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PEOPLE WHO: Make a big deal about not sleeping much

Jordan_229_2 [Edit] [Delete] 69 replies 10:32, 14 June '11

Someone at work told me they only slept for three hours last night and four hours the night before, like I was supposed to be impressed and it was a massive thing of interest.

Why do people do this?

Sub-thread: I had a cob with three sausages in it for brekkie. Too much sausage?

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  • What the hell is a cob?

    eltham | 14 Jun '11, 10:36 | X
    • A type of horse.

      hip_young_gunslinger @eltham | 14 Jun '11, 10:37 | X
    • A horse's vagina

      Epimer @eltham | 14 Jun '11, 10:38 | X
    • not THIS again...

      Jordan_229_2 @eltham | 14 Jun '11, 10:38 | X
    • My dad has the expression *I was sweating cobs*, meaning he sweat a lot, like if he was playing squash or something.

      Has anyone else heard of this, or should I put it in the "weird things only my dad says" pile.

      hip_young_gunslinger @eltham | 14 Jun '11, 10:44 | X
      • The only cobs I acknowledge

        are cobwebs and corn on the cob. You can't sweat or eat sausages out of either of these things.

        eltham @hip_young_gunslinger | 14 Jun '11, 10:51 | X
        PickledOeuf this'd this
      • never heard it

        make a thread mate

        Jordan_229_2 @hip_young_gunslinger | 14 Jun '11, 10:51 | X
        • It's a thing, internet says so:

          http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060606130151AAFsxrt

          hip_young_gunslinger @Jordan_229_2 | 14 Jun '11, 10:59 | X
          • dont trust the sauce

            Jordan_229_2 @hip_young_gunslinger | 14 Jun '11, 11:22 | X
      • Yeah my dad says that too

        When I was little I imagined that he must mean cobwebs because I'd never heard of cob meaning anything else. I still don't know what "sweating cobs" really means.

        84joe @hip_young_gunslinger | 14 Jun '11, 11:53 | X
      • This is most certainly a phrase where I'm from (midlands)

        Also able to be used in the following derivation:

        ' getting your cob on' - starting to sweat.

        woo! cobs.

        MrBones @hip_young_gunslinger | 14 Jun '11, 12:27 | X
        • 'sweating cobs', yeah,

          but 'a cob on' meant 'mardy' in my part of the midlands

          TheWza @MrBones | 14 Jun '11, 16:07 | X
    • it's when somebody is on the ground and everyone piles on top

      fuck_this_band @eltham | 14 Jun '11, 11:35 | X
  • when people say they didn't sleep at all last night

    I tend to think they are lying. They might have only slept for a few minutes or so but they did get some sleep the big smelly liars.

    jacques_le_biscuit_ | 14 Jun '11, 10:38 | X
  • Yeah, who cares

    For one, they're obviously lying.

    I have nights where I get very little sleep. Given the next day I feel like absolute death, definitely wouldn't be in the mood for bragging about it.

    Give me 8 hours straight through plz

    LordLuciusBanter | 14 Jun '11, 10:39 | X
    Jordan_229_2 this'd this
  • I think I used to do this

    The lack of sleep must have affected my judgement of what I should say to my colleagues.

    ring_tailed_lemur | 14 Jun '11, 10:43 | X
    • didnt you say you used to have to get up for work at about 5am though?

      i think its allowed in those cases

      Jordan_229_2 @ring_tailed_lemur | 14 Jun '11, 10:52 | X
      • Yeah

        I used to finish my OU stuff at 11 or midnight, and wake up at 5am. But I could have done the OU work at weekends rather than getting pissed. In conclusion, I agree with this people who

        ring_tailed_lemur @Jordan_229_2 | 14 Jun '11, 10:59 | X
        • nah

          i'll make an exception for you, the person in question lives quite near the office and doesn't really have an excuse.

          Jordan_229_2 @ring_tailed_lemur | 14 Jun '11, 11:08 | X
  • WE DON'T SLEEP AT NIGHT

    WE DON'T SLEEP AT AAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

    shucks | 14 Jun '11, 11:05 | X
  • hi

    meths | 14 Jun '11, 11:22 | X
    • hey

      Jordan_229_2 @meths | 14 Jun '11, 11:33 | X
      • do you know how long it took me to get to sleep last night?

        meths @Jordan_229_2 | 14 Jun '11, 11:35 | X
        • 86 hours

          Jordan_229_2 @meths | 14 Jun '11, 11:37 | X
          • no longer.

            i havent slept in 15 years.

            meths @Jordan_229_2 | 14 Jun '11, 11:48 | X
  • Everyone I speak to apparently sleeps less than me

    Even the ones who I've lived with who I know sleep longer or about the same as me.

    My Nan claims to only sleep about 2 hours a night. My Mum who has lived with this has said this claim is B.S. And she also spends most of the day sleeping. She's like a cat or a dog.

    Sky_Box_Office | 14 Jun '11, 11:25 | X
  • I do this.

