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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 27 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

My mother has said of my brother and I since we were born. "He isn't satisfied burning the candle at both ends, he also takes a blowtorch to the middle."

My brother and I still sleep only 4 hours a night in our 40s

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

How the fuck? 3 nights of not enough sleep and I want to kill myself and anyone who stands in the way of me getting some sleep.

[–] myster0n@feddit.nl 13 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

How old are you in human years?

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 13 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] myster0n@feddit.nl 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I would've thought that you were twins and thought that 8 hours of sleep meant for both of you together.

Not that I get 8 hours of sleep, mind you

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

Ahh, I see the confusion, lol. No we just seem not to need any more sleep than that, much to my mother's dismay. She needs 7-8 hours a night.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

What other years might they have interpreted without the qualification?

[–] Benign@fedia.io 7 points 15 hours ago

Other side of the spectrum, Depression: the wax is asbestos, and the wick is steel wire.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 15 points 18 hours ago

Therapists: “Don’t burn the candle at both ends.”

Me, a Chinese-made festival sparkler

This, but current situation has no wax and the wick is actually detcord.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 6 points 18 hours ago

Me: Throw the candle into a fire

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Well, I'm a hard, hard working man.

I put it all on the line for a piece of the promise land.