How much sleep do you need a night?

4-5

7 (14.3%)

6-7

26 (53.1%)

8, supposedly recommended

9 (18.4%)

9-10

6 (12.2%)

11+

1 (2%)

Total Members Voted: 19

[theghostofbj]

[AbsurdParadox]

Sometimes I prefer two three hour 'naps' instead of a full six to eight hour sleeping session. I don't know why, but usually I do that when I got a problem to solve and just need mental down time to work on it in dreams.

-- Bridget

I read somewhere (forget where) that theres a lot of historical evidence from before electric lighting that most people slept in two 4 hour shifts with a 1-2 hour break between them. If I had more willpower, I would love to experiment with things like that, but I suck at life. Good thing I have a fast metabolism.

[Lindsey]

Sometimes I prefer two three hour 'naps' instead of a full six to eight hour sleeping session. I don't know why, but usually I do that when I got a problem to solve and just need mental down time to work on it in dreams.

-- Bridget

I read somewhere (forget where) that theres a lot of historical evidence from before electric lighting that most people slept in two 4 hour shifts with a 1-2 hour break between them. If I had more willpower, I would love to experiment with things like that, but I suck at life. Good thing I have a fast metabolism.

Fuck you, skinny bitch. 

[Taors]

Don't be jealous.

[Puke]

I read somewhere (forget where) that theres a lot of historical evidence from before electric lighting that most people slept in two 4 hour shifts with a 1-2 hour break between them. If I had more willpower, I would love to experiment with things like that, but I suck at life. Good thing I have a fast metabolism.

Are you saying that people woke up to take a break from sleeping? 

That is just fucking weird.

[Bill Brasky]

I take what I can get, as much as possible.  Gotta sleep when I get the chance, 'cause sometimes I go for a few days with only a few hours per night (or day, depending on which shift I'm working). 

Swing shift sucks. 

I know you cant "accumulate" sleep so those lazy days when I get 10 hours are really nonsensical, but they feel good.  Gotta treat yourself right when you can. 

[Zhwazi]

Usually I go to sleep at 5-6 AM. If I wake up I look at the clock. If it's before 1 PM, I go back to sleep. If I look at the clock three times before 1 PM, I go back to sleep until 3 PM. If I'm up past 8 I take a 2 hour nap, which is amazing for just being 2 hours.

[cerpntaxt]

Usually I go to sleep at 5-6 AM. If I wake up I look at the clock. If it's before 1 PM, I go back to sleep. If I look at the clock three times before 1 PM, I go back to sleep until 3 PM. If I'm up past 8 I take a 2 hour nap, which is amazing for just being 2 hours.

At least you're happy.

[Taors]

Usually I go to sleep at 5-6 AM. If I wake up I look at the clock. If it's before 1 PM, I go back to sleep. If I look at the clock three times before 1 PM, I go back to sleep until 3 PM. If I'm up past 8 I take a 2 hour nap, which is amazing for just being 2 hours.

At least you're happy.

He hates humans though.

[cerpntaxt]

Usually I go to sleep at 5-6 AM. If I wake up I look at the clock. If it's before 1 PM, I go back to sleep. If I look at the clock three times before 1 PM, I go back to sleep until 3 PM. If I'm up past 8 I take a 2 hour nap, which is amazing for just being 2 hours.

At least you're happy.

He hates humans though.

That seems consistent with his sleeping habits...

[Bill Brasky]

I could stay up two days, no problem. 

[Lindsey]

I get loopy after a certain point.  My last trip to New York, the tail end of it went like this:  dress rehearsal at Carnegie Hall, last minute sight-seeing, back to hotel to put on concert clothes, bus ride to Carnegie, performance (2 hours), bus ride to "dinner cruise" (which is a euphamism for a bunch of teenagers dancing to horrid music), back to hotel, last-minute packing, goofing off, showers, etc., bus ride to Jersey, get on plane, go home.  Sleep.  Of course nobody slept for about the entire trip, because we were too busy being like "ZOMFG MANHATTAN!"  It's not our fault.  How many people have heard of Venice, Florida?  Anyway, moral of the story is that I ended up asking the squeaky window on the bus (on the way to Newark) if it had a mouse in its pocket.  The entire front of the bus was laughing, and I was so sleep deprived that I laughed with them. 

I love sleep.  I'm sleep-deprived now.  Can you tell? 

[Bill Brasky]

Yup.