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That's not true. I've been working hard on my side projects after work time and I don't have much sleep unfortunatley. I feel exausted all the time and not exac
by heldrida 11y ago
That's not true. I've been working hard on my side projects after work time and I don't have much sleep unfortunatley. I feel exausted all the time and not exactly hungry, plus to be honest I lost appetite. I'm quite skinny, lean muscle, etc.
- Alchemista 11y agoThanks for your personal anecdote. Unfortunately, it is fallacious to try and generalize it to the entire population.
- Scarblac 11y agoWell, the title does say "you"...
- tfgg 11y agoIt's the informal generic "you". More formally it'd be "Poor Sleep Gives One the Munchies, Study Says".
- kazinator 11y agoThen the strawman-generator would just move the goalposts. "Well, it says 'one'; that's a small number out of all the people in the study."
- oldmanjay 11y ago"Poor Sleep Can Cause the Munchies" seems least ambiguous but also least punchy. If you can't read the fist, the headline missed.
- mlevy 11y agoThat's true but it's also true that studies like this one, which are true on average of the population, are often not true for each individual. It's worth pointing out that it doesn't apply to everyone.
- colmvp 11y agoI guess. I think it's implicit with practically every study that the results aren't necessarily applicable to everybody.
- mikeash 11y agoAlmost nothing is universal. You could have a study that says, "Falling out of an airplane from 30,000ft is deadly" and you can still find counterexamples. So I agree, it doesn't need to be explicitly stated at every turn.
- kbenson 11y agoYes, but pointing out that it may not apply to everyone should not start with the sentence "That's not true."
- kingkawn 11y agoEqually severe a fallacy to take population generalizations and impose them on an individual.
- EC1 11y agoI never understood how people don't get sleep. Isn't it a net negative to be dragged through the mud? No matter how rough my day is I always make sure to get 8-9 hours of sleep. The world can wait for me you know? Yeah, sorry Boss, I went out drinking Sunday and I'm coming in at 1pm, too bad. High energy all day with less time, or low energy all day with more time? I think the latter is worse.
- taylorwc 11y agoThis strategy becomes a lot less viable if you have children.
- jon-wood 11y agoI don't get people who will actively lose sleep to do work, but once you have kids your ability to control how much sleep you get leaves your hands somewhat. Its less brutal now he's older and better able to sleep through the night, but I've had weeks where I was working normal hours and getting 3-4 hours of broken sleep a night, somehow the body adapts to it. I wouldn't say I was doing my best work during that time, but I was definitely more productive than I'd expected to be.
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- cik2e 11y agoSome people have varying degrees of insomnia. Trust me, I always want to get a full night of sleep but I've learned that sometimes it's not even worth bothering until 2-3 am when my mind lets go. Also, anecdotally, I agree with the munchies conclusion.
- Raphmedia 11y agoI sleep 5 hours a night. Even with flexible working hours, I still come to work in the early morning. I work all day and then commute back home. I then do the chores and make supper. By the time I am done with all that stuff, it's already 8PM or 9PM. I then get together with some night owls friends for a few beers, read all night, watch a movie or a tv show, or spend the night awake talking with my signifiant other (who is also a night owl). If I have a really entertaining night, I might drop to 3 hours of sleep. I don't have an energy problem and am wide awake. That being said, I have been living that way for as long as I can remember. I take naps when I do get tired.
- coldtea 11y agoYeah, and I also heard that Russian rulette is dangerous, but I played 6 times and I'm fine.