Things you wish you could say

[NatJ]

Why not stay up late the night before instead? Don't kid yourself and go against your circadian rhythm, work with it and be productive

Occasionally because it can't be done at night (needs daylight, must happen during business hours, etc.) Or because they were doing someting else the night before.

Ya I don't get it either.
Ya someone might want to get up early for whatever reason but even if it's an unrealistic early..... 4 hours? That's a half a nights sleep. How could one sleep another 4 hours past when the thought they'd get up. Just not wrapping my head around this one.

For the ones I've known best (college students at the time) I think it was chronic sleep deprivation. They stayed up late socializing or studying, then had to get up again the next morning for an early class, then stayed up late again, repeated all week long. By the time a weekend came, they were so tired they could sleep all day if nothing forced them to wake up.

(I've got a different problem with my alarm: I set it for the last possible minute so I have to jump up and get going. But sometimes I wake up before the alarm, get up, and forget to turn it off. Then it's beeping away until me or someone else walks back into the bedroom to turn it off. Not really an improvement over the people who keep hitting snooze, just a different thought process leading up to the problem.)

 

[Nabiki]

If you're just going to hit the snooze for that long why even set the alarm that early? Clearly you don't have to be up that early if you're hitting snooze. You'll be more rested if you don't get interrupted so why even bother unless you're actually going to get up?

My thoughts kind of went:
1 hour - Personally, I'd rather get the extra hour of uninterrupted sleep, but whatever works for you.
2 hours - Oh, come on. Give up or get up.
3 hours - Are you okay? Have you been tested for sleep apnea or other health issues?
4 hours - If you don't shut that thing off, I'm going to go in there with a sledge hammer!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I'm not 50, my child is! I was 22 when he was born. He's getting old ... i'm positively ANCIENT! But yeah, this is what I feel like. Desperate denial, lol.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I wish people would take hints. Or rather, I wish I could say people were taking my hints.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I wish people would take hints. Or rather, I wish I could say people were taking my hints.

Maybe instead of hinting you should just come out and say what you mean. Can't speak for others, but I am TERRIBLE at reading between the lines. I just don't get hints.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Maybe instead of hinting you should just come out and say what you mean. Can't speak for others, but I am TERRIBLE at reading between the lines. I just don't get hints.

Hmm good point I guess. But I did actually send them a message explaining. And they’re blocked. But they’re still not getting the hint.

 

[SourRoses]

4 hours? That's a half a nights sleep.

You mean 1/3rd of a nights sleep...?

How could one sleep another 4 hours past when the thought they'd get up.

From not sleeping well?

You know, one of the most interesting things about the human brain is how much different they can be from one another without anything actually being wrong. And that includes layers of complexity, from brainwave patterns to physical structure to chemical balance, etc.
There's no one correct status, because the variety was the point in the design. Sure, things can go wrong, but experts can't draw a map of what's "right" either. Usually when they try they end up describing themselves as the ideal, the same way psychology idolizes extroversion.

Relevance: Brains are what need sleep.

Among my oft-repeated ponderings is the nature of societal pressure stemming from the needs of the group, arriving at a "best" because it serves the group rather than the individual. To enforce this, groups wield the clock as a substitute master, one they can point to rather than owning that they are the ones being served.
In so elevating time, people bow down to the very force that is killing them. Tick tick tocking their life away. As if death wasn't enough, people freely give time control over their moments as well.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Hmm good point I guess. But I did actually send them a message explaining. And they’re blocked. But they’re still not getting the hint.

Oh, THAT "people. "

 

[ShrekDawg]

Oh, THAT "people. "

Yuppppp.

 

[ShrekDawg]

You mean 1/3rd of a nights sleep...?



From not sleeping well?

You know, one of the most interesting things about the human brain is how much different they can be from one another without anything actually being wrong. And that includes layers of complexity, from brainwave patterns to physical structure to chemical balance, etc.
There's no one correct status, because the variety was the point in the design. Sure, things can go wrong, but experts can't draw a map of what's "right" either. Usually when they try they end up describing themselves as the ideal, the same way psychology idolizes extroversion.

Relevance: Brains are what need sleep.

Among my oft-repeated ponderings is the nature of societal pressure stemming from the needs of the group, arriving at a "best" because it serves the group rather than the individual. To enforce this, groups wield the clock as a substitute master, one they can point to rather than owning that they are the ones being served.
In so elevating time, people bow down to the very force that is killing them. Tick tick tocking their life away. As if death wasn't enough, people freely give time control over their moments as well.

8 hours is generally regarded as the “recommended” amount or a “full nights sleep” so 4 would be half technically. Obviously some people sleep more or less but I’m talking about what “they” say.