# Would you never sleep if you could? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 26, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-never-sleep-if-you-could/787469 "2017-05-26T13:35:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-never-sleep-if-you-could/787469/41 "2017-05-27T03:46:50Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > . . . circadian rhythm . . . Even while fully cognizant of the meaning of this term, I can’t help but picture someone who’s capable of keeping time with the chirping of cicadas in the summertime. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-never-sleep-if-you-could/787469/42 "2017-05-27T04:00:42Z")
When I was younger I had great dreams and would have noted “No way!” Now I rarely remember my dreams and they’re pretty mundane when I do. So now sleep is just another chore, and I’d definitely prefer the extra time to get things done. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-never-sleep-if-you-could/787469/43 "2017-05-27T04:31:34Z")
Given that my sex life is completely in dream form and has been for years… no thanks. I tell you what I _would_ take, though-- the ability to fall asleep whenever and wherever I want to. I’ve been suffering from insomnia lately. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Gnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_gnomer/32/3466_2.png) [@Miss\_Gnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Gnomer)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-never-sleep-if-you-could/787469/44 "2017-05-27T09:49:06Z")
I have a sleep disorder … sleep is a painful, horrible thing that must be done … not having to?! Wooohooo … I’d be soooo happy!! I think of all the things I could achieve and I no longer “fail” at something most other people like. Of course, I’d really like to just find sleep easy and enjoyable! It sounds like a great thing - I just don’t get it! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-never-sleep-if-you-could/787469/45 "2017-05-27T10:09:33Z")
I voted, and without reading anyone elses responses, I would fucking sleep like a motherfucker forever, if I could. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-never-sleep-if-you-could/787469/46 "2017-05-27T19:55:47Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > At sometime around 400AM every morning you will blink and immediately be fresh as a daisy, as if you got 8 hours of sleep in an instant. If you were drunk, you will instantly become sober (or at least 8 hours less intoxicated). So at 3 AM a drunk person will still be drunk, but what will a sober person feel like since he will feel fresh as a daisy at 4 AM? Exhausted? Slightly tired? Something else? ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-never-sleep-if-you-could/787469/47 "2017-05-27T19:59:16Z")
Yes, I’d skimp on sleep, as of now, I don’t have enough time to do everything I want to get done. ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-never-sleep-if-you-could/787469/48 "2017-05-27T23:17:46Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Even without needing to sleep, I envision myself being mentally exhausted from being awake constantly. > > Also, I love the whole idea of going to bed every night. Closing the door on the day. And waking up every morning with a clean slate, so to speak. > > No thanks. > > 'night. > mmm This exactly, though I debated on my answer at first because I thought about everything I could get done. But “closing the door on the day” is my preference. ---
**Author:** ![anomalous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-never-sleep-if-you-could/787469/49 "2017-05-28T00:05:23Z")
As long as I wasn’t tired or suffered any ill effects from it, that’d be great. I voted YES. I would love that extra chunk of life. Even on days off there is never enough time to do what I would like to. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-never-sleep-if-you-could/787469/50 "2017-05-28T00:08:53Z")
I have so many books to read, I’d choose to never sleep if I could function normally. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-never-sleep-if-you-could/787469/51 "2017-05-28T05:10:52Z")
I enjoy sleeping, eating, breathing, walking, and pretty much everything required to live now. When I was younger I felt differently, but I no longer feel that being “productive” for as many hours as possible is the goal. ---
**Author:** ![Marcus\_Flavius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@Marcus\_Flavius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marcus_Flavius)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-never-sleep-if-you-could/787469/52 "2017-05-28T08:14:38Z")
I saw an ‘Archie’ comic once, where a girl says something like “did you know we waste 1/3 of our life asleep?” The Jughead character responds by saying something like "I say we waste 2/3’s of our life awake. I agree with Jughead’s sentiment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-never-sleep-if-you-could/787469.md?page=2)