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WCDT: 2631-2635 (Feb 03 - 07 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Mr_Rose:
--- Quote from: Redball on 06 Feb 2014, 06:24 ---I don't recall such severe drowsification from benadryl. It was easier to get to sleep, to be sure.
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Everybody's biology is different. For example, for some weird reason, alcohol actually inhibits sleep for me. Has most of the other effects, but seriously, past the fifth pint I'm not sleeping 'til tomorrow night.
Nuclear_Nipple_Tester:
^ I drink coffee to calm down when angry. Not sure why. Someone speculated it isn't the coffee so much as the ritual of making it that makes me relax.
Zebediah:
Your mileage may vary. Benadryl doesn't exactly put me to sleep, but it does turn me into a zombie for a while. Braaaaiiiinnnnssss....
FunkyTuba:
US Benadryl knocks me the heck out. I get loopy and sleepy. Caffeinating me in that condition will render me wide awake and loopy.
I'm 5'11" 260 lb. Most other OTC drugs affect me less than the standard dose, but diphenhydramine is my off button. It just depends on how sensitive you are to a given drug, not necessarily your size.
Rituals are more important than most people realize.
I'd guess in a court of law that Momo would be presented as a witness and the jury would get to decide based on her testimony and cross-examination how credible she seems. There are apparently people in the QCverse that are biased against AIs, so if they were picked for the jury, counsel would have to consider whether they'd want to include her testimony. That said, any competent attorney would check during voir dire whether such a bias exists and ask the judge to exclude that person from the jury for cause.
The presumes a lot about similarities between realiverse and QCverse... we've already seen differences (i.e. Robot Jail, the whole companion/contract thing). I'm curious whether a contracted AI companion could be forced to testify against their human and vice versa... lots of interesting (to me) stuff that Jeph could mine if he ever deemed it important to telling the QC story.
Barmymoo:
Alcohol disrupts sleep for everyone - it might make you more likely to pass out, but the quality of the sleep is lower because it prevents REM sleep (plus it supresses the production of anti-diuretic hormone, meaning you're more likely to be woken by a full bladder). I've often wondered why it is that people criticise drinking during the day, when it seems to me it'd make more sense to drink on Saturday morning rather than Friday night.
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