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My theory is that there is an eternal secret war between morning people and evening people and the morning people are winning. Resistance must be done in secret

My theory is that there is an eternal secret war between morning people and evening people and the morning people are winning. Resistance must be done in secret but fight back in every way you can.

iambateman 8y ago
The first rule of the resistance is that we don’t talk about the resistance with people who find 5:30am tolerable. ;)
- andybak 8y ago
  Cough. Timezones. Cough...
superkuh 8y ago
And both groups don't even acknowledge the existence of 3rd shift workers. It's not even just businesses being closed or noise. As a night person even going on a walk can get you harassed by the cops or ticketed for being in a park. There's an implicit assumption, one that's been baked into law, that anyone doing things at night is up to no good.
merpnderp 8y ago
It's because they keep getting the worm.
jfk13 8y ago
The trouble is that by the time the evening people get going, the morning people have already defined the world's schedules.
war1025 8y ago
As father of three (a 3 year old and 1 year old twins), I've found that when we only had one kid, our schedule remained basically the same. But now with three, we are somewhat forced to shift toward being morning people. With multiple, good luck getting them back down to sleep if the sun is up. By the time you succeed, the others will decide to be awake. Also morning routines take longer, so you need to start your day earlier to compensate. I feel like a big part of it is that very young children are geared towards being early (at least from my perspective) risers. Parents end up shifting their day to account for that. And then as kids get older, their rhythms start moving to starting the day later, but by that time the parents' routine is molded around being up early. Not sure where I'm going with this exactly, just an observation of mine.
MichaelDickens 8y ago
I think sleep is losing the war against staying awake, both in the morning and the evening. As a morning person, I often have a hard time participating in social activities when I'm trying to get to sleep by 9-10pm.

My theory is that there is an eternal secret war between morning people and evening people and the morning people are winning. Resistance must be done in secret but fight back in every way you can.

iambateman 8y ago

The first rule of the resistance is that we don’t talk about the resistance with people who find 5:30am tolerable. ;)

andybak 8y ago
Cough. Timezones. Cough...

superkuh 8y ago

And both groups don't even acknowledge the existence of 3rd shift workers. It's not even just businesses being closed or noise. As a night person even going on a walk can get you harassed by the cops or ticketed for being in a park. There's an implicit assumption, one that's been baked into law, that anyone doing things at night is up to no good.

merpnderp 8y ago

It's because they keep getting the worm.

jfk13 8y ago

The trouble is that by the time the evening people get going, the morning people have already defined the world's schedules.

war1025 8y ago

As father of three (a 3 year old and 1 year old twins), I've found that when we only had one kid, our schedule remained basically the same. But now with three, we are somewhat forced to shift toward being morning people. With multiple, good luck getting them back down to sleep if the sun is up. By the time you succeed, the others will decide to be awake. Also morning routines take longer, so you need to start your day earlier to compensate. I feel like a big part of it is that very young children are geared towards being early (at least from my perspective) risers. Parents end up shifting their day to account for that. And then as kids get older, their rhythms start moving to starting the day later, but by that time the parents' routine is molded around being up early. Not sure where I'm going with this exactly, just an observation of mine.

MichaelDickens 8y ago

I think sleep is losing the war against staying awake, both in the morning and the evening. As a morning person, I often have a hard time participating in social activities when I'm trying to get to sleep by 9-10pm.