Sleep Dep Experiment
Sleep Dep Experiment
This was all done in the name of science. Really.
Okay, so Bill and Morgan needed to do a psych project and he wanted to do it on the effects of sleep deprivation on cognative abilities. So they, James, Derek and I agreed to try and stay awake for 48 hours while he tested us.
Problem being that he too was staying up for the duration and it got harder and harder for him to even administer the tests, let alone for us to answer them.
As you can see we tried to make it out like a reality show at the beginning, but that soon fell through. There's a lot of funny set-up for it though. All will be available on the Season 2 DVD. So there.
-G
Okay, so Bill and Morgan needed to do a psych project and he wanted to do it on the effects of sleep deprivation on cognative abilities. So they, James, Derek and I agreed to try and stay awake for 48 hours while he tested us.
Problem being that he too was staying up for the duration and it got harder and harder for him to even administer the tests, let alone for us to answer them.
As you can see we tried to make it out like a reality show at the beginning, but that soon fell through. There's a lot of funny set-up for it though. All will be available on the Season 2 DVD. So there.
-G
funny side story we started that sat morning at about 10am which is when i woke up and had to be at work (for an 8 hour shift) at 5am starting sunday morning without any sleep the night before and 4 hours the night before that (damn you WOW) so at about 7am i am serving a customer and i apparently just fell asleep for about 5 seconds until the customer poked me (she was a regular, so whatever) and told me to wake the hell up. it was rather ammusing... for all that want to know, i stayed awake for 41 hours... so graham beat me by 1 hour.
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Staying up a long time is easy depending on what you're doing. I noticed a lot of walking, which is bad and tires out the mind. Endlessly playing Wc3 or WOW or some other extremely addicting game in 12 hour increments for 2 days should be fairly easy though. Just remember to eat every 12 hours, and eat nothing but buns lathered in butter inbetween, for energy.
Also, you have to be good enough at the game that it doesn't really require that much thinking(which is why I mentioned Wc3). Less thinking means less brain usage. I played Wc3 for 16h straight once without any negative impact, and was quite alert the rest of the night and next morning. That only adds up to about 30h though, I suppose.
Another thing that hinders your staying up though is people. If your mind is trying to decipher what noises are(or what someone else is saying) you tire out faster.
Also, you have to be good enough at the game that it doesn't really require that much thinking(which is why I mentioned Wc3). Less thinking means less brain usage. I played Wc3 for 16h straight once without any negative impact, and was quite alert the rest of the night and next morning. That only adds up to about 30h though, I suppose.
Another thing that hinders your staying up though is people. If your mind is trying to decipher what noises are(or what someone else is saying) you tire out faster.
-Kramy
Namby-pambies, the lot of you. I stay up for 45 hours on a semi-regular basis, especially during finals. O course, that's nothing on Travis locking himself in the PDP8 lab for 72 hours straight to finish one of his term projects on time.
Snacks are very important, it turns out.
Snacks are very important, it turns out.
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I know I'm ultra observant, and it took some serious paying attention to catch it (and prove to myself that I wasn't hallucinating)...
The last two times that clock is shown (the shots where eveyone gives up in favor of sleep...ah blessed sleep) its not only the wrong time, but the wrong day! (You're only twelve hours off.) Unless there was time travel involved (that would be a skill!) it can't possibly be a reflection on reality... Not that any of this has anything to do with reality...
The last two times that clock is shown (the shots where eveyone gives up in favor of sleep...ah blessed sleep) its not only the wrong time, but the wrong day! (You're only twelve hours off.) Unless there was time travel involved (that would be a skill!) it can't possibly be a reflection on reality... Not that any of this has anything to do with reality...
So.... I have some friends over on the mainland here who have seen the Sleep Dep Experiment, and they loved it, and they really want to challenge you guys to a longer one. I have their phone number, if you are so inclined. email me at [email protected]
"Jesus SAVES! All other party members take 4d6 damage from the fireball...."
James wrote: (damn you WOW.)
World o' Warcraft? Don't say that!!! She can hear *strokes World of Warcraft* my precious......
Anyone that plays WoW is, in my book, someone "cool" (as cool as you can be while being a WoW player). But playing it to stay awake never really worked with me...Unless you're going through a raid or something. Just playing on a level 26 Rogue trying to get a group for BFD(Blackfothom Deeps, eh)..*shudder*..at 4 in the morning..*shudder more*.....
Yeah, that won't make sense to a lot of poeple, mabye a select few out of all of you.
Anyways, just thought I'd post since this topic has been revived after it's half-year slumber. Great vid. btw, one of my best (as it is, after all, a sheer stupidity one )
Don't get me started on WOW. Am part of a computer and video games society and i know guys who played non stop for days. Averaging 60/70hrs a week of play time(Gotta love X-Fire). Although my counter strike addiction is just as bad. Got a total of 3hrs sleep over 3 nights once. The rest was spent playing CS. So, i think you guys were right to use games to stay awake. Great vid!!
