Do you think you could die of tiredness?

anon5266188 · 2016-09-19T14:51:27.169Z

Prove it dickwad!

plasticniki · 2016-09-19T14:52:38.923Z

This is absolutely terrifying:

en.wikipedia.org

Fatal familial insomnia

Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is an extremely rare autosomal dominant inherited prion disease of the brain. It is almost always caused by a mutation to the protein PrPC, but can also develop spontaneously in patients with a non-inherited mutation variant called sporadic fatal insomnia (sFI). FFI has no known cure and involves progressively worsening insomnia, which leads to hallucinations, delirium, confusional states like that of dementia, and eventually, death. The average survival time for Th...

hip_young_gunslinger · 2016-09-19T14:52:54.788Z

They did a TV doc where they kept people awake for days, and they basically all lost the plot, they just had to stop and let them sleep.

bird · 2016-09-19T14:53:25.955Z

anon5266188:

Me personally? Think I’d probably lack the willpower to not have a nap

what if some guys just kept waking you up with a xylophone?

penoid · 2016-09-19T14:54:13.943Z

definitely think i could end up very seriously ill and in hospital. i’m generally sleep deprived but if i get very little sleep i’m significantly more ill. probably excluded from this as my body is self-destructive

anon5266188 · 2016-09-19T14:54:24.772Z

bird:

what if some guys just kept waking you up with a xylophone?

Think I’d eventually find it quite soothing maybe?

1101010 · 2016-09-19T14:55:07.582Z

plasticniki:

This is absolutely terrifying:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_familial_insomnia

#FUCKING HELL!

penoid · 2016-09-19T14:55:11.972Z

scientists reckon it can if you’re immunodeficient

hip_young_gunslinger · 2016-09-19T14:56:54.150Z

Maybe I was thinking of this:

en.wikipedia.org

Shattered (2004 TV series)

Shattered was a reality television programme shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. It aired in 2004. Ten contestants were challenged with going without sleep for seven days while their actions were constantly monitored. Over the seven days the ten housemates had to endure daily performance testing and a variety of challenges. They were competing for a potential prize fund of £100,000 though, at any point, if a contestant closed their eyes for over ten seconds, then £1,000 was deducted from th...

japes · 2016-09-19T14:57:45.937Z

they did that experiment to a bunch of soldiers, managed to figure out exactly what chemicals and whatever they needed that they would have got from sleeping and just gave them pills and injections instead of actual sleep. they made it about a month or something iirc totally fine then just dropped dead

plasticniki · 2016-09-19T14:57:59.590Z

u ok theo?

bird · 2016-09-19T14:58:07.076Z

soothing as fuck, aye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az-mziYx7TI

penoid · 2016-09-19T14:58:56.300Z

we’re due a revival of televised endurance challenges, surely.

japes · 2016-09-19T14:59:14.489Z

touch the truck

anon5266188 · 2016-09-19T14:59:30.403Z

Yeah, I don’t like that much in fairness Silkz

hip_young_gunslinger · 2016-09-19T15:00:05.909Z

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Shoot_Horses,Don’t_They%3F(film)

penoid · 2016-09-19T15:01:02.091Z

Icarus-Smicarus · 2016-09-19T15:12:42.092Z

would you not just eventually pass out rather than die?

marckee · 2016-09-19T15:13:32.748Z

A brother and sister from Australia talked about it here: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/fatal-familial-insomnia-brother-and-sister-inherit-disease-that-will-stop-them-sleeping-ever-again-a7010221.html

1101010 · 2016-09-19T15:19:18.690Z

Harsh times!