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A sign I'm thinking about sleep too much: last night I dreamed I was watching a trailer for a movie. The movie starred Robert Downey Jr, but his voice sounded different. British, but not like in Chaplin. Anyway. The voice-over of the movie talked about how this guy was on a quest, that he was going to save the human race. And it cut to a supermarket where exhausted-looking people were shoving Rolaids into their mouths by the handful and drooling and droopy-mouthed, and Robert Downey Jr said, "Human life expectancy wasn't always 35-40... we didn't always have insomnia! I'm going to find the answer!"

The premise of the movie was that, in the future, no one can sleep, and so we just stay awake for 35-40 years and then die. Yes, apparently, instead of dying after a few days (which is what happens in real life), humans are able to survive for decades without sleep, but it gives them rather a sour stomach and makes them sad and drooly.

But Robert Downey Jr will save us all from this terrible fate.

Anyway, I really wanted to see the movie and was rather disappointed that it turned out to be a dream. I hope he does find the secret so falling asleep, and shares it with the human race...

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