32,000 "Why I'm Tired" Emails

An anonymous reader writes "Slate has a story about the guy who registered tired.com in 1997 and put up on the home page "Are you tired? Tell us why." He's collected 32,000 emails from tired people, including an one from a Navy ship at sea that's too good to be fake."

why i'm tired

[circletimessquare]

because this story posted at 5:08 AM, EST, and I am responding at 5:10 AM

enough said

kudos to whomever on the slashdot staff decided to post this story at the right time for it, at least on the East Coast ;-)

Dear tired.com

[blowdart]

I am about to fall asleep as I have sat up all night refreshing slashdot in an attempt to get a first post in.

A 199 Byte static webpage....

[tonywestonuk]

I Guess this one should survive a good slashdotting, But, just in case, here it is in all its glory!

Are you tired?

Are you tired?

Tell us [mailto] why.

I'm very tried

[vchoy]

I'm so tired, so i visited the site an.... ZZZzzzZZ
NO CARRIER

Re:Dear tired.com

[agent dero]

And you failed, now go to sleep ;)

Kudos to slashdot?

[dm(Hannu)]

kudos to whomever on the slashdot staff decided to post this story...

Are you sure it is such a good idea to post this on front page of /.?

32000 messages in 7 years? The will probably get 32000 more in the next 7 hours.

mm

[laserbeak]

interesting, all we need now is awake.com, send us your emails why you are awake, it will (we have been told) cure cancer and solve world hunger!

No!

[imidan]

No, really. Why are people tired? Can we see the answers, or do we just have to click on the mailto link and bare our souls? What's going on here? It's a government conspiracy! They want to hear our deepest fears so they can make them real and make us into zombies!

Re:I'm really busy

[Anonymous Coward]

>There is more to life than living/ wanting to be in
>the spotlight, isn't there?

no.

Why I'm tired

[jmitchel!jmitchel.co]

Support desk woke me up an hour ago, presumably becuase they couldn't be bothered to wake up the person responsible.

Damn 24x7x365 availability... they'll be trying to page me out even after I'm dead.

Tired of Trolls

[whfsdude]

I'm tired of trolls and kiddies who think that saying FP is cool.

Sex?

[kai.chan]

I don't think he would appreciate your description of how you stayed up all night watching pr0n till 5am and you are tired from self-gratifying sexual exhaustion.

Re:Anonymous Coward

[tehcyder]

It was a joke, you know, people mistype when they're tired? Throwing words like "retarded" around is offensive and, in this case, liable to backfire.

Oh, and I imagine a lot of retarded people would indeed email Michael Moore, probably beginning with "As a loyal Bush supporter..."

;-)

Re:Spam?

[StuckInSyrup]

sure.
Spam advertising sleep pills.

after 7 years..

[Doogie5526]

... and he still has just a placeholder for the site (and I thought I procrastinated)

Re:I don't think it was

[tehcyder]

Well it makes Google look bloated and over-designed, which is an achievement.

Re:why i'm tired

[Xrikcus]

at least on the East Coast

Based on that, is your comment really necessary?

Why?

[the_rev_matt]

I have a 6 month old daughter.

A friend of mine said yesterday that he woke up at 4.30 and couldn't get back to sleep. I simply replied "As a parent, I can only say 'Screw you'."

Re:Less bloat gives more trust

[Anonymous Coward]

I am African Prince.

Give me money.

Re:Web design

[hedge_death_shootout]

Overdesigned websites are a problem, but I wonder... are they a bigger or smaller problem than the legion of nerds who think constantly going on about overdesigned websites confers upon them some sort of wisdom.
Conficious say: parroting a truism maketh not a wise man.

Re:A 199 Byte static webpage....

[cowlum]

"Yes hello Spam King, I have 50,000 email addresses im willing to sell you."

Re:Cause to rejoice

[matt_wilts]

You are the long-lost John Katz and I claim my $5.

the joy of /.

[bigHairyDog]

nearly 100 in the first week, a rate that's continued steadily for almost seven years, neither rising nor falling with the growth of the Net

Man is that about to change...

Re:Navy ship email

[Anonymous Coward]

Yet another reason to join the Air Force instead.
I hope this guy isn't the ships cook!

Re:why i'm tired

[hugesmile]

I'm tired of all you foreigners who think you are so special with your own time zones.