    Sorry.

    unfamiliar | 14 Jun '11, 11:25 | X
  • I think certain people think there's an inherent cool attached to insomnia...

    ...as in, 'I haven't slept again, look at how deep and thoughtful I am maaaaaaaaan. I was up again at 4am so I wrote a poem because I couldn't sleeeeeeep...'.

    Just point out that Margaret Thatcher only used to sleep 2/3 hours a night, typically... that'll learn 'em.

    GetOffMyLawn | 14 Jun '11, 11:31 | X
    • Yeah deffo

      At uni every fucker was bragging about insomnia, just too many incredible thoughts to hold in maaaaaaaaan.

      I often suffer from insomnia, but rather than because I have so many philosophical thoughts to contend with, it's because I'm absolutely terrified of having my house broken into, so I spend hours in bed, wide awake, heart pumping because I heard a floorboard squeak

      LordLuciusBanter @GetOffMyLawn | 14 Jun '11, 11:53 | X
      • Aye.

        I had terrible insomnia when I was at university. But this was because of the lack of structure more than anything. 4+ nights a week I'd be getting shitfaced, some days you'd be up at 8, some days you'd be up at 2... weeks and weekends merged into this weird drunken vs. panicked study blancmange and my body didn't know what time it was on.

        Fast forward to the 9 to 5 grind and I sleep like an absolute log. Unless it's Sunday night when I occasionally have multiple nights of alcohol still pulsing round my system...

        Not sure why insomnia is so artistically regarded. It's possibly the least sexy thing ever...

        GetOffMyLawn @LordLuciusBanter | 14 Jun '11, 12:16 | X
    • Look what happens to people who don't sleep enough

      *points at framed photo of Thatcher, clipped from newspaper in 2008*

      84joe @GetOffMyLawn | 14 Jun '11, 11:55 | X
      • THATCHER DEAD...

        ...grateful for a full nights sleep. For once.

        GetOffMyLawn @84joe | 14 Jun '11, 12:17 | X
    • Hah, I used to be like this, and be all, I just couldn't turn my brain off, you know?

      Then I had a bout of actual inomnia, completely stressed out, sobbing into a pillow at the frustration of it, struggling to function during the day, and I realised that having a bad night's sleep after going out on the sauce was not the same thing at all, and certainly nothing to boast about.

      hip_young_gunslinger @GetOffMyLawn | 14 Jun '11, 11:59 | X
  • I don't really see this often at all.

    Whenever someone in my office mentions a lack of sleep, it's because it's made them really weary/groggy/ill, not because it's cool at all...

    DaveMK | 14 Jun '11, 11:41 | X
  • My sleep is too erratic to comment on.

    I probably mention it as an excuse. Probably.

    ChintzyLacroix | 14 Jun '11, 11:51 | X
    • Get a job.

      That'll sort you RIGHT out.

      I'm inbetween jobs at the moment and I'm kind of living your carefree jobless existence, temporarily. It's absolutely wonderful.

      GetOffMyLawn @ChintzyLacroix | 14 Jun '11, 12:20 | X
      • :D

        Can I JUST say that I have been unemployed for 4 weeks. 3 of which I was away. I HATE YOU ALL.

        I think I'm done with office jobs, though this is what I will do for a couple of months- purely because there will be a LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.

        ChintzyLacroix @GetOffMyLawn | 14 Jun '11, 12:23 | X
        • But you're like MEGAWEALTHY™

          ...aren't you? Like most clockpunching drones, I am merely getting a glimpse of your hallowed lifestyle and then, and then THE CAGE COMES DOWN and it's back to getting up early, sitting on a bus next to the biggest wanker in town and then spending 8 hours a day solving horrible problems before going home to my crummy house and scraping mildew off the back of the fridge just so I've got something to eat. Bloody life...

          GetOffMyLawn @ChintzyLacroix | 14 Jun '11, 12:27 | X
          • :D

            No, but I like this: MEGAWEALTHY™ alot!

            I am freaking out about the possibility of being MEGAPOOR™ at some point! I am currently 50/50 with my taxi:public transport ratio, I'm trying to ease myself in slowly...

            ChintzyLacroix @GetOffMyLawn | 14 Jun '11, 12:37 | X
            • You've stopped getting taxis to Costcutter and the like now?

              You'll get there. Soon you'll be getting on buses home from South London! Honestly - you will! Mental isn't it...

              GetOffMyLawn @ChintzyLacroix | 14 Jun '11, 12:41 | X
              • :D

                I plan on taking the bus home next week :D

                I actually left the pub around 11 on Sunday to get the tube. Not keen on this.

                ChintzyLacroix @GetOffMyLawn | 14 Jun '11, 13:00 | X
  • Because people think you care about their sleeping habits.

    I slept for 6 hours.

    menindrag | 14 Jun '11, 12:21 | X
  • It is difficult though when you have genuine insomnia

    and you're falling asleep at your desk. I feel most of the time I'm defending myself by saying 'Oh I only had three hours sleep BECAUSE I have sleeping problems' because otherwise my work colleagues will think I was out on the raz.

    marilyninthesky | 14 Jun '11, 12:22 | X
    • well its different if you have a genuine medical condition i guess.

