit to mankind with submarine screen doors. Friend, if you can afford to sleep a few minutes more, why didn't you set the alarm to sound later? If you can't, you'll either be late, or you'll drive dangerously, or some other unfortunate time-constraint consequence of your snooze addiction will befall you. Additionally, the family members you disturb unnecessarily will likely consider you lazy, irrational, and/or irresponsible.