Dyanpanda
Dyanpanda t1_jatbngr wrote
Reply to Does being sick impair the body’s ability to form memories during that time? by Temporary_turbulance
The way memory works in the brain is heavily state dependent. That means that your recall and recognition of past ideas/events is based on how you feel, what you are wearing, mental state, drunkenness, drugged/not, sleepiness, and pretty much any other state of being you can think of. The closer you are to the state that you were when you learned or experienced something, the easier it will be to recall.
This doesn't un-do the depreciation in memory you get from drinking, or anything else. Getting black out drunk wont help you get your blackout memories back, you'll just forget what you were trying to do.
Dyanpanda t1_j3oy2rw wrote
Reply to Virginia judge decreases punitive damages owed by Unite the Right organizers from $24 million to $350,000 by WhoIsJolyonWest
Remember, we only use the justice system for justice when it works. When it doesn't, its just called justice.
Dyanpanda t1_ixb2k7t wrote
Get a blood toxicology scan, ask to check for being drugged.
Dyanpanda t1_itwg6sv wrote
Reply to comment by USPO-222 in [WP] All your life, mythological beings have tried to pick you up. Childhood? Forced adoption. Teenagehood/Adulthood? Marriage. For example, selkies purposefully left their skins where you'd find them; banshees serenade you outside every night. Now at 30, you've learned why you attract them all... by MidgardWyrm
Um, actually--
Dyanpanda t1_it0b8xm wrote
Mammals have internal circadian rhythms. Humans will drift up about 24.5 hours on average without sun, with significant variance.
We are amazing at syncing our clocks do another system, though I don't know how we'd handle 48 hours.
Separately, you assume we've always were 16/8. South America, mostly Mexico, used to an extended rest in the day time. Before the industrial revolution, many cultures would sleep from dusk till midnight, get up for a few hours and do community activities, and then sleep until early morning.
Dyanpanda t1_jeft1kh wrote
Reply to THE NANNY never ceases to be funny. It's campy and silly and Fran Drescher was a highlight. by Lisieu_Lustre
That laugh haunts me to this day. Not again.