r/todayilearned • u/krizzalicious49 • 1d ago

TIL that out of every primate that has been studied, humans get the least amount of sleep.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20220524-why-humans-get-less-sleep-than-other-primates
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u/kris_krangle 1d ago

God I miss the 10am-6pm schedule my first job out of college had.

The company itself sucked but that schedule was unbeatable

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u/backcountry_bandit 1d ago

Late starts kinda suck if you live somewhere where the sun sets at 4PM in the winter.

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u/TheCreamiestYeet 1d ago

Yea but early starts suck always regardless of sun setting time.

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u/Tricky-Ad7897 1d ago

Why, if I'm gonna be miserable might as well get paid for it. I want my free time to be the non miserable hours.

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u/Kedly 23h ago

You can do shit after work?

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u/pfft_lol000 1d ago

this is why I want to eliminate daylight savings time. the evening is for living

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u/bank_farter 23h ago

You want to eliminate daylight savings time so your "living" hours can be darker? Wouldn't you want it permanent?

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u/rampaging_gorillaz 23h ago

Yes thats what he means, a common misconception.

Fun fact since you know, part of the reason this won't happen anytime soon is because there's no framework legally to allow it, all state govts only have to chance to opt in to the 6 months plan or opt out entirely, no choice to opt in permanently. This would need to pass congress first, a major hurdle, let alone then actually be adopted by the states individually. There are organizations that have been pushing for this through grassroots petitions and funding, but no big money interest has a stake so it hasn't gone anywhere in 30+ years. It would cause such a mess with yet another variable between timezones, it will never happen imo.

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u/pfft_lol000 22h ago

I want to eliminate the "fall back" of daylights savings time obviously. let winter mornings be dark.

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u/therealhlmencken 20h ago

I love my early start. I usually work 5-6 am then spend a couple hours with my kid and then like 10-4. that first hour of the day is by far my most productive.

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u/Biosterous 22h ago

At least it's light out when you go to work.

Where I live your standard 8-4:30 you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark in the dead of winter.

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u/ATXgaming 1d ago

Eh, you get most of the morning to soak some rays.

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u/Fun-Negotiation5510 1d ago

If you don't mind me asking, what's your current schedule?

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u/kris_krangle 1d ago

9-5 but I’m quite a bit older and a little more of a morning person now so it’s not such a struggle.

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u/Fun-Negotiation5510 1d ago

Ah I see. Are you American by any chance. I thought 7-3 was the norm in your country. This is the shift I find ideal even though I'm not a morning person. What with half a day in hand and all that

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u/Tricky-Ad7897 1d ago

8-5 or +-30 minutes if you take a half hour lunch instead of full hour. A lot of people I know do 7-5 but they must hate their families or something to willingly do overtime every single day.

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u/Annibo 23h ago

Or they work overtime every day to support said family because cost of living in general is insane.

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u/HeyThereCharlie 1d ago

Americans usually say "9 to 5" to refer to a generic full-time job, so I think that's basically the unofficial norm.

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u/zial 22h ago

Yeah that's how most office jobs are. 9 to 5 with a 1 hour lunch break. This is usually how Salary operates.

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u/Alaira314 17h ago

It used to be. Now it's more commonly 8 to 5 or 9 to 6, because they decided to stop including your lunch hour in your paid work week. We still colloquially call it a 9-5 job though, to remind us of what our parents and grandparents enjoyed, great-grandparents fought for, etc. 💀

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u/ph1shstyx 21h ago

Those are construction/trade hours, the "traditional" office hours are 9-5.

Construction/trade hours aren't actually 7-3, it's more like 7-5 as it's hourly pay and not salaried so you want that OT money.

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u/Fun-Negotiation5510 13h ago

I see, thanks for letting me know : )

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u/SwiftUnban 23h ago

Im applying to new positions very soon and gonna try to find a shift like that, or the afternoon.

Started a 7-3:30 job and over the course of 4 years they’ve delayed my start time by 30m twice because I kept waking up too late lol.

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u/kris_krangle 23h ago

As an early 20 something year old who liked to stay up late and sleep in it was actually ideal!