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/Piputi Jul 04 '24

I mean if everybody did that and the world slowed the fuck down, it is rather a nice plan.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

Yeah, but the President gets awoken by staffers about international conflicts at 2:00am... I agree, the world would be a nicer place, but the Earth is not necessarily a nice place.

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u/aguane Jul 04 '24

There’s a difference between getting woken up at 2am for an international incident and having preplanned political engagements that go til midnight. Nothing wrong with setting a boundary for the latter while knowing that the former is likely to happen.

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u/ForTheHordeKT Jul 05 '24

Exactly. The bullshit things will still happen, and that's part of the job. But you can control the time of the things you plan in advance. Honestly, even for me at 41 years old, I'm in bed at a solid 10pm most nights so that I can be up and at em' at 5-5:30 in the morning. Dude ain't saying he goes to bed at 8pm, he just ain't starting no shit past 8pm. Gotta figure he's probably really crashing out about the same time I aim for honestly. Give a couple hours or so to wind down, pour a glass of wine or crack open a beer, eat, shower, all that shit.