How Much of a Night Owl Are You?

**Bynary Fission** · 01-21-2008, 06:08 AM

I know many people who are the proverbial 'night owls' of society. They stay up really, really late, long after people have gone to bed, having epiphanies and bursts of creativity at unholy hours. Winston Churchill was like that. He'd force people to stay up at 2 AM to discuss war tactics. I am like that. I hate going to bed at 9 PM...grr it pisses me off when I have to.

I like to classify night owls into four levels. Who fits in where?

Level 0:
If, somehow, God decided to make you normal, you'll fit into this category, like most people. If you stay up to midnight, you'll end up sleeping in till 3 PM. And staying up late? Hah. Unless you happen to be partying like a rock star, you won't. Your body can't handle the all-encompassing nighttime.

Level 1:
You stay up to around 1-3 AM fairly often, but you still get sleepy. You thrive at nighttime, and whenever you can, you stay up quite late. However, you still maintain a good sleep schedule.

Level 2
You tend to stay up all night at times, and others you just stay up late. You almost always stay up past midnight. You feel happier and more energetic during this time, and you feel a sort of affinity with the night. Your sleep schedule is somewhat chaotic.

And finally...
Level 3:
You are an earthly manifestation of night. You could be a good candidate to be a vampire. Chances are, you are one if you fit into this category. When the sun sets, your energy and creativity burst outwards, and your energy level is almost unlimited. Only until the sun sets does your night-time euphoria end. Of course, you stay up day after day, getting the pleasant rush of energy when nighttime falls. After all, if you were to stop, you might fall asleep and miss the night. Maybe. Your sleep schedule is non-existent. You sleep at irregular periods and for random periods of time.

Guess where I fit? Category 3. Hell, I fight my mom tooth and nail all the time wanting to stay up very late..and oftentimes I do so anyways. But I still manage to get 8-10 hours of sleep every day. Go figure. Well, the night owl trait runs in my family, so it's probably genetic. Who cares. This is coming from a kid who is posting this at 4 in the morning wide awake. I can't even sleep without sleep aids...oh well, doesn't hurt me really. So, where do you fit in? I'd love to hear from you guys. If you care about me, you'll post here. Just kidding. Nobody knows me here anyways, they don't care either way.

~Bynary Fission

**Sir_Thomas** · 01-21-2008, 06:24 AM

Im posting at 7:30 AM and I have work in the hour.

Before I would just wake up at midnight and stay up, work, come home around 3:00 PM and sleep and do it all over again.

I'm level 3 for sure i'd say.

**Adamaja456** · 01-21-2008, 07:13 AM

i go to bed around 630pm and wake up around 330am every day

what level am i in?

**Hudelf** · 01-21-2008, 07:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adamaja456

i go to bed around 630pm and wake up around 330am every day

what level am i in?

You are a paranormal manifestation of something as of yet undiscovered.

In other words, we just don't ****ing know.

**Adamaja456** · 01-21-2008, 07:21 AM

lol ive been sleeping like that since i was born. I like being up early cause everyone else is sleeping so i can just sit at the computer in the dark and do whatever

maybe you should make a Level -1
and put anyone that has a sleep pattern like me in it?

**sarahxjane** · 01-21-2008, 07:31 AM

I'm between one and two.

Afrobean · 01-21-2008, 07:37 AM

Your description is quite inaccurate.

I would say that a person cannot claim the title of "night owl" unless they regularly see sunrises from the wrong end. Just "staying up late" isn't enough. You need to be awake when it comes to be "early". Furthermore, it's not about "staying up" at all. It's about just doing it. If you have to "stay up", then you're forcing it.

And a comment directed at the topic creator in particular: if you're in young enough that you're still in school (which is what it sounds like if you're complaining about your mommy not letting you stay up), you should really not screw around with staying up late like that. You claim to get 8~10 hours of sleep, but how is this possible with you being up until 4 AM? If you have school in the morning, that's less than 4 hours of sleep. Perhaps it is because you don't have school today specifically? That said, you would be in bed around 11 PM to get a minimum of 8 hours of sleep, unless you live on a reverse cycle (like Adamaja mentioned above), and in that case, I would say that you would be quite stupid to do so, so long as you're not yet out of high school.

**demonllama6124** · 01-21-2008, 08:15 AM

well gee, i work from 11pm to 7 am so i guess im level 3 to the max

**lumphoboextreme** · 01-21-2008, 10:41 AM

Level 2.

Ozie-Saf · 01-21-2008, 10:50 AM

I'm somewhere between lvl 1 and 2

. I'd be lvl 3 if I didn't have to work during the day though.

ieatyourlvllol · 01-21-2008, 10:57 AM

The levels as described above pertain only to tendency, given that time is available, whereas in real life, a person's nightly nature will be significantly affected by schedule.

