[-] Stylofox@lemmy.cafe 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Fatal insomnia is a misnomer. It's a prion disease that literally eats away at the brain including the part of the brain that controls respiration and temperature. My point is the adenosine waste levels in the brain (fun fact, adenosine is what makes us feel sleepy or even start hallucinating if we've been awake too long, caffeine blocks the receptors of this waste product) would cause unconsciousness before they became fatal. I've never heard of anyone not being able to go unconscious.

[-] Stylofox@lemmy.cafe 3 points 8 hours ago

It can't even survive a few inches of mud.

[-] Stylofox@lemmy.cafe 2 points 8 hours ago

I watched Final Destination 3 when it was new and that was the scene I remember the most. Horrifying.

[-] Stylofox@lemmy.cafe 5 points 8 hours ago

I can see this happening, some smartphones are almost as big as iPads now

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It's believed we need sleep because of a waste product called adenosine builds up in our brains while we're awake. When we're unconscious the waste stops building up and the CSF in the brain gets rid of it. Adenosine is a CNS depressant and works on the same receptors as sleeping pills. Eventually your nervous system would be so depressed you'd just fall unconscious as if you took some sleeping pills.

[-] Stylofox@lemmy.cafe 11 points 2 days ago

Bothsiders are annoying. They're the same people who see the terrible crap Trump has done, and are like "but what about [tiny thing]! He's not all that bad"

[-] Stylofox@lemmy.cafe 12 points 4 days ago

I remember when it went down by half an inch a second. Those were the times

[-] Stylofox@lemmy.cafe 18 points 5 days ago

If MAGAts don't like him, that gives me a lot of faith in him.

[-] Stylofox@lemmy.cafe 25 points 5 days ago

Once I realised it was Twitter, it all makes sense. It's a hellsite let it die.

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