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[-] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 77 points 1 month ago

So if the average nap is four seconds, the average period of wakefulness is five seconds.

What a life.

[-] Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee 52 points 1 month ago

"Morning sleepyhead, glad you could join us."

"Goodnight."

x10,000

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago

“gm bb” absolutely defensible for chinstrap penguins

[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago

I'm guessing they still have extended awake times so they can get things done, and rest times where they're just drifting in and out of sleep.

[-] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 68 points 1 month ago

Needs a nap every 5 seconds = my spirit animal.

[-] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 63 points 1 month ago

So penguins would be bad drivers.

[-] CluckN@lemmy.world 58 points 1 month ago

No wonder they are flightless

[-] Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago

Waiting for the autopilot update

[-] yesman@lemmy.world 63 points 1 month ago

Is there a way to learn this power?

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 42 points 1 month ago
[-] casmael@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Not quite the same, and it sounds kind of hellish, but check out Polyphasic Sleeping.

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The transition is hellish if you go for the more extreme versions, and you need total control of your schedule because one missed or delayed nap will totally wreck you.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago

A buddy did that. He did bifurcated, polyphasic, martian 25/10, and the naps. He felt lonely and sad, and wasn't sure it wasn't just the lack of human contact.

Ultimately, not worth it when one has to interact with humans.

[-] seaQueue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

You can solve that with online friends in many timezones

[-] papertowels@lemmy.one 41 points 1 month ago

These guys use PWM - penguin wakefulness modulation

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago

By an amazing coincidence it's pretty much the same for people attending work meetings.

Nature is truly incredible.

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago

"This could have been an email." -Mother Nature

[-] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

We need to discuss the color for the interior of the shoebox all staff must be in attendance.

I am in fabric Mother Nature!

[-] Bosht@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

Sorry, how in the world do they know it's a nap and not just, you know, closing it's eyes? I'd be interested in the science behind the findings because it sounds like horseshit.

[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

I volunteer to be some kind of control group please pay me to nap

[-] kemsat@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

So, like they take really long blinks?

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago
[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Sleeping upright sounds terrible, horizontally gets you better blood flow to the brain. So checks out.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

I had a guy fall asleep while talking and standing. he just ... trailed off. #basictraining

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

That's basically what having a newborn is like

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago

Parenting in a nutshell

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Must be nice!

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