That being said, I'm a level-0 weekday and a level-2 weekend.

**09876** · 01-21-2008, 12:05 PM

I am happy to say that I am always a level 0.

Raveren · 01-21-2008, 12:09 PM

Level Dos. And strangely enough, last night about 3am I felt the creativity to make a banner, get a new avatar after 1.3 years, and start making a song on keyboard. Weird.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Afrobean

Your description is quite inaccurate.

I would say that a person cannot claim the title of "night owl" unless they regularly see sunrises from the wrong end. Just "staying up late" isn't enough. You need to be awake when it comes to be "early". Furthermore, it's not about "staying up" at all. It's about just doing it. If you have to "stay up", then you're forcing it.

I believe he asked "How much of a night owl are you" not "You are a night owl if". He never defined what he claimed to be a night owl. Trying to define night owl would be like asking how late is late?

And the rest, meh, you might be right, but it doesn't really matter.

jellygod · 01-21-2008, 12:25 PM

meh maybe a 1.5

**hoochan** · 01-21-2008, 12:30 PM

Level 1.5

Vamparchist · 01-21-2008, 12:32 PM

I personally get between 20-50 hours of sleep a week so I'm sure i would fall in your level 3 category.

Raveren · 01-21-2008, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vamparchist

I personally get between 20-50 hours of sleep a week so I'm sure i would fall in your level 3 category.

That's quite a range of hours, at 20, you might be a 3, but at 50 you're about an average joe.

Vamparchist · 01-21-2008, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raveren

That's quite a range of hours, at 20, you might be a 3, but at 50 you're about an average joe.

do you realize 50 hours is still less then sleeping half of a week

Raveren · 01-21-2008, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vamparchist

do you realize 50 hours is still less then sleeping half of a week

I don't know your exact distribution of sleep hours, but I figured that an average night of sleep is 8 hours, so I did a bit of math. If you had 50 hours of sleep in one week (7 days), that'd come out to just a little over 7 hours a night. Pretty close to average.

tsugomaru · 01-21-2008, 12:44 PM

We spend a third of our life sleeping, any more than that and you're probably sleeping way more than what should be considered a "level 3".

~Tsugomaru

01-21-2008, 06:08 AM	#1
Bynary Fission Retired One-Hander Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Seattle, Washington Age: 31 Posts: 2,425	How Much of a Night Owl Are You? I know many people who are the proverbial 'night owls' of society. They stay up really, really late, long after people have gone to bed, having epiphanies and bursts of creativity at unholy hours. Winston Churchill was like that. He'd force people to stay up at 2 AM to discuss war tactics. I am like that. I hate going to bed at 9 PM...grr it pisses me off when I have to. I like to classify night owls into four levels. Who fits in where? Level 0: If, somehow, God decided to make you normal, you'll fit into this category, like most people. If you stay up to midnight, you'll end up sleeping in till 3 PM. And staying up late? Hah. Unless you happen to be partying like a rock star, you won't. Your body can't handle the all-encompassing nighttime. Level 1: You stay up to around 1-3 AM fairly often, but you still get sleepy. You thrive at nighttime, and whenever you can, you stay up quite late. However, you still maintain a good sleep schedule. Level 2 You tend to stay up all night at times, and others you just stay up late. You almost always stay up past midnight. You feel happier and more energetic during this time, and you feel a sort of affinity with the night. Your sleep schedule is somewhat chaotic. And finally... Level 3: You are an earthly manifestation of night. You could be a good candidate to be a vampire. Chances are, you are one if you fit into this category. When the sun sets, your energy and creativity burst outwards, and your energy level is almost unlimited. Only until the sun sets does your night-time euphoria end. Of course, you stay up day after day, getting the pleasant rush of energy when nighttime falls. After all, if you were to stop, you might fall asleep and miss the night. Maybe. Your sleep schedule is non-existent. You sleep at irregular periods and for random periods of time. Guess where I fit? Category 3. Hell, I fight my mom tooth and nail all the time wanting to stay up very late..and oftentimes I do so anyways. But I still manage to get 8-10 hours of sleep every day. Go figure. Well, the night owl trait runs in my family, so it's probably genetic. Who cares. This is coming from a kid who is posting this at 4 in the morning wide awake. I can't even sleep without sleep aids...oh well, doesn't hurt me really. So, where do you fit in? I'd love to hear from you guys. If you care about me, you'll post here. Just kidding. Nobody knows me here anyways, they don't care either way. ~Bynary Fission __________________ Newest Track (04/19/2024): Tell Us Who You Are [8-bit Chiptune] https://soundcloud.com/bynary-fission/tell-us-who-you-are-battle-tower-royale-character-creation-screen

01-21-2008, 06:24 AM	#2
Sir_Thomas FFR Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 36 Posts: 848	Re: How Much of a Night Owl Are You? Im posting at 7:30 AM and I have work in the hour. Before I would just wake up at midnight and stay up, work, come home around 3:00 PM and sleep and do it all over again. I'm level 3 for sure i'd say.

