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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 08 January 2010 04:17:02PM 1 point [-]

Could you guys be more specific about what you hate about going to bed and about getting up? I don't even know whether you've all got the same problem.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 09 January 2010 03:35:30AM *  4 points [-]

Going to bed is a little like dying. Someone slightly other wakes up in the morning.

Comment author: gwern 09 January 2010 04:37:12PM 4 points [-]

Because I can't stop my compulsive quoting...

 "I lay me down and slumber
And every morn revive.
Whose is the night-long breathing
That keeps a man alive?"

-- XIII, More Poems, A.E. Housman (1859 – 1936)

Comment author: Wei_Dai 13 January 2010 10:44:55PM 1 point [-]

Going to bed is a little like dying. Someone slightly other wakes up in the morning.

Good point. For example, last night just before going to bed, I was totally absorbed in Eliezer's latest story. But when I woke up this morning, I forgot about wanting to finish the story, and started doing other things. (Eventually I came upon the open tab and finished it.)

BTW, if anyone hasn't read that story yet, you should keep this page handy as a reference, otherwise it's pretty hard to understand.

Comment author: [deleted] 09 April 2010 05:02:20AM *  -1 points [-]

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