Archive for the ‘absurdity’ tag
Take A Nap #
A recent study found that an afternoon nap is the best way to prevent you from… taking an afternoon nap? Maybe it’s just me, but this seems like an absurd study:
When the volunteers did nothing, they fell asleep within nine minutes on average when tested at 3:30 in the afternoon. Sleeping late kept people awake only a minute longer on average than did doing nothing. Caffeine worked better, keeping people awake for about 12 minutes longer on average.
But nothing beat a nap. After a 20-minute nap, people nearly doubled the amount of time it took to fall asleep when tested later in the afternoon, indicating that they were no longer sleepy. None of the measures impaired people’s ability to fall asleep at night.
(via Boing Boing)
A Broken $300,000 Watch #
I’d have ignored this story, except that it may contain the most brilliantly absurd advertising slogan of all time:
He added that anyone can buy a watch that tells time — only a truly discerning customer can buy one that doesn’t.
(via Marginal Revolution)