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JackTheFartRipper
Last one was bad ass.
QuiteADapperAsshole
#1 So he briefly couldn't see? Man, what a method actor.
AccountCreatedToUpdogVotes
#1 "accidentally"
Rifneno
Jesus tapdancing Christ, that Pearl Harbor one is soulcrushing...
JupitersWitch
The CDC should have urged schools to give no homework. Some teens have jobs and have to stay up.
PrfctDrk
*razed
Meeces
#6 still largely true today, as thumb sticks have gotten immensely more dense, while internet speeds there haven't gotten much faster.
glacialbae
https://what-if.xkcd.com/31/
Meeces
Well this is fascinating. Good share!
TheN8
The pigeon fact even has it's own standard: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2549
lncorrectGrammerNazi
Here is an excellent article I found you might enjoy: www.tested.com/science/life/453961-oligodynamic-effect-how-some-metals-kill-bacteria/
tawndawg77
I’m definitely not part of the 1-3% in #5
AndreKroon
I've always wanted it, fuck I could get so much timewasting done.
IamTheRealBowser
I tend to feel more energy with 4hrs of sleep than 8. Ill wake up active after 4 hrs and groggy and irritable witha full nights sleep
ALegendaryHero
I have it, it is just having trouble fighting off my depression.
SuperFuzzyNipples
We can't all be winners
TherealNotSid
I'm the always tired ostrich
NaughtButOne
gene therapy when
kittymack
Me either... But I'm sure my freaking toddler is!
IGoByMeme
I'm more of one of the 2/3s in #7
Ravenbreaker
I've actually heard that Trump falls in that category. He only sleeps maybe 4 hours and hes good to go on a twitter storm.
KillingTlme
I wasn't until I was in my mid 20's. Now I rarely sleep more than 6 hours and I am very rarely tired. I also do not drink coffee.
StillPimpin
I probably have the opposite Gene mutation.
lordofhouselurker
Same here
vikinglovechild
I can routinely sleep 10 hours straight like it's nothing...
LordHosk
"a few hours sleep" = 6.5-7 hours instead of the average 8-8.5 hours "1-3%" of those in the study of those claiming they need less sleep
sbristol
Now I know these things are often inaccurate but since what you said doesn't even resemble what they did, I can't down it without some sauce
LordHosk
Short form: https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/gene-regulates-sleep-length
LordHosk
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/325/5942/866?searchid=1&HITS=10&hits=10&sortspec=date& (cut and paste part two with no space)
LordHosk
resourcetype=HWCIT&maxtoshow=&RESULTFORMAT=&FIRSTINDEX=0&fulltext=sleep
AccountCreatedToUpdogVotes
#5 is an argument for gene therapy. Gimme that gene now, please!
HughGWrection
fluhatinrapper
It's pernounced "meeliwakay"
theNameChecker
Best iced?
EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind
Does this guy know how party or what??
Megallion
Mozart the original troll.
LordHosk
"Leck mich im Arsch" - Canon in B flat for 6 Voices, K. 231 / K. 382c
ErinFromTheOffice
There's a section in What If? (book by the xkcd guy) that explains that the postal service can transmit data faster than the entire internet
Flyndaran
Not UPS, because all those lost packages would add up.
DysgraphicProgrammer
My company transferred several terabytes from eastern europe by overnight shipping an encrypted hard drive.
MyFartsHitMyBalls
#2 “Controlling for ethnicity”?
iAmLordBeer
#1:
dennydorko
This is literally true. Probably.
BigJoesCactusWaspAndGlitterbombRanch
I've never in my life heard "the zoomies"
wherearemytesticles
Some people call it Hyperactivity.
12rt2345g342563
It's a pretty common term in the US at least. I've even seen bumper stickers.
CP3oh
I have, many times. Maybe it's a Colorado thing.
aap71
nope. Oregon here. moved from DC - common term in dog parks both places
Flyndaran
It's common in dogs, cats, children, some adults. It's so common that to act like it's unique to some tiny group is silly.
BigJoesCactusWaspAndGlitterbombRanch
Oh I know, I just never heard the word before. I always just called it "wigging the fuck out"
GeneralAnubis
The behavior isn't what they considered uncommon, but rather the terminology
HeatherBranson
Super common in guinea pigs, cats, dogs, kids...very common term
ThanosWasNotWrong
I was about to comment the same who the fuck calls it the Zoomies?
MichaelCBennett
Women who also make baby voices when talking to them.
mac821
I make baby voices and I'm a guy...
ATalkingMushroom
Almost everyone on this website...?
Yinyang107
None that I've ever seen.
ThanosWasNotWrong
I've been on this site for years and probably spend over an hour a day on it. I have Literally never seen or heard the word zoomie til 2day
TheMiseryOfOthersMakesMeHappy
#3, okay, then go use that stranger's spoon to eat your soup with.