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I have a couple of questions and comments. I can't imagine what I would be like under similar circs if I were filmed. Yikes.
Firstly, seriously the way to do this properly, if you wanted to set a record or something, is to eat a lot more. If you didn't eat until you were STARVING, then you weren't eating enough. You have to carb load to do sleep dep. Secondly, you would want to sleep for like 20 hours before hand. When I have to do two or three shifts in a row at my two jobs, I will drug myself into a stupor and seriously sleep like the whole day previously to stock up on sleep. Clinically, they'll tell you it won't help, but from experience, it sucks a lot more if you don't hibernate beforehand.
At some point, Red bull and all the caffeine in the world won't help you. That's the point where you collapse or soldier on.
Seriously, though, did you guys not have anything to do that Monday? Or were you all just assuming you could hack it? How long did you all sleep when you finally sleep? Just a bit? Because if I had done that and gone to sleep at say, 4 a.m. like graham, I would have slept until that midnight, at least. Just wonderin'.
Oh, and what did Kate do to get a almost thanks? And were you at Ash and Pam's place, that's why they had to put up with you? Or did they just see you in the throes and have to deal with your confusion?
That's a lot of questions for a five minute video. Sorry.
Firstly, seriously the way to do this properly, if you wanted to set a record or something, is to eat a lot more. If you didn't eat until you were STARVING, then you weren't eating enough. You have to carb load to do sleep dep. Secondly, you would want to sleep for like 20 hours before hand. When I have to do two or three shifts in a row at my two jobs, I will drug myself into a stupor and seriously sleep like the whole day previously to stock up on sleep. Clinically, they'll tell you it won't help, but from experience, it sucks a lot more if you don't hibernate beforehand.
At some point, Red bull and all the caffeine in the world won't help you. That's the point where you collapse or soldier on.
Seriously, though, did you guys not have anything to do that Monday? Or were you all just assuming you could hack it? How long did you all sleep when you finally sleep? Just a bit? Because if I had done that and gone to sleep at say, 4 a.m. like graham, I would have slept until that midnight, at least. Just wonderin'.
Oh, and what did Kate do to get a almost thanks? And were you at Ash and Pam's place, that's why they had to put up with you? Or did they just see you in the throes and have to deal with your confusion?
That's a lot of questions for a five minute video. Sorry.
Yeah, we didn't really leap into this one prepared, we know now about eating, but we figured we'd try it anyway.
We did it (as the commentary on the Season 2 DVD set comingsoon says), as part of a psych experiment for a class Bill and Morgan were taking. And for fun.
When I finally slept, it was just a normal amount of sleep. That's usually the case.
As for Kate's "almost special thanks" it's been a long running sibling rivalry joke that she gets "thanks" just never "special thanks". Until 1337, where she really, really helped, and then she got "extar special thanks". For this, she shot some stuff at the beginning, for the intro, but the stuff she shot aren't in the final cut. Again, the DVD is your answer.
We were doing this at Ash and Bill's place... who's Pam?
We did it (as the commentary on the Season 2 DVD set comingsoon says), as part of a psych experiment for a class Bill and Morgan were taking. And for fun.
When I finally slept, it was just a normal amount of sleep. That's usually the case.
As for Kate's "almost special thanks" it's been a long running sibling rivalry joke that she gets "thanks" just never "special thanks". Until 1337, where she really, really helped, and then she got "extar special thanks". For this, she shot some stuff at the beginning, for the intro, but the stuff she shot aren't in the final cut. Again, the DVD is your answer.
We were doing this at Ash and Bill's place... who's Pam?
my bad
It was PAT, yo, not Pam. My mistake.
I can't believe you only got a normal amount of sleep after freaking staying up that long.
One whole semester of my college education was spent in something like 36/20 hour shifts where I would stay up for a day and a night and a day, and then sleep for a night and a day. I'm surprised no one thought I was on crack or meth, but it was a christian university (I use the term uni VERY loosely, at that), and while the people there were happy to judge, they were naive enough that drug use wouldn't have occured to them.
I can't believe you only got a normal amount of sleep after freaking staying up that long.
One whole semester of my college education was spent in something like 36/20 hour shifts where I would stay up for a day and a night and a day, and then sleep for a night and a day. I'm surprised no one thought I was on crack or meth, but it was a christian university (I use the term uni VERY loosely, at that), and while the people there were happy to judge, they were naive enough that drug use wouldn't have occured to them.
Re: my bad
xgollum wrote: I'm surprised no one thought I was on crack or meth
Yeah... a couple posts up, kat mentions some friends of hers want to challenge us to another one. Except their rules are: everyone has to be on drugs.
So, we will not be taking them up on their challenge.
Suddenly their boasts of staying up for several days don't hold water.
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I caught the challenge, TOTALLY missed the drug references. Maybe that was hashed out (get it?! sorry) in private. Either way, that's totally bogus. Given enough drugs (not counting caffeine, et al), anyone can stay up for as long as you want. Hell, I'll contribute some of my brother's ADD medication and we can all get hopped up on freakin' Ritalin.
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