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[palominocorn]

To be honest, most smug morning people sound like they're actually not happy about being morning people (or that they're not morning people at all but are forcing themselves to pretend to be).

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[redthedragon]

ha, yeah. growing up with actual morning people, the smug holier-than-thou types NEVER struck me like the kind of people to get up at 4am because they were bored and go remodel the kitchen for kicks. nor do they ever strike me like someone who gets up in the morning and does exercise for fun. it's about Winning for many of them

[palominocorn]

It's that Protestant suffering-as-virtue thing again.

I'm the only morning person in a family of night owls (and one ex-morning person with chronic fatigue) and it was... interesting.

[redthedragon]

i'm currently sitting in ex-morning-person with chronic sleep issues, and like... mmmmyeah. I remember what it was like to just get up in the mornings. why would i brag about that.

plus, like, being an extreme morning person can be kind of isolating. it was very rare that I woke up at 4am and didn't inevitably annoy my siblings and mom by waking them up while i got myself breakfast.

[palominocorn]

Yeah... people were CONSTANTLY annoyed with me for expecting them to... be quiet... during quiet hours. Every roommate I've had has HATED me for kicking out their visitors after midnight. (Why the fuck do you need visitors that late, and also, why can't you go to any of the eight gajillion places open at night on a campus aaaargh.)

I've found that when I mention being a morning person, people preemptively decide I'm That Kind of Morning Person and either start trash talking night owls (OMG STFU) or smugly extolling the virtues of coffee and routine (OMG STFUUUUUUUU).

...I just wanna get up at four and be able to live in peace.