The Syndicate

Epignosis wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:Yeah, just assume that teleporting is permitted and so you can be anywhere on Earth when you select a timeframe.

If you didn't allow that, you would end up in space.

Yeah, just assume that teleporting is permitted and so you can be anywhere on Earth when you select a timeframe.

New poll!

TIME TRAVEL. It was difficult to split up the eras but I think I did an OK job. Which three eras would you visit and why?

I need to think about this.

What's your favorite time of day?

You may select 1 option


Night Owl ~ 12:00AM (midnight) - 4:00AM
1
Illyria (6) 9%

Early Bird ~ 4:00AM - 8:00AM
4
MovingPictures07 (1), S~V~S (2), Metalmarsh89 (5), a2thezebra (9) 36%

Late Morning ~ 8:00AM - 12:00PM (noon)
1
Elohcin (8) 9%

Afternoon ~ 12:00PM (noon) - 4:00PM
1
Soneji (7) 9%

Early Evening ~ 4:00PM - 8:00PM
3
nutella (3), DrWilgy (4), Epignosis (10) 27%

Late Evening ~ 8:00-PM - 12:00AM (midnight)
1
Turnip Head (11) 9%

None of the above, I hate all times.
0
No votes

Total votes : 11

Alright, a new poll is here!

This is another way of asking "are you a morning/afternoon/evening person?" but I thought splitting it up by roughly 4-hour increments was the way to go. What time of day to you most prefer? Is it because you are your "best" during that time, or because you find it most relaxing, or for another reason?

It's a tough question, especially since I enjoy relaxing in the evenings and have a hard time forcing myself awake from sleep, but I have to go with Early Bird (4:00-8:00AM). When I actually do get myself up toward the early portion of that, I find that I'm generally at my most happy and productive. I've always been an early bird kind of person though, not sure why.

What about you all?

How many hours do you sleep per night on average?

You may select 1 option


0-2 hours
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No votes

3-4 hours
1
DrWilgy (13) 7%

5-6 hours
6
MovingPictures07 (2), S~V~S (3), Silverwolf (4), Scotty (5), nijuukyugou (7), bea (14) 40%

7-8 hours
6
Epignosis (1), Sloonei (6), Golden (8), Vompatti (9), Bubbles (11), Metalmarsh89 (12) 40%

9-10 hours
2
nutella (10), Quin (15) 13%

11-12 hours
0
No votes

13+ hours (who does this?)
0
No votes
Total votes : 15

Who wants a new poll? I think it's time for one.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:The only time I can fall asleep during the day is during afternoon classes. I still haven't been able to adjust to them where I can learn as effectively as morning classes.

I'm with you here.

Regarding a chronic fatigue and hypersomnia problem, I've had issues with both off and on during my PhD program, particularly earlier this semester. The latter is something I deal with more regularly, but it's gotten worse from time to time, and I was feeling like it was very pronounced this year. It led me to start contemplating what the heck was going wrong with me. Definitely not fun at all.

Silverwolf wrote:I put 5-6. I am usually pretty tired with this as I do better with 7-8 but it just isn't possible. I have had long term issues with insomnia but even with out that, my daughter gets up early and I'm kind of a night owl and always have been.

I can't imagine having issues with insomnnia. My dad always had them really bad and I felt so bad for him, since for a while there he'd be lucky to get more than a couple of hours.

I have anti-insomnia; if anything, I fall asleep too easily. I can fall asleep basically anywhere at any time if I'm tired enough.

S~V~S wrote:My alarm goes off on weekdays only, but it is a "just in case", I am always awake when it goes off.

When I was younger I was more like that, In my 20's I could sleep 12 hours easy, and I slept through alarms fairly regularly. My husband told me he would be in another room and hear the alarm, and go in the bedroom & I would be laying there snoozing away, with the alarm 6 inches from my head going "BLAAAAT BLAAAAAT BLAAAAT". The only think that ever woke me up when I was asleep was dogs barking.

That's good to know; I was starting to wonder what the heck is wrong with me, since I feel like if I didn't set an alarm I could sleep forever.

S~V~S wrote:I like 7 or 8, but my eyes pop open after about 6. I still lay in bed, read, pet the pets, whatever, but I am still not sleeping

What's weird for me, and I don't remember it always being this way but it has been for long enough now, is my eyes almost never pop open until I get too much sleep (like 9+). I don't understand why that is. So I set an alarm every day, even on "days off".

As for my answer to this first question... it depends probably too much. I most prefer to get 7-8 hours per night, 9-10 if I'm being lazy, but PhD especially makes it difficult to reach 7 sometimes. So overall I'd estimate that I get 7-8 a bit less than half the time, maybe 3-4 or 5-6 a bit more than the other half of the time? With the occasional less than 3 (which suck, but happen).

I'll average it at 5-6.

Yay, random threads!

If you want to talk about sleep or time zones or anything time-related, this your thread.

I've created a poll asking our first question: How many hours of sleep do you get on average? I'm intrigued by this, since it seems some of us can go without sleep more than others, and sleep is just this enigmatic function that I find fascinating for some reason. So vote!