Saddam Hussain?
Is this Saddam Hussein
Yeah OP missed a perfect opportunity
It’s not 9/11.
With respect:
Why is 9/11 associated with Saddam jokes?
I’m old enough to remember both Iraq wars and 9/11 and the associated politics in detail the two subjects are very intertwined in the collective American memory.
But I want to hear specifically why people in 2025 think this.
It kicked off another series of stupidity wars that also happened to end up knocking Saddam out of power would be my takeaway
The second line of the article really sums it up from my perspective. “President George W. Bush was obsessed with the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and deliberately misled the American people about who was responsible for the 9/11 attack.”
I was curious how the nebulous connection between Iraq and Afghanistan was perceived by those who weren’t as aware of the older Bush’s history in the area. In the hours following 9/11, a common question among my peers was “How will this be twisted into us going into Iraq?”
My sister & godmother worked across the street and my partner’s dad was one of the narrow misses because he sent a colleague to the Towers that day in his stead. That whole mess probably started my slow descent into radicalisation, now that I think about it. I watched people around there with no connection to the event directly react around me while we couldn’t get ahold of my sister for a few days. It was very surreal.
I like to cross my arms across my chest, as well. If it’s good enough for vampires and pharaohs, it’s good enough for me. I have scared the shit out of several roommates, though…i
I’m a side sleeper. Guess I’m doomed.
You and me both; the advice that worked ok for me is a pillow between the legs and proper placement under the head that keeps everything level.
They also suggested we get the softer mattresses, since we want a little extra dip for the shoulders and hips. That advice is a mixed bag, though, as I still get shoulder pain. Might be the cheap foam, though.
I got very lucky and found the perfect mattress for this, it has a softer exterior layer (about 5-6cm of cheapo smartphoam) and something tougher at its core, perfect balance between smushy enough to accommodate an elbow, firm enough to keep things tidy. No-name mattress from an Ikea knock-off, it was a steal.
Struggling with pillows, though… Still haven’t managed to find something which works for me… Plenty of blankets to wrangle with my legs, so there’s that, at least.
“straight line” the acticle says as its graphic shows a line as straight as Jim Parsons
My favorite part of these comments are the number of people coming to the realization they may have sleep apnea, lol
Bringing my terrible standing posture into sleeping positions sounds brilliant.
I just sleep on the floor rolled up in a giant blanket like a caterpillar in a cocoon. I have no idea why, but it works for me. Mattresses always hurt my back.
It’s a thing if you have back problems.
I honestly did not know this. I alternate between horrible hip and shoulder pain, until I go back to the cocoon.
Go see someone for your back if you can. You don’t want to put that off. Trust me lol.
I remember asking my dad to cocoon me in blankets as a kid. It was wicked comfy.
Nowadays I’m in a hammock. It’s way more comfy on my hips than a mattress and it gives me that happy cuddled feeling.
Never thought of a hammock. I’ll put that in my back pocket for when I have more space.
That hammock sounds definitive “cocoon”.
You gonna wake up with wings one day?We should get to for what we have to deal with just sleeping comfortably.
Why do we never play nightcrawlers anymore?
How can people sleep on their back without suffocating when they wake up ?
Why would you suffocate? Do you have untreated severe sleep apnea?
Idk, I just wake up, can’t move (somehow I don’t have the “strength” to do so) and can barely breath
I just assumed it was this way for everyone
Everything’s fine if I sleep on my side
It is not this way for everyone. I’m not a doctor but it sounds like you have sleep paralysis.
Maybe ?
I feel 100% awake and don’t have hallucinations.
I don’t think hallucinations happen for everyone with sleep paralysis
I love how absolutely nothing in these “straight pose” diagrams is ever straight.
Gay pose diagram.
That looks deeply uncomfortable, but alright.
I like to sleep on hard floors, like an animal.
Yes, but you sleep best in a confortable and not forced position. Back/neck pain is the result of an forced position which not change in the hours of sleep. There isn’t any pain when you are confortable in a not too old and good mattress
Having something under my lower back sounds awful. Head and knees, yes, but back?
Maybe if it was a small enough pillow? That picture looks exaggerated. Their ears certainly aren’t what I would call over their shoulders.
I used for a bit a tiny pillow under my lower back to ease back pain. It has to be the right size, otherwise it makes it worse
That’s not what’s meant by “ears over shoulders,” rather they’re over when standing. So in-line with shoulders when laying down, not what’s pictured here. But whether or not you want the neck in flexion depends on whether or not there’s been an injury. The kinetic chain isn’t simple.
