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December 13, 2004 at 4:09 am #42925amy_d_gParticipant
11 days seems to be the longest anyone has done it. See this article.
Longest I have ever been without sleep is about 33 hours… I work an overnight shift once in a while at my job, and it just happened that I had to work 10pm to 8am the night before we were supposed to move to our new house… boy that wasn’t fun! Didn’t get to sleep until midnight the next night!
December 13, 2004 at 4:31 am #42940cuteb0mberchickMemberif you stay up until 3:00am everyday you’re shrink and look like a midget is this true?
December 13, 2004 at 4:54 am #42932gossipingraeMemberQuote:quote:Originally posted by cuteb0mberchickif you stay up until 3:00am everyday you’re shrink and look like a midget is this true?
are you for real? staying up for long periods of time DOES NOT affect your height. it messes with your head, like we have stated, but not your height.
i stay up past 3 am every day to get things done, and i’m still 5’9″
PS: watch what you say, because the word “midget” may offend some people. just a warning.
December 13, 2004 at 5:54 am #42879JazzBabyMemberI’ve had an adventure or two on zero sleep. A few years back I flew to Italy with a group of students, from toronto and I don’t really like planes, so I couldn’t sleep. We had to transfer flights and then take a two hour busride to the town we were staying in and most other people had slept so they were wide awake and therefore, so was I. Then we go to the town and it was like 9 in the morning with the time change, so the Italian students we were staying with had a full day of activities planned. I didn’t get anywhere near a bed until about 11 local time that night so with the time change I was up nearly two full days. By the end I couldn’t even function.
I’ve also written a paper or two over the course of an entire night. A few weeks back, I had a 12 page research paper due and I started it at about 10 am the day before it was due, finished at about 5 am, slept for an hour and a half and went to class. I was in the zone all day, my notes are completely incoherent.
December 14, 2004 at 12:40 am #42936vikshankerMemberokay… lets put it this way.
gaming/lan tournament for a week straight (yes everyone was up the whole time) then for some insane reason I drank ~ 5 red bulls over the course of a day. I wasnt there mentally for ****. but I was physically awake.
this was when I had insomnia, depression, all that fun ****.
it is possible. cause im still alive 🙂
December 14, 2004 at 2:08 am #42933gossipingraeMemberokay for real, I don’t think anyone has been listening to rabid or anyone else of the matter. your brain SHUTS DOWN for a small period of time, even if you are not aware of this. or else, you would die.
no one listens, so there is no point in me talking about this topic anymore.
December 14, 2004 at 4:07 am #42937vikshankerMemberooh. I see what you mean
O.o
heehee
December 14, 2004 at 4:48 am #42900TigerbladeParticipantQuote:quote:Originally posted by gossipingraeno one listens, so there is no point in me talking about this topic anymore.
YAY at least you’re listening. you, me, and rabidkitten get the point. if the rest of them dont get it by now, chances are they wont….. at least we know the truth
December 14, 2004 at 5:07 am #42934gossipingraeMemberQuote:quote:Originally posted by TigerbladeQuote:quote:Originally posted by gossipingraeno one listens, so there is no point in me talking about this topic anymore.
YAY at least you’re listening. you, me, and rabidkitten get the point. if the rest of them dont get it by now, chances are they wont….. at least we know the truth
amen to that
December 14, 2004 at 5:30 am #42902RabidKittenParticipantMy goodness, talk about shrinking if you stay up until 3am? How specific…I love the most how they don’t say if it’s central/pacific or other time zones.
True that you skin can turn clammy, waxy and white with no sun and that you nails turn yellow, hair can turn dry and straw like if there is no contact with the sun, not including insane amounts of sleeping problems, but there’s nothing about losing height due to staying up until 3 am…that’s just silly. I don’t know what person told you this goofy “boogyman” tale, but it sounds like they were just trying to make it so you dont stay up so late.December 14, 2004 at 1:38 pm #42943DefialMemberI was awake from 9 a.m. till 8:30 a.m. . It was the day it changed to next year
December 14, 2004 at 1:47 pm #42907QwertyMemberQuote:quote:Originally posted by RabidKittenMy goodness, talk about shrinking if you stay up until 3am? How specific…I love the most how they don’t say if it’s central/pacific or other time zones.
True that you skin can turn clammy, waxy and white with no sun and that you nails turn yellow, hair can turn dry and straw like if there is no contact with the sun, not including insane amounts of sleeping problems, but there’s nothing about losing height due to staying up until 3 am…that’s just silly. I don’t know what person told you this goofy “boogyman” tale, but it sounds like they were just trying to make it so you dont stay up so late.But don’t you grow the most during sleep? And if your not sleeping very much you won’t grow much… Right?
December 14, 2004 at 1:56 pm #42929sarahtownyMemberlol just got back from the usa, I woke on saturday at 6am usa time and went to sleep last night Monday at 11.00 pm our time (UK) for the first time since then. Ouch!!! 12 hour flight delay in Paris lovely!! Like not. How many hours is that I am too tired to work it out lol
December 14, 2004 at 8:40 pm #42884DavidParticipantQuote:quote:Originally posted by gossipingraeokay for real, I don’t think anyone has been listening to rabid or anyone else of the matter. your brain SHUTS DOWN for a small period of time, even if you are not aware of this. or else, you would die.
no one listens, so there is no point in me talking about this topic anymore.
It’s true though. Every few weeks my Friends (heh) and I get together and have a LAN party (I know, I’m a loser), for those of you who don’t know what a LAN party is, it’s when a bunch of geeks get together with their rigs (powerful computers) and play games, share files/media and hang out. Naturally this goes on all night, and we generally don’t sleep for more than 1 or 2 hours. This is usually a Friday night (~4pm) -> Saturday Morning (~11am) thing, So we end up being up for about 40hrs without sleep, by the end of it, we are so out of it that we can’t type anymore. 😀 But I always lose concentration and can’t focus on anything. I’ve heard this is caused by “micro-naps” (your brain shutting down for a short period of time). It surely can’t be healthy.
December 17, 2004 at 3:42 am #42904ChanellothParticipantYeah, your right Dave. When your in the teenage years this can be really bad for you. Oh well, I dont think it will cause much harm if you only do it once every now and then.
P.S. I’m baack had to be here with my fellow BBB members over the Holiday season. 🙂
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