AngryRaven
it means literal silverware, as in made or at least plated in silver. Heavy metals only https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligodynamic_effect
AngryRaven
(for the most part)
AltHorrorPunk
“Heavy metals only”
TheMiseryOfOthersMakesMeHappy
AngryRaven
Just sayin', 13 bucks is 13 bucks ($0.53/gram silver, 25 gram spoon).
BreadyStinellis
Has to be actual silver which no one is really using in public.
sumsut
Oligodynamic effect something which is tough to even pronounce!
Y3w4n
"Mozart wrote a song for her." Just name the damn thing.
FloridaMansSideKick
"According to William Mann (The Operas of Mozart (Paperback 1986), p. 542)."
SendMeYourVideoGameIdeas
Così fan tutte. It happened throughout the whole opera, but here is the soprano aria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si9fkZpzSv0
Y3w4n
Thanks. I'll check it out. Shame I can't check out "the animal/plant/tribe/species which..." I don't understand why they jump to the pronoun
allegedlynerdy
manthabat
Yeah, I read this one and as someone who lived in small towns and cities that was my assumption.
KroniK907
I knew there was an uncontrolled variable in there somewhere but couldn't find it myself. Thanks!
allegedlynerdy
communities they are more likely to just be thought of as odd, die of drug use, etc. 2/2
cowpaca
Always remember, 2 times a low chance of something is still really low
Hywayman
#1: I bet she wishes she could do it again.
irreverentcommentguy
So does he, so he can forget he was in that shitshow for a bit.
Theresmyothersock
Probably why they're divorced now! Jk
iAmLordBeer
Oblivionox09
#559 the strange part is the ship was raised just 12 days after it sank...
sidroski
https://m.warhistoryonline.com/featured/pearl-harbor-16-days-to-die.html Didn't say when it was raised but good read
ppushmeupp
#556 Smart IT company
notdavis
Except the latency is horrible :/
snotcaulk
That's just 'cause they're using Windows Vista :)
enzymaticrxn
Jennifer Garner could kick me in the head if it helped me forget that horrible Dare Devil movie.
Efreeti
Still better than the Elektra movie
Orion1453
Catwoman was the best hero movie.
mistermichigan
Y'all motherfuckers need Jesus...
sowasvonsowas
High school should be from 11 AM - 5 PM - - - studies have shown the students would perform much better with that schedule.
Virunuss
i know the students dont make that call, but id wager most high schoolers would rather get out at 3 instead of 5.
remycrane
I would have preferred to get out at 5 and wake up later, but all my social stuff was reserved for weekends. My friends', too
sowasvonsowas
High school students would rather not be in school at all! ;-)
CrazyGuyOnABike
That was definitely my view in HS. I got out at like 2-3 and any later I would not have been able to do things other than school.
sowasvonsowas
As a retired high school teacher I can tell you: Sleepy students in 1st 2 classes make those classes of low value, at best.
Virunuss
oh I totally understand, but unless you're plan is to cut hours out entirely, you cant move start time back without killing students>>
Virunuss
>> personal lives outside of school.
bigbadaboomboom
what do you base this assumption on
Virunuss
the fact that most kids hate school and getting out earlier = more time for shit after
Cisforstupidthatsgoodenoughforme
#7 - if schools did this, coaches would have the students up just as early for practice before school.
KillingTlme
So would the parents, as they have jobs and possibly younger kids who wake up earlier.
2020Gamer
Yup. Had to be at school at 6:45 for band practice. It was just as awful as it sounds.
xcrit
well, I'd hope it's a bit fresh smelling with all those people just just woke up, brushed their teeth then blow into instruments. phrasing.
LordHosk
It has to do with the economics of busing. High school has to start so early so that elementary school kids can use the same bus after.
GuardsmanMiku
schools in the UK start early but we don't have school busses
LordHosk
Im not from the UK, but from what im seeing from the Dep of Ed secondary school in the UK starts between 8:30 and 8:45 is that inaccurate?
GuardsmanMiku
i mean it completely depends what school you go to. I think my high school had reg at 8:30 and classes started at 9
LordHosk
I don't mean to say "your situation isnt bad this is worse" but our local High School starts classes at 7:15, which is not a uncommon time.
eatyourmeat
They teach cognitive psych students that people under 30 operate best after 11 am and schools should change schedule. That class was at 930
leidrienne
I had a class called Sleep and Sleep Disorders where sleep deprivation was a big topic. It was at 8am on a Monday
TheLetterKay
While I was in school they moved up the start time from 8:30 to 7:30. I never saw my first class.
shinydev
So we should genetically engineer the kids to have the sleep gene right? Frankly, I volunteer. I’d love an extra four to six hours a day.
