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I had night terrors for years as a 30 year old and I finally fixed them. * Removed all blinking lights from my room. Cover up smoke detector LED or turn it off

I had night terrors for years as a 30 year old and I finally fixed them. * Removed all blinking lights from my room. Cover up smoke detector LED or turn it off. This seems to trigger my night terrors. * Let the brain rest before bed. No phone, screen, book, anything about 20-30 minutes before bed. Hop in the shower, hop in bed. Don't think.

amelius 2y ago
We need more movies where the bad looking people/creatures are the good guys and the good looking people are the bad guys.
- rustcleaner 2y ago
  No, please, I'm tired of what Amazon-Netflix are doing. Don't make it worse!
  - amelius 2y ago
    Yeah, well I'm tired of the good guys always being better looking than the bad guys. Maybe I should try a Netflix subscription.
    - wruza 2y ago
      It’s not that sort of a spectrum though. Netflix has very specific goals in mind, it doesn’t represent reality either.
- ryandrake 2y ago
  Reminds me of Clarke's Childhood's End, where the good guys have to wait decades before revealing their physical appearance, because they happen to look like the bad guys from a certain religion.
  - blue_dragon 2y ago
    It wasn't happenstance, though. There is a specific reason as to why humanity's depictions of demons look the same as those aliens, and it's a critical plot point. (Can't say more or I'll spoil one of the best sci-fi books of all time for those who haven't read it). Edit: it's also highly debatable whether the Overlords are in fact the good guys.
    - wruza 2y ago
      Don’t want to spoil it either, so only can reply that literature and movies are good at masking the real horrors of the world that most of the world has to live in. Can’t remember how well society was in the book though.
    - ViktorRay 2y ago
      Hey I wanted you guys to know I picked up and read the book just from the curiosity you guys sparked in me from the descriptions in this thread! I just finished reading it. The book was excellent! Definitely glad I read it! Also I’m glad you guys were careful not to spoil what happens. It was very memorable!
- krapp 2y ago
  Please no. An inversion of a trope is still just a trope.
  - kadoban 2y ago
    Nothing wrong with tropes, they're the building blocks of stories.
    - krapp 2y ago
      It's an overused trope that people think is far more clever and subversive than it is.
  - fragmede 2y ago
    https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InvertedTrope https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InvertedTrope
- bandie91 2y ago
  just as much as we need stinky drinking water and deliciously tasting poison.
  - deleted 2y ago
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- kazinator 2y ago
  Maybe Nightbreed (1990) is a bit like this.

amelius 2y ago

We need more movies where the bad looking people/creatures are the good guys and the good looking people are the bad guys.

rustcleaner 2y ago
No, please, I'm tired of what Amazon-Netflix are doing. Don't make it worse!
- amelius 2y ago
  Yeah, well I'm tired of the good guys always being better looking than the bad guys. Maybe I should try a Netflix subscription.
  - wruza 2y ago
    It’s not that sort of a spectrum though. Netflix has very specific goals in mind, it doesn’t represent reality either.
ryandrake 2y ago
Reminds me of Clarke's Childhood's End, where the good guys have to wait decades before revealing their physical appearance, because they happen to look like the bad guys from a certain religion.
- blue_dragon 2y ago
  It wasn't happenstance, though. There is a specific reason as to why humanity's depictions of demons look the same as those aliens, and it's a critical plot point. (Can't say more or I'll spoil one of the best sci-fi books of all time for those who haven't read it). Edit: it's also highly debatable whether the Overlords are in fact the good guys.
  - wruza 2y ago
    Don’t want to spoil it either, so only can reply that literature and movies are good at masking the real horrors of the world that most of the world has to live in. Can’t remember how well society was in the book though.
  - ViktorRay 2y ago
    Hey I wanted you guys to know I picked up and read the book just from the curiosity you guys sparked in me from the descriptions in this thread! I just finished reading it. The book was excellent! Definitely glad I read it! Also I’m glad you guys were careful not to spoil what happens. It was very memorable!
krapp 2y ago
Please no. An inversion of a trope is still just a trope.
- kadoban 2y ago
  Nothing wrong with tropes, they're the building blocks of stories.
  - krapp 2y ago
    It's an overused trope that people think is far more clever and subversive than it is.
- fragmede 2y ago
  https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InvertedTrope https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InvertedTrope
bandie91 2y ago
just as much as we need stinky drinking water and deliciously tasting poison.
- deleted 2y ago
  [deleted]
kazinator 2y ago
Maybe Nightbreed (1990) is a bit like this.