The Off Topic Topic

[The Brain]

YouTube thinks I'm Japanese.

[MadImmortalMan]

I have this problem where I'm incapable of achieving a sleeping state while lying on my back or sitting upright. I have to lie on my side or stomach. Is that unusual? It turns the airline seat on an overnight flight into a literal torture device.

[crazy canuck]

I have this problem where I'm incapable of achieving a sleeping state while lying on my back or sitting upright. I have to lie on my side or stomach. Is that unusual? It turns the airline seat on an overnight flight into a literal torture device.

I can sleep pretty much anywhere, anytime, in any position so that does seem odd to me.

[Admiral Yi]

I have this problem where I'm incapable of achieving a sleeping state while lying on my back or sitting upright. I have to lie on my side or stomach. Is that unusual? It turns the airline seat on an overnight flight into a literal torture device.

Me too.  On planes I can droolnap reasonably  if i go fetal against the wall.

[derspiess]

I have this problem where I'm incapable of achieving a sleeping state while lying on my back or sitting upright. I have to lie on my side or stomach. Is that unusual? It turns the airline seat on an overnight flight into a literal torture device.

I'm pretty much the same, though I'm mostly a side-sleeper.  Got a special pillow made for side-sleeping.  Occasionally if I'm extremely tired I can sleep flat on my back, but the design of the pillow puts my head at an odd angle where I snore and the wife yells at me.

Rarely have I ever been able to sleep on a plane.

[Barrister]

I can sleep fine on my back, but like spicey I snore and my wife shoves me.

[The Brain]

I have this problem where I'm incapable of achieving a sleeping state while lying on my back or sitting upright. I have to lie on my side or stomach. Is that unusual? It turns the airline seat on an overnight flight into a literal torture device.

It's not unusual.

Edit: it happens every day.

[Josquius]

I can't really sleep on my back either, only when im exhausted and I fall asleep suddenly- which usually leads to a better sleep....
Always used to annoy me how on tv, in comics, etc... everyone sleeps on their back

[sbr]

I used to be a side sleeper until my shoulder surgeries, now I can only fall asleep on my back.  I occasionally wake up on my side though.

Stomach sleepers should be gassed.

It might be coincidental that my ex is a notorious stomach sleeper.

[jimmy olsen]

YouTube thinks I'm Japanese.

You really think so?

[sbr]

YouTube thinks I'm Japanese.

You really think so?

That was my first thought but I was on my phone and it wasn't worth the effort, then I forgot when I got to a real keyboard.

[CountDeMoney]

Modernized Space Camp Allows Kids To Simulate Frustration Over Lack Of Funding
News • Science & Technology • space • ISSUE 50•21 • May 29, 2014

HUNTSVILLE, AL—Aiming to provide attendees with an authentic glimpse into the nation's space program, representatives for the U.S. Space & Rocket Center announced Thursday that its newly updated Space Camp will allow children to simulate the anger and mounting frustration experienced by NASA personnel over a continual lack of funding.

Camp organizers explained that the redesigned education program will offer kids the unique opportunity to contend with all of the budgetary restrictions and bureaucratic red tape impeding the progress of actual astronauts and researchers, allowing children from grades four to six to immerse themselves in a true-to-life NASA environment in which financial shortfalls and endless procedural delays plague them at every turn.

"At Space Camp, each attendee experiences the trials of real-life astronauts who simply are not provided the resources they need to explore outer space," said director Deborah Barnhart, noting that campers get a firsthand look at what it's like to pursue cutting-edge astronomical research on a budget that, when adjusted for inflation, is a mere fraction of what it was in the 1960s. "Our campers endure constant setbacks throughout their week here, from engaging in spaceflight training modules that can be shut down at a moment's notice, to working tirelessly on a solar probe project only to be informed that an across-the-board spending freeze has led to the indefinite suspension of their work."

"Kids will walk away from a week at Space Camp knowing exactly what it's like to be an American astronaut," she added.

Barnhart told reporters that the modernized camp offers attendees an array of hands-on activities that include designing next-generation spaceships, searching for virtual extrasolar planets, and building a robotic Mars rover, any one of which could be effectively derailed by an abrupt mandate that the research and development process be made more cost-effective.

Additionally, campers will reportedly be able to sigh and throw their hands up in exasperation within a replica of the actual mission control room at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center after learning that a reconnaissance mission to scan for the presence of life on Jupiter's moon Europa has been scrapped just weeks prior to the intended launch date.

Program officials also highlighted their efforts to make the experience as realistically discouraging as possible by furloughing a significant number of campers immediately at the start of each weeklong session.

"We put camp attendees in the shoes of dedicated NASA scientists whose attempts to further scientific understanding through the analysis of asteroid composition are halted by one of our camp staffers playing the role of a U.S. senator targeting all 'nonessential' initiatives," said counselor Tyler Campbell. "When they take their seats in our mock congressional chamber, campers will work together to deliver an impassioned yet ultimately futile request for continued support of NASA until they have no choice but to stand up and leave, having just witnessed their life's work go up in smoke."

"When you see the stunned expressions on these kids' faces as they realize their goals and dreams are no longer attainable because of political pressures completely out of their control, that's when you know they've gained a valuable understanding of our space program," Campbell added.

Early participants in the new program have reportedly hailed the experience as "eye-opening," with many describing their visceral disappointment watching satellite feeds of their Chinese and Russian Space Camp counterparts pursuing scientific endeavors that were eliminated in the U.S. years ago.

"I'll never forget what it was like to go to Space Camp and repeatedly attempt to convince the budget committee of the importance of our solar wind study so they would cancel the other teams' projects and not ours," said 11-year-old camper Sara Andrews, who explained that she spent most of the week steadily reducing the scope of her simulated mission so that it would remain financially viable. "I'm just glad I wasn't working on the asteroid flyby project that was ultimately deemed too cost-prohibitive and was contracted out to a private aeronautics firm. The kids on that team just had to sit around and do nothing for the rest of camp."

"I can't wait to work at NASA when I grow up so I can constantly stress over limited financial resources and have my scientific projects canceled for real," she added. "That is, if NASA even still exists then."

[Iormlund]

I have this problem where I'm incapable of achieving a sleeping state while lying on my back or sitting upright. I have to lie on my side or stomach. Is that unusual? It turns the airline seat on an overnight flight into a literal torture device.

I have the same issue, but it's usually not a problem for me.

The only major trouble it has caused me was right after surgery, since I had to remain still on my back or the stitches would open. I slept two hours a day for the first week (and only thanks to chemistry). Constant back pain didn't help. All in all, a pretty shitty experience.

[Tamas]

I have this problem where I'm incapable of achieving a sleeping state while lying on my back or sitting upright. I have to lie on my side or stomach. Is that unusual? It turns the airline seat on an overnight flight into a literal torture device.

I'm pretty much the same, though I'm mostly a side-sleeper.  Got a special pillow made for side-sleeping.  Occasionally if I'm extremely tired I can sleep flat on my back, but the design of the pillow puts my head at an odd angle where I snore and the wife yells at me.

Rarely have I ever been able to sleep on a plane.

Same, except for the special pillow thing.

[mongers]

Damn, an element in my electric stove has blown, scrolled through over 2500 replacement parts on ebay a couple of days ago, nothing similar available anywhere; time to retire it ?