ElbowDeepInMythicalCreatures
I love getting 4 hours of sleep per night
palmo
I don't think you understand genetics, Sir Francis Galton
NoMoneyNoHappiness
he might not understand genetics but what he suggested is possible right now and in the next 5-10 years it'll be in almost every newborn gen
TheBestRussian
We had a particularly hard class taught by a prof with a thick accent in a very dark theatre at 8am. It was impossible to pay attention.
Imgurislongerfunny
Is this true? Imma stop taking so many morning classes....
clnoy
It's true for the general pops. Maybe you're the 1-3% who don't need to sleep that much.
Imgurislongerfunny
Oh I don't. I can work pretty well with 6 hours, I actually feel more energetic with 6 hours of sleep. Maybe I should check that out...
Aepsy
I dont even pretend to be able to wake before 12. All my classes appointments activities etc start at 1 or later if possible.
Arrrrgggggghhhh
I don't think I even went to a class at Uni that started before 11... So i know the feeling.
Donotmakemeballthis
How in the fuck is that Even possible? Have you yet to become what they call an "adult?"
Aepsy
Names Pan. Peter Pan. And yeah college. Ill find some way to continue never doing anything from 6am-11am though.
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NotTheMamaNotTheMama
Are you shitting me? How is that even possible?
KillingTlme
He was a responsible adult and put sleep before fuckery.
strawberrycocoa
Fuck I'm 35 and I work best going from 2PM to 2AM.
Donotmakemeballthis
Could that be because you stay up until 2am?
strawberrycocoa
Probably. I'm just not go-to-bed-tired until about 1 or 2 or so. >_>
Virunuss
ok but if you adjust grade school hours with that in mind, you're now eating up pretty much 100% of a kids leisure time with school >>
Virunuss
>> If school normally starts at 7, but now its 11, they get out at 7pm, get home 7:30ish, eat, oh look its 8:30pm. Guess they'll sleep.
NotTheMamaNotTheMama
Or start at 9h30/10h and reduce the number of hours daily. Why does it have to be 8 hours?
KentuckyFriedChildren
Because of bullshit puritan work ethics in 'Murica
BabaBooey734
For some reason, I saw operate and thought you were talking about surgery. Then I thought how many surgeons are actually under 30? So.. yeah
frostybook
somehow farm kids manage to knock out a couple hours of chores and get to school just fine.
CrazyGuyOnABike
I've never understood how time, a fundamentally human and very recent concept, has any effect on sleep cycles. I never had trouble with it.
KillingTlme
If only all of life was built around the schedules of teenagers and not the other 85% of the population, including little kids.
fOrceez
Ironic, but class times are set my administration. Not the professor.
beastfan
As a current professor, this is semi true. Depends on the university. Some u have complete control, some give flexibility & a few are asses
shinydev
As a former professor, I can confirm. I never set my schedule.
EXkill
Former? ;-;
ItsCandleJack
Banged too many co-eds. It was time to retire.
TheRealSpaghettiMonster
Oh hey it's Candlej
shinydev
I am paid five times as much as a software developer than I was as an adjunct. C’est le vie!
Dan5757
Do you have any tips for someone looking to go into that field?
gmdave
la vie*
Johnnykararte
#560- Lanphier was a lier! Lt. Rex Barber is the one who really shot down the admirals bomber!
tflorio19500
Barber was Lanphier’s wingman and the USAF awarded each men half credit for shooting the aircraft down. However, after investigating 1/2
tflorio19500
the crash site and the bullet hole patterns, it was decided that Barber indeed was the sole shooter responsible for bringing down the 2/3
tflorio19500
bomber. The USAF refused to overturn their decision.
GasBandit
They did, however, remove credit for a shooting down a Zero that Lanphier also incorrectly reported, which lost him his "ace" status.
seecheetahrun
"Incorrectly" or "lied"?
nonchalantgravy
thought you said butthole patterns
heXonyou
You see what you want
TK421isAFK
No you didn't.
WhoDidYouExpect
Well, the Air Force wasn't involved, seeing as they didn't exist until 1946.
tflorio19500
You are correct. It wasn't until 1991 that the Air Force reviewed the incident and ultimately gave both men credit. That as turned over 1/2
mulligylan
It was the Army Air Force. Almost its own branch but not quite
merelyadequategooglymoogly
Did the crews even know it was specifically Yamamoto they were going after?
9point3x62
Yes, it was a special mission launched on intel that Yamamoto himself would be flying a certain route
merelyadequategooglymoogly
Yeah, but I thought they were only told it was a high-level official.
9point3x62
Wikipedia article said he was personally identified and President Roosevelt ordered the military to kill him specifically
9point3x62
But you're right, the crews themselves were briefed a "high level official"