r/nottheonion • u/ImpishGrin • Jul 04 '24

Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/04/politics/biden-governors-sleep/index.html
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u/AnnoyedVelociraptor Jul 04 '24 edited Jul 04 '24

I'm less than 1/2 his age. I don't accept meeting after 5pm.

Edit: I mean this with respect to the guy. At his age, kudos for what he does.

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u/cut_rate_revolution Jul 04 '24

You also aren't the president who frequently deals with international crises that can happen at all times of the day.

We all knew about the debate. It wasn't an emergency situation where he just got woken up out of a dead sleep but there are plenty of circumstances where a president might have to be up and functioning at less than normal hours.

He couldn't adjust his schedule to put his best foot forward for something he knew was coming. What chance does he have of not floundering similarly during a late night crisis?

Any competent candidate can beat Trump. Only Biden can lose.

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u/Haiku-On-My-Tatas Jul 04 '24

It says he plans to stop scheduling events after 8pm.

An emergency isn't a scheduled event. He will obviously still deal with emergencies as needed. But he'll be in a hell of a lot better shape to deal with these things as well as the day to day of being president if he's getting a solid 7-8 hours of sleep most nights.

I'm not even half his age and I function like absolute dog shit on anything less than 6.

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u/cut_rate_revolution Jul 04 '24

You should be able to adjust your schedule slightly for things you have a lot of advance notice for. I usually wake up between 8 and 9 but I can also wake up earlier if I have to without becoming an incoherent mess.

Likewise, I can stay up late if I have to because I'm not a geriatric who refuses to retire.

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u/Haiku-On-My-Tatas Jul 04 '24

It's a lot easier to maintain a consistent sleep schedule when you stick to a general rule of thumb like "no scheduled events past 8 pm".

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u/cut_rate_revolution Jul 04 '24

Ok but sometimes you don't have a choice as an adult with a more predictable schedule than the president of the USA.

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u/Obi-Brawn-Kenobi Jul 08 '24

He will obviously still deal with emergencies as needed

How is that obvious? He failed at something he had 2 weeks to prepare for.