      Jordan_229_2 @marilyninthesky | 14 Jun '11, 12:29 | X
  • I'm one of these people.

    But I can't help it, I can't function properly through the day if I get less than a solid eight. I always end up telling people because then when I start gabbling nonsense I have an excuse.

    proslo | 14 Jun '11, 12:32 | X
  • But are these despicable brands of People Who™...

    ...worse than people who say to you "Morning Geoff. You look... tired". What sort of a thing to say to someone is that? When has that sentence ever meant anything other than "Morning Geoff. Jesus Christ you look fucking awful"?

    GetOffMyLawn | 14 Jun '11, 12:36 | X
    this'd this
    • me names not geoff

      thatd probably be woss

      Jordan_229_2 @GetOffMyLawn | 14 Jun '11, 12:42 | X
  • yawn

    mac_daddy | 14 Jun '11, 12:46 | X
  • There's a difference between waking up a couple of times in the night

    and having a sleeping disorder.

    In much the same way as there's a difference between feeling a bit emotionally flat and having an actual bout of depression.

    Some people get these things confused. I have a tiny violin in my desk drawer especially for those occasions.

    xheathenx | 14 Jun '11, 12:49 | X
  • on teh subject of saying something and expecting you to be impressed

    my friend who I hadn't seen for years was going on about how he never pays on the Manchester tram and looked at me waiting for congratulations. He is 27. You can hop the metro. Proud moments.

    mug_mug_mug | 14 Jun '11, 13:14 | X
    • ^THIS!

      great contribution mat

      Jordan_229_2 @mug_mug_mug | 14 Jun '11, 13:58 | X
  • I havent slept AT ALL for 10 days!

    although i have slept for 10 nights - as you were.

    stickboy | 14 Jun '11, 13:33 | X
  • Not summats I brag about,

    cos it's a shit habit that's doing me no favours, but I had 3 1/2 hours sleep last night, seeing as you ask.

    Sub-thread answer: I had a cob with three sausages in it for last nights tea. It was just the right amount of sausage. Here we go.

    TheWza | 14 Jun '11, 16:12 | X
    • fine for tea. excessive for breakfast?

      Jordan_229_2 @TheWza | 14 Jun '11, 16:13 | X
      • breakfast is the meal of the kings and the gods.

        breakfast encourages wanton gluttony.

        you probably should've had four sausages.

        TheWza @Jordan_229_2 | 15 Jun '11, 01:28 | X
  • once i went to work on two hours a sleep with no coffee. that was a good day

    _Patrick | 14 Jun '11, 16:44 | X
  • i pay a lot of attention to my sleeping patterns so i tend to talk about them a lot

    mainly because getting regular 7-8 hours is a good thing for me and getting 14-11-4-5-13-6 is, well, a bad thing. i (supposedly) have a mood disorder and i'm not into suicidality. not heavily anyway. at the moment. i notice other things like over-dreaming, alcohol/caffeine consumption and reproductive cycles as well. best to be aware. it probably does bore everyone else shitless though.

    Le_Shambles | 14 Jun '11, 21:01 | X
    • self-absorption IS boring in general tho.

      Le_Shambles @Le_Shambles | 14 Jun '11, 21:01 | X
    • reproductive cycles? MENSTRUAL CYCLES

      dunno why i self-censor anything to do with the uterus. fucking patriarchy :@

      Le_Shambles @Le_Shambles | 14 Jun '11, 21:03 | X
      • your replies have breathed new life into this thread

        thanks

        Jordan_229_2 @Le_Shambles | 14 Jun '11, 21:25 | X
        • your sarcasm has been noted and saved.

          no problem.

          Le_Shambles @Jordan_229_2 | 14 Jun '11, 21:34 | X
          • i wasnt being sarcastic, pal.

            some good replying.

            Jordan_229_2 @Le_Shambles | 15 Jun '11, 02:03 | X
            • I was thinking sarcastic thoughts

              cos I can sleep pretty much whenever I want.

              One of the advantages of having an empty brain.

              fullerov @Jordan_229_2 | 15 Jun '11, 02:35 | X
  • at the minute i sleep one night and dont the next.. or up for two nights

    i dont think i brag about it. Its my excuse for being slow or giddy at times

    and when i say i dont sleep, i dont sleep.

    MissBass | 15 Jun '11, 02:34 | X
    • That's pretty bad. Are you actually up and busy or trying to sleep

      _Patrick @MissBass | 15 Jun '11, 10:15 | X
  • Went to bed at 330 am and NOW IM WIDE AWAKE AGAIN. So pleased

    _Patrick | 15 Jun '11, 10:13 | X
    • I'm. Too reliant on autocorrect

      _Patrick @_Patrick | 15 Jun '11, 10:17 | X
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