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I've worked in a sleep laboratory (I don't have any medical training though). Lack of sleep doesn't kill you and once you have rested there are no negative long term effects. At one point you just fall asleep. I read a study back then where they observed a volunteer that stayed awake for 16 days.

This is what's fascinating to me. Human's spend 1/3rd of their lives sleeping, yet we've only found a handful of things sleep is good for.

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06-06-2010 , 05:38 PM

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FideICa$hflo

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this is pretty crazy.

i remember when I was in college I took some adderall to cram for an exam. I ended up being awake for like 30 hours, and the images on my computer screen were 3d and moving

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06-06-2010 , 05:46 PM

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jungleboy

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was awake this weekend for roughly 65ish hours, so just short of 3 days.. i drove 250 miles towards the end without sleep so i def think w/e phil sets is beatable.

dont get me wrong i think it would be really hard, but its not impossible by any means

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06-06-2010 , 05:52 PM

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if you cannot die from sleep deprivation, does that mean that people can go decades w/o sleeping as long as they are well nourished?

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06-06-2010 , 05:54 PM

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if you cannot die from sleep deprivation, does that mean that people can go decades w/o sleeping as long as they are well nourished?

You will have to be kept awake somehow, and whatever is to be used to keep you awake can kill you (exhaustion).

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06-06-2010 , 05:57 PM

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he is getting close to 2000 viewers if he makes it to 100 hrs he may get 2000 viewers

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06-06-2010 , 06:06 PM

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kinghippo423

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Cliff notes on the Red Shirt Guy story?

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06-06-2010 , 06:47 PM

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Pickled pepperolini

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Almost at 100 hours

Stream: http://acejones.com/unabomber-poker.htm

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06-06-2010 , 06:48 PM

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Cliff notes on the Red Shirt Guy story?

Guy with a Red Shirt, That everyone referred to as Red Shirt Guy. And everyone started saying Chuck Norris or The Most incredible man in the world stories about.

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06-06-2010 , 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by john voight

if you cannot die from sleep deprivation, does that mean that people can go decades w/o sleeping as long as they are well nourished?

There haven't been any documented cases (to my knowledge) of humans dying from sleep deprivation. They've killed animals with sleep deprivation though. In fact, just denying lab rats REM sleep has killed them.

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06-06-2010 , 06:56 PM

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SneakySteve

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Almost at 100 hours

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Yea! Everybody come and join, it's great moment!

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06-06-2010 , 06:58 PM

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There have been documented cases of people dying from sleep deprivation. Usually by an genetic illness called Fatal familial insomnia.

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

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06-06-2010 , 07:00 PM

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Pickled pepperolini

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And he officially has 100 hours down!
How many more do you guys think he can do?

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06-06-2010 , 07:00 PM

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metsman82

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What stakes is he playing? How much/down is Laak in this session? Anyone know?

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06-06-2010 , 07:03 PM

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Atarirob

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10-20, about half hour ago he was up around 9k

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06-06-2010 , 07:03 PM

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meatballs

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100 hours

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06-06-2010 , 07:04 PM

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How can you not die :e

I mean I thought 60+ hours of gaming / whatever is fatal and you can almost drop dead after 80+ hours.. how come they can be taking it so easy? And how dangerous is it?

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06-06-2010 , 07:05 PM

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coke is a great drug

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06-06-2010 , 07:08 PM

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I would think that at some point the damage to your body that you can only repair in sleep would endanger you. Or, what if you brain doesn't just suck at figuring out the pot odds, but also starts sucking at figuring out when you should breath in and breath out? All of this is conjecture, though, I'm not educated in that field.

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06-06-2010 , 07:10 PM

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100 is pretty sick

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06-06-2010 , 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Amnesiac

How can you not die :e

I mean I thought 60+ hours of gaming / whatever is fatal and you can almost drop dead after 80+ hours.. how come they can be taking it so easy? And how dangerous is it?

He has doctors etc who advice him so its safe.

The gamers who died barely had anything to eat (especially quality food with vitamins and minerals etc) and also they were probably dehydrated.

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06-06-2010 , 07:11 PM

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There was a gameshow here in England called Shattered a couple of years back where the contestants stayed up for a week to win £100k or so.

100 hours is good work - nice one! - if really straight, but I do wonder about that drug provigil as mentioned above...

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06-06-2010 , 07:12 PM

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http://twitpic.com/1um7w6

What a sicko

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06-06-2010 , 07:13 PM

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Pork Fri Rize

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Awesome

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06-06-2010 , 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Amnesiac

How can you not die :e

I mean I thought 60+ hours of gaming / whatever is fatal and you can almost drop dead after 80+ hours.. how come they can be taking it so easy? And how dangerous is it?

You can't really compare someone like Laak to some 20 year old kid who just sits at his computer all day drinking a ton of caffeinated drinks and eating poorly.

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