01-21-2008, 07:13 AM	#3
Adamaja456 Absurd Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 31 Billion Club, WA Age: 34 Posts: 6,433	Re: How Much of a Night Owl Are You? i go to bed around 630pm and wake up around 330am every day what level am i in? __________________ 582 Tier Points(Tier 3) 602 AAAs(517+23+62) People who bought me subscriptions/tokens: DrugstoreCowboy(1 month) ELRayford(3 months) ~GJampa(3 months) Jerry DB(3 months) 4th place in Gamewhore Competition(3 months) Phynx(FGJ album and Dendrite V2) dragon890x(1 year) Slide(1 year)

01-21-2008, 07:21 AM	#5
Adamaja456 Absurd Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 31 Billion Club, WA Age: 34 Posts: 6,433	Re: How Much of a Night Owl Are You? lol ive been sleeping like that since i was born. I like being up early cause everyone else is sleeping so i can just sit at the computer in the dark and do whatever maybe you should make a Level -1 and put anyone that has a sleep pattern like me in it? __________________ 582 Tier Points(Tier 3) 602 AAAs(517+23+62) People who bought me subscriptions/tokens: DrugstoreCowboy(1 month) ELRayford(3 months) ~GJampa(3 months) Jerry DB(3 months) 4th place in Gamewhore Competition(3 months) Phynx(FGJ album and Dendrite V2) dragon890x(1 year) Slide(1 year)

01-21-2008, 07:37 AM	#7
Afrobean Admiral in the Red Army Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the moon Age: 36 Posts: 13,262	Re: How Much of a Night Owl Are You? Your description is quite inaccurate. I would say that a person cannot claim the title of "night owl" unless they regularly see sunrises from the wrong end. Just "staying up late" isn't enough. You need to be awake when it comes to be "early". Furthermore, it's not about "staying up" at all. It's about just doing it. If you have to "stay up", then you're forcing it. And a comment directed at the topic creator in particular: if you're in young enough that you're still in school (which is what it sounds like if you're complaining about your mommy not letting you stay up), you should really not screw around with staying up late like that. You claim to get 8~10 hours of sleep, but how is this possible with you being up until 4 AM? If you have school in the morning, that's less than 4 hours of sleep. Perhaps it is because you don't have school today specifically? That said, you would be in bed around 11 PM to get a minimum of 8 hours of sleep, unless you live on a reverse cycle (like Adamaja mentioned above), and in that case, I would say that you would be quite stupid to do so, so long as you're not yet out of high school. __________________

01-21-2008, 10:41 AM	#9
lumphoboextreme FFR Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Age: 33 Posts: 8,592	Re: How Much of a Night Owl Are You? Level 2. __________________

01-21-2008, 10:50 AM	#10
Ozie-Saf FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: France Age: 39 Posts: 197	Re: How Much of a Night Owl Are You? I'm somewhere between lvl 1 and 2 . I'd be lvl 3 if I didn't have to work during the day though. __________________ Please feed both of us!

01-21-2008, 10:57 AM	#11
ieatyourlvllol FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: it's a mystery oooo Posts: 3,221	Re: How Much of a Night Owl Are You? The levels as described above pertain only to tendency, given that time is available, whereas in real life, a person's nightly nature will be significantly affected by schedule. That being said, I'm a level-0 weekday and a level-2 weekend.

01-21-2008, 12:05 PM	#12
09876 FFR Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 353	Re: How Much of a Night Owl Are You? I am happy to say that I am always a level 0. __________________ Made by arrekusuof93 at Ye Olde Photoshop Shoppe

01-21-2008, 12:25 PM	#14
jellygod FFR Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Michigan Age: 34 Posts: 1,703	Re: How Much of a Night Owl Are You? meh maybe a 1.5 __________________ RETIRED ___________________________ Best AAAs- Monstrous Turtles, Get down Styles- index,spread Tier Points: 148 Rank 8 in regional ranking(Great Lakes) "Never argue with stupid people, they drag you down to their level and beat you with experience."

01-21-2008, 12:30 PM	#15
hoochan woah shrooms Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,840	Re: How Much of a Night Owl Are You? Level 1.5

01-21-2008, 12:32 PM	#16
Vamparchist FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3	Re: How Much of a Night Owl Are You? I personally get between 20-50 hours of sleep a week so I'm sure i would fall in your level 3 category.

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