sleeping

Someone on AskReddit got a thread going about the craziest things that people have slept through. Many of us have known (or are that person ourselves) someone who has an uncanny knack for being able to drift off to the dreamland, and remain there, through moments of absolute chaos. Could be sleeping through multiple fire alarms, or maybe something like remaining unstirred when a literal lightning bolt strikes the airplane. 

For most human beings the placement of their beds boils down to using the space they have in the most efficient, and comfortable way possible. This Tumblr thread however makes a point of how people's bed placement decisions are actually inspired by fear. That being said, whatever Thomas Jefferson was doing with his bed is actually creepy. 

When it comes to sleep talking, people run the gamut of unintentionally hilarious to mind-mindbogglingly creepy. On one hand you could have a guy farting himself half awake and demanding an apology, and on the other hand you could find a loved on in your corner begging to be let out of their flesh-tiled skin prison. Sometimes people get sleep paralysis and their loved ones mistakenly think they're getting visited by Satan.

It would be nice to be able to get so comfortable that you look uncomfortable. Seriously, some of these dogs just look like a pile. Dogs sometimes get stuck and need a hand, but these ones seem to be at least someone in control of their creative, and sometimes awkward positions.

This quick and entertaining Tumblr post shines some light on the widely accepted truth that a quick snooze and a snack can calm the fieriest of tempers. Seriously though, once the post-nap disorientation wears off, the mind will often feel so much better. At the very least, it's worth a shot. 

They say that sleeping dogs don't lie. That's true for these ones. They tend to curl themselves up, stick their legs directly into the air, and suspend themselves miraculously over multiple pieces of furniture. Dogs can do some impressive things, like this dog who figured out how to herd a lawn roomba or this dog who learned the dinner criteria.

Maybe it's better to be a heavy sleeper, so you don't hear your parents and friends say damaging crap about you. Maybe it's better to hear it and know what they think? Either way, people really need to do a better job of keeping things to themselves. Here are things that people overheard through paper-thin walls as well as the kindest things people overheard about themselves.

For those not in the know, sleep paralysis is a pretty common phenomenon that's found all across the globe. You find yourself sort of in between being asleep and being awake, like you're conscious, but you can't move or speak. An episode of sleep paralysis can be accompanied by hallucinations that look like a face or figure, and that's commonly referred to as a demon or a visitor. It's pretty god damn scary. Anyway, this person told their mom and it backfired. People mess up, and sometimes that screw up is in their control. Here's a guy who thought a date was a job interview.

This fun and quick Twitter thread seeks to break down the societal stigma surrounding people getting up early, and as a result being productive. It sheds light on how some people just seemingly aren't hardwired to get up early, and crack on from there. And you know what? That's totally chill. 

This is just a short little wholesome thread about a big dog that had a special relationship with a tiny owl pet. For more moments like these, here are some wholesome memes to restore some sanity. And for more funny sleeping dogs, here are tired dogs sleeping in awkward positions.

We'd bet that a lot of parents out there are bound to relate to this hilariously wholesome accident. Apparently the whole family ended up getting accidentally "sleeptrained" by a strangely adorable little stuffed worm toy thing. Whatever works, I guess. 

They say let sleeping dogs lie, but that might lead to back problems. We've seen dogs do some amazing things, and being able to turn into tired goop on a couch is now one of those things. Some of the physics her makes no sense, but we're here for it. Dogs can get themselves in some precarious situations, like these stuck dogs that need a hand.

This guy decided to watch "American Horror Story" before going to sleep, and ended up waking up so frightened that he jumped out the window. Not only that, but he proceeded to provide proof in his Reddit recap. We hope he's off to a speedy recovery. Sounds like an absolutely terrible situation to find yourself in. Can't imagine what was going through his head when he came to, falling out the window. 

Someone on AskReddit asked what kinds of stuff deep sleepers have slept through, and the resulting stories are all kinds of ridiculous. While a deep sleep is nice and restorative, sometimes your livelihood can really benefit from your ability to wake up if there's something dangerous happening around you. 

Insomnia absolutely sucks. Even when you set time aside and do all the right things, here come the thoughts again. Thoughts like "How would I  go about constructing the world's largest sandwich" or "I gotta find Jeremy from 7th grade on facebook and tell him he was wrong about how many candy bars away the moon is." Anyway, here are jokes, tweets and thoughts people had about how hard it is to get some quality sleep around here.

The spouses of sleep-talkers know that you can expect them to say absolutely everything and anything. Some funnier, some creepier, and some more outright threatening. Some people even dedicate their social media to all the insane things their spouse says in their sleep.