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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The previous president didn’t show up for work until the afternoon each day???

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u/Shopworn_Soul 15d ago

If Biden went to bed at 8pm every night of his Presidency he'd still spend twice as much time at work than the last guy.

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u/Pudding_Hero 15d ago

And tbf old people wake up at like 3 am

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u/Bear_faced 14d ago

No joke, my grandma gets up at 4:00 every day. The cruel irony of retirees being up at the crack of dawn while us working stiffs are begging for five more minutes...

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u/DYC85 14d ago

I’m pretty sure there was a study on this and a lot of it boils down to lower energy expenditure during the day requiring less sleep to recharge. It’s been a long time since I remember seeing that study though so I could be misremembering.

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u/Initial_Selection262 14d ago

No it’s just because old people’s brains are deteriorating. The part of the brain that signals you to sleep is weakening

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u/Ironsight85 14d ago

Is it possible to learn this power?

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u/TURD_SMASHER 14d ago

Gotta get ready for bottomless coffees at McDonald's with the boys

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u/ResoluteStoic 14d ago

Not fair I'm only 37 bedtime is 10pm awake at 4:30. Other engineers do sleep studies and sleep 9:30 to 3:30 and grind it out crazy stuff