• MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
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    19 days ago

    driving and fighting for a week straight without sleep or rest.

    Holy crap I was gonna ask if this was literally possible but…yeah…I guess so!

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_sleep_deprivation_experiment

    I’m still surprised there weren’t more accounts of them losing their minds. A week without sleep? That’s terrifying to think about.

    Sidenote: Weird seeing this after I only learned about the “Russian Sleep Experiment” creepypasta like a month ago. Lol

    • radical_larry@sh.itjust.works
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      18 days ago

      They did things. Being awake for long on amphetamines is probably a factor. There is a reason (at least) the west uses modafinil instead of amphetamines now.