I have a pet theory that in the old times before there was good lighting at night, people who rose early had been more productive and got richer. Their descendants remain part of the ruling class today, and that’s why companies usually demand that the work day starts early. Of course nowadays there’s no real need for that, they are just mad with power and want to show it off by oppressing the workers.
You’re making me miss third shift, sort of. I don’t know if I would ever go back to it again. There was something so peaceful about being up during the night, though. I miss it sometimes.
Life pro tip for those nocturnal. Even those nocturnal folks need to mow their lawns. For modestly sized lawns, a scythe can be a great option! It’s also perfectly legal to mow your lawn with a scythe at three in the morning, dressed in a long black hooded robe.
To have some visibility, you can use one or two of these head strap lights. But make sure they are red, to not lose night vision
In many cities, nighttime noise level is limited by decibel level. But even low-level noise is allowed if below some level. So you could have some extremely quiet speakers gently wafting spooky sounds while you do this. Or if that’s a bridge too far, whose to say you don’t personally just like listening to Gregorian chants and quiet levels while you work?
If other people using the internet is slowing down your connection, maybe it’s time to finally ditch cable (if you’re able to). Fiber is ideal, but even 5G fixed wireless is faster than cable, even during peak periods.
By the Authority of Night Shift Gremlins HQ thatericalper is hereby stripped of their Night Shift Membership for sharing classified information with Day Walkers. They are also expelled from all Nocturnal Activities under pain of Pain. Should they be seen engaging in nocturnal activity outside of their personal domicile all Night Shift Gremlins in witness are obligated under article 13 subsection Scarlet-7-Mentos-19 to use all necessary force to cease the offending nocturnal activity and return the offender to a NSG approved Class-3 holding cell where they will be held until daybreak when an automated system will release them into the light of day where they rightfully belong. Repeated violations will incur severe non-life threatening yet highly inconvenient punishments.
Thus is our way.
Fuck the Sun. Shun the Day Walkers.
/signed, Thadious Methweazel. Adjunct Arch-Gremlin.
Years ago when my schedule allowed it, I slept from 2am to midday for a month. Probably the one time in my adult life that I had caught up on my sleep debt, it was glorious. Although it seemed once I was “caught up” I couldn’t sleep that long anymore.
My soul yearns for 4am-12pm sleep schedule.
Bad for your long term health
Not sure what you mean by not socially acceptable, there’s a lot of night work
Studies show that losing weight is good for your health. What happens if you give that advice to someone who’s underweight?
Different people have different needs and the studies on sleeping haven’t yet caught up to that level of science.
Any studies concluding a corelation between being awake at night and poor health are likely measuring many confounding factors. There’s no way to isolate that variable. Certain groups are more likely to stay up into the night, which could equally be the cause. It also requires, as the post implies, giving up certain activities. Those activities may promote good health in some way.
Any actual medical condition caused by nighttime activity could be managed, like vitamin D deficiency. The societal factors can’t be, although if it was more common and acceptable that could level out some of the variables.
No worries, I take Vitamin D pills. I have surpassed my sun-addicted brethren.
Circadian clock issue unfortunately
Where my crepuscular homies at?
It’s not that this lifestyle isn’t socially acceptable, but it comes with some disadvantages. As pointed out by others, if you have a partner that is living an opposite lifestyle (“normal” day time work - night time sleep) you both wouldn’t have that much time together being awake and active. Also, another disadvantage is that everyone else is active during your resting time, which is during the day. Loud neighbors, traffic, socializing, etc. Errands, like appointments, are often possible only during daytime.
Attending a nocturnal lifestyle over an extended period of time is also less healthy from the biological point of view.
If your biological preference is set to be nocturnal however, and you can compensate for the aforementioned disadvantages, go for it. Nobody will be judging you.
I commented on someone else saying this, but I’ll say it here also. There’s no way to isolate the variable of a noctural lifestyle. There are many confounding factors that can’t be controlled. Is it that being awake at night that isn’t healthy or are people who feel like being awake at night already typically less healthy? I’d bet on the latter.
We can take vitamin D supplements, so that isn’t the issue. However, a lot about your lifestyle must change with this, as you say. Is this a cause? Are nocturnal favoring people associated with mental health issues? Do nocturnal people eat less healthy? (Fewer options to healthy eating open?)
Studies involving humans are flawed. We can’t control every factor of someone’s life, so usually it’s self reported and also not forcing lifestyle changes on people —at least not for long term studies. They’re still useful, but people often look at studies that say “nocturnal lifestyle associated with worse long-term health outcomes” and read “nocturnal lifestyle causes worse long-term health outcomes” which is a very different thing.
Something something correlation doesn’t imply causation. I agree.
Cut the toxic diurnal people out of your life.
I can’t sleep at night at all, no matter how tired I am. so I changed my sleep schedule, I sleep 14-00 (2pm till midnight) and then I’m awake, go to school etc etc, I get 10 hours, while still being awake at night. its amazing. and it works.
“The day is ok and the sun can be fun, but I live to see those rays slip away”
From “I Love the Night” - Blue Oyster Cult
Shh… if the normies find out you’ll ruin it for all of us.
Oh no, imaging Normie’s coming in at you at 5 AM with u making a sandwich
Night owls are also an oppressive class. Drag lives somewhere with thin walls and can’t get to sleep until the night owls are ready too. The parties are the worst.
But that’s more of a “assholes being assholes” thing than it is a “the world is dictated by night owls” thing.
No, the problem could easily be solved by builders putting in proper insulation. They’re not assholes for preferring a different schedule to drag. But the decisions of the political class to permit bad insulation have forced them into conflict with drag in which drag is oppressed. Politicians have transformed drag’s neighbours into oppressors.
The pros are plentiful. But the cons are compelling: partner and job schedules must align or it sucks.
When I worked nights, I had a gf who kept wanting to do stuff when I needed to be going to bed.
Work more night shifts. Date more goths.
When I worked nights, twice a week I’d stay up 36 consecutive hours to realign my schedule with my partner’s and then back to my job’s.
I miss working nights and I miss being young.
