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Parents joke that chronic sleep deprivation is just the job
Original: "You have been existing on 3 hours of sleep for HOW MANY YEARS?? Oh my god, seek medical help immediately!... ... oh wai
A joke making the rounds among parents captures a familiar reality: getting by on roughly three hours of sleep a night for years. The gag turns on the double standard — anyone else would be urged to seek immediate medical help, but a parent's exhaustion is met with sympathy, then a shrug, since that is simply treated as part of raising children.
Why now: It resonates with parents who share the experience of long-term severe sleep deprivation being normalised.
Evidence
- "You have been existing on 3 hours of sleep for HOW MANY YEARS?? Oh my god, seek medical help immediately!... ... oh wait, you're a parent? Oh. Nevermind. You're good. Back to work you go!" # parenting · TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social · 162
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