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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My mother has said of my brother and I since we were born. "He isn't satisfied burning the candle at both ends, he also takes a blowtorch to the middle."

My brother and I still sleep only 4 hours a night in our 40s

[–] myster0n@feddit.nl 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How old are you in human years?

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] myster0n@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would've thought that you were twins and thought that 8 hours of sleep meant for both of you together.

Not that I get 8 hours of sleep, mind you

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Ahh, I see the confusion, lol. No we just seem not to need any more sleep than that, much to my mother's dismay. She needs 7-8 hours a night.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

What other years might they have interpreted without the qualification?

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How the fuck? 3 nights of not enough sleep and I want to kill myself and anyone who stands in the way of me getting some sleep.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I suspect my mother felt the same way. I don't know why my brother and I don't need sleep, we are not that much of an anomaly though. There have been a ton of famous people that had similar sleep patterns. We don't feel that 4 hours is not enough, in fact if I were to try to sleep more, my body will make me restless so that I get up.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Therapists: “Don’t burn the candle at both ends.”

Me, a Chinese-made festival sparkler

This, but current situation has no wax and the wick is actually detcord.

[–] Benign@fedia.io 7 points 1 year ago

Other side of the spectrum, Depression: the wax is asbestos, and the wick is steel wire.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Me: Throw the candle into a fire

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Well, I'm a hard, hard working man.

I put it all on the line for a piece of the promise land.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Everything works better with an erection
...of the candle. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)