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In adults, there's also the excessive indulgence in caffeinated drinks like coffee, and energy drinks which masks sleep deprivation.
by sn41 8y ago
In adults, there's also the excessive indulgence in caffeinated drinks like coffee, and energy drinks which masks sleep deprivation.
- Apocryphon 8y agoI've pointed out in the past that the Anglosphere drinks coffee and tea, while the rest of the world takes naps and siestas and so on. Protestant work ethic cultural imperialism!
- dragonwriter 8y ago> the Anglosphere drinks coffee and tea, while the rest of the world takes naps and siestas and so on. Protestant work ethic cultural imperialism Even if the first part was true (it's not), the second part is unlikely to be the explanation: Protestantism, even the Calvinism most associated with the “Protestant work ethic”, isn't a unique feature of the Anglosphere.
- danans 8y agoAnglosphere only? They do consume quite a lot of espresso and cofee in the Latin-sphere, and the middle-east as well.
- Apocryphon 8y agoYes, but unlike those places there is no Anglo-American tradition of a mid-workday nap.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Yes, but unlike those places there is no Anglo-American tradition of a mid-workday nap. That's because the Anglo-American world mostly has a tradition of a large evening meal (instead of a large midday meal) and is largely not in a warm climate; siesta, by varying names, is most common where warm climate and large midday meals coincide, and even there have often been displaced in the modern workforce though long lunch breaks often remain in an echo of the tradition.
- badosu 8y agoIn rural or small cities yes, in urban settings (where most of the population lives) no.
- deadmetheny 8y agoI've lived in rural areas most of my life and I've never heard of anywhere in America with a tradition of mid-day naps during the workweek.
- badosu 8y agoI mean, it's not common in Latin America to actually have midday naps on any urban setting. At least here in Brazil where I live.
- Apocryphon 8y agoMaybe siestas are more of a Hispanophone thing, not a Lusophone one.