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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 1 day ago

5 so I guess I'm also a woman? πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago
[–] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Everyone saying this is AI generated is dumb

This meme has been circulating for at least 12 years

https://tineye.com/search/b0632d1c30b901c181dcc8edb716a942da3b2e69?tags=&sort=crawl_date&order=asc&page=1

Here's a different version of it on shutter stock from 2012 https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/sleeping-positions-part-one-122824720

[–] hihnakukko@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

How should I know, I'm sleeping

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] blueworld@piefed.world 10 points 2 days ago

AI slop which has been assembled, me thinks.

[–] DoubleDongle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's bait for the ole "I'm 18 and my girlfriend is 11" thing

[–] guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The what? I have no idea what this is

Edit: no I got it, okay, that’s crazy

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[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago
[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago
[–] UnGlasierteGurke@feddit.org 24 points 2 days ago

all of them

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

With OP's mom.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

17, but with a long body pillow under the bent arm+leg and a regular pillow positioned like 2

4 and 5 is the most natural position, 11 is just asking for neck problems in the future.

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Why do half the images look blurry and weird and ugly? Is it AI slop or something?

[–] jade52@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

Yep it be the slop alright

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

I alternate left side/ right side. Can't sleep on my back, or I'll snore so loud I'll tear up my throat.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Where are the t-rex arms/hands?

[–] miked@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I met someone that actually slept like number 13.

In my early 20's several friends had a summer house on the Jersey shore. I would visit every few weeks. There were always other friends crashing there as well.Β 

Girl told us she slept this way and sure enough, we found her that way in the morning.

Always sleeping with one brown eye open

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

None of these involve an anime body pillow.

uh... just pointing that out on behalf of a friend.

You are a good friend

[–] fantasyocean@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Every position except for 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11.

I tend to fall asleep out of nowhere. Sometimes it looks like I got shot. Sometimes my legs are crossed or my hands are folded behind my head. Sometimes I fall asleep on the floor while playing with the cat.

[–] KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] jim3692@discuss.online 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I am more worried about 13

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

When your dead tired, but still constipated

Everything's possible with consent.

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[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Step 1: Lie Down Step 2: Try Not to Cry Step 3: Cry a Lot

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[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

#5

Does that make me a woman now according to the scrolls?

[–] bran_buckler@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

It’s been foretold!

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4 but straight back and legs I payed for a big bed and I am going get value of every angle of it.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Mine ain't even on there bruh

[–] sefra1@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mixture of positions 2 (legs) and 3 (arms).

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All of them throughout the night.

[–] sparkles@piefed.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Not really sure if inverted shrimp counts but it’s how I usually end up. That or 9-10.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The best position for brain health isn't shown. Right side.

This is an except from the linked PDF:

Sleeping position

Optimizing one’s sleeping position is a possible behavioral manipulation that may enhance glymphatic flow. Body posture during sleep affects the direction of gravity relative to the cerebrovascular system, changing the resistance to blood and CSF flow in the brain (Martin-Du Pan et al., 2004). Lee et al. (2015) showed that glymphatic transport in rats is more effective in a right lateral than in supine or prone positions. Healthy humans with a preference to sleep in a right lateral position showed longer SWS time and shorter REM sleep time compared to individuals with a preference to sleep in supine position (Zhang et al., 2022b). In line with this, sleeping in a supine position was associated with reduced SWS and REM sleep time compared to non-supine positions in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (Alfaiate et al., 2023). Intriguingly, it has been shown that patients with MCI, AD, and Lewy body dementia spend more time with their head in the supine than in non-supine (i.e., prone or lateral) positions during sleep compared to healthy age- matched controls (Levendowski et al., 2019)

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[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

16, but my hands go over my junk. Just in case one of my dogs jumps up on to the bed in the middle of the night. It's saved me a couple of times now.

Sometimes 18 if the cat won't shut up...

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago

I rotate through five or six of these all night long.

[–] Iceman@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I'm just gonna go with a yes here

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

13 is temporary if I have bad gas and need to rip one. The rest of the night is just slow rotating like a rotisserie chicken until I pass out.

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[–] Reference4054@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

Number 3, but then i got old and knees would get sore if bent. So now I lay perfectly straight on my side, which somehow isn't represented here.

[–] Bonifratz@piefed.zip 4 points 2 days ago

I think 3 comes closest, but I'm less curled up and generally sleep on my right side.

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I don't know. I'm always sleep so I can't see.

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