# Christmas Alertness Test, do you have the reaction times of a drunk, hungover, OAP or an Athlete?

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**Created:** [December 13, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414 "2017-12-13T18:03:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414/21 "2017-12-21T11:43:30Z")

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> [@elfkin477](#):
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> Wait… I think that there’s something wrong with my browser, then. The canon doesn’t move and Santa just appears from the side of the screen.

You’ve been naughty.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414/22 "2017-12-26T19:47:57Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> You’ve been naughty.

Ha, no. When I switched browsers I saw the canon move and my reaction time was twice as fast since I could see santa sooner.

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