# What's the ratio of sunrises you've seen from the "right" way around vs the "wrong" way **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 29, 2016, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ratio-of-sunrises-youve-seen-from-the-right-way-around-vs-the-wrong-way/744558 "2016-01-29T06:32:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ratio-of-sunrises-youve-seen-from-the-right-way-around-vs-the-wrong-way/744558/21 "2016-01-30T05:58:30Z")
You have right and wrong mixed up. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ratio-of-sunrises-youve-seen-from-the-right-way-around-vs-the-wrong-way/744558/22 "2016-01-30T12:50:46Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > For months in the year I get up before sunrise. I pull all nighters about 3 or 4 times a year if I’m lucky. This. Remember that, if you live north or south of about 30 degrees, you can get up at the same time every morning of the year (say, 6:30), and yet you’ll only “see” sunrises during some of those mornings (around here, something like November through February). ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ratio-of-sunrises-youve-seen-from-the-right-way-around-vs-the-wrong-way/744558/23 "2016-01-30T13:01:47Z")
I’m a night owl who seems to wind up on the early shift far more frequently than I’d like, so at this point I haven’t a clue, just that that I’ve seen a lot of sunrises from both sides. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ratio-of-sunrises-youve-seen-from-the-right-way-around-vs-the-wrong-way/744558/24 "2016-01-30T13:08:06Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > You have right and wrong mixed up. And I would argue that they’re all good. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ratio-of-sunrises-youve-seen-from-the-right-way-around-vs-the-wrong-way/744558/25 "2016-01-30T15:49:35Z")
During several weeks of the late fall and winter the sun doesn’t rise here until after 7am. Good God I wish I was still asleep then. But yeah, even though I’m a night owl, I rarely see the sun come up because I’m still up. If I stay up really late, we’re talking 3 or 4am, not late enough to see the sun. ---
**Author:** ![Tannim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Tannim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tannim)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ratio-of-sunrises-youve-seen-from-the-right-way-around-vs-the-wrong-way/744558/26 "2016-01-30T17:51:28Z")
Have worked 2nd and 3rd shift quite a bit over the last few years. that has increased it to about even. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ratio-of-sunrises-youve-seen-from-the-right-way-around-vs-the-wrong-way/744558/27 "2016-01-30T22:10:54Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > You have right and wrong mixed up. I tend to agree, but… > [@kayaker](#): > > And I would argue that they’re all good. I would say they are all _bad._ ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ratio-of-sunrises-youve-seen-from-the-right-way-around-vs-the-wrong-way/744558/28 "2016-01-31T04:13:32Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > Waking up before the sun rises counts as seeing the sunrise the “right” way, staying up so late that the sun comes up again is the “wrong” way. For the purposes of this poll, it doesn’t matter if you physically see the sunrise or not, just that you’re actually awake when it happens. > > What’s your personal ratio of “right” sunrises vs “wrong” sunrises? > > Personally, I’m a pretty extreme night owl. Pretty much the only time I ever see a sunrise the right way is if I’m catching an early morning flight. Otherwise, I do my best to not have to get up before 10am (working in tech makes this surprisingly feasible) I work in tech and I’ve never been able to get up as late as 10. Nowadays I get up at 6am because I have to get my son to school before I go to work. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ratio-of-sunrises-youve-seen-from-the-right-way-around-vs-the-wrong-way/744558.md?page=1)