I'm tired of all of these divisive things that separate us, instead of bring the world together. I'm tired of the metric system, different languages, and different currencies.

I hope the U.N finally ratifies Resolution 1325E [un.org] so that the world all has one standardized language, measurement systems, currency and time zone.

I am tired of people who toss in fake links to add credibility to their moronic posts. I'm tired of moderators who don't think I am funny.

There's a moral to that story...

[tgd]

Never, ever, EVER eat a bologna sandwich offered to you on a navy base or ship.

Ever.

Re:A 199 Byte static webpage....

[gdr]

A 199 Byte static webpage....

And it still doesn't validate [w3.org].

Re:Less bloat gives more trust

[Anonymous Coward]

There's a lesson to be learned here. Less bloat, more trust!

I'd guess "more tired, more trusting" instead.

Re:Why I'm tired

[GothChip]

Support desk just woke me too, presumably becuase they couldn't be bothered to wake up the person responsible.

Damn 9-5 5 days a week. Can't they see my office door is closed.

Even Mike Kuniavsky is tired

[TardisX]

In seven years he hasn't yet gotten around to putting the closing </html> on the web page.

found it, guess I was just tired

[wadiwood]

nothing like looking for something when you're knackered/exhausted/fatigued/stuffed.

I was so tired, I was expecting a letter as if from the ship:

I've been in service 50 years and they haven't rust guarded me for 15. Bits of me keep falling off and they've started replacing the fuel lines cheap underspec ones - it's only a matter of time before I blow up or kill my entire crew with the asbestos lagging...

My rivets are popping, my gaskets are leaking. The air smells of diesel, and someone keeps pissing in the air intakes. The bilge gas could kill a man at twenty paces, they haven't emptied it for years, and now it's classed as a WMD.

Tired of masturbating into a pack of bologna.

[ScottSpeaks!]

I'd never thought of that. I'll have to give it a try! This is why the Web is such a wonderful thing: you learn so many useful things!

i'm so tired...

[MarkVVV]

...that i can't conform to the w3c standard.

Re:A 199 Byte static webpage....

[martinX]

Maybe it did in 1997.

he was gonna update it but he got tired...

Re:why i'm tired

[TwistedSquare]

Yeah I realised that after I posted... GMT/BST, I'll claim it was tiredness that caused it ;-)

Re:Kudos to slashdot?

[bwalling]

The will probably get 32000 more in the next 7 hours.

32,000 messages about being tired of first posts, SCO, Microsoft, Goatse.cx, John Romero and fan boys. The poor guy is probably going to become very confused!

Friggin Narcoleptics !

[TheMESMERIC]

Get a life!
Ok .. get a bed then!

now I'm tired too.

[WebMasterJoe]

I'm tired of bologna and cheese now, thanks.

Re:Agreed, insomnia is not a joke

[bl1st3r]

I had insomnia once, and the only way I found myself able to overcome the horrible illness and get some good, needed sleep was by joining a club. Only this club was different.

The first rule is, you're not supposed to talk about it.

And the _second_ rule is, you're not supposed to talk about it.

I heard the guy who invented it never sleeps, and he's raising an army.

Do you know Tyler Durden?

Re:why i'm tired

[rof]

Homer: Wait wait wait, so in August it's cold?
Lisa: That's right.
Homer: And in February, it's hot?
Lisa: Mmhmm.
Homer: So it's opposite land! Crooks chase cops, cats have puppies!
Lisa: No, dad, it's just the weather.
Homer: So hot snow falls up?
Lisa: :sighs: Yees.

Re:why i'm tired

[Anonymous Coward]

USA - dumbarses
Australia - not dumbarses

Obligatory Simpsons Quote

[SLiK812]

The Metric System is the work of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogs head and that's the way I likes it!

Re:Less bloat gives more trust

[ericvids]

Oh, I trust you all right. Unfortunately, you didn't give me any way to contact you, so I cannot give you the money. Too bad. ;P

Rupee???

[ticklemeozmo]

The most commonly used currency is from a Legend of Zelda video game???

Re:why i'm tired

[NanoGator]

"rupee"

Oh please, that form of currency will surely collapse. Too many people store their rupees in jars and scatter them around the place for anybody to find!

Re:why i'm tired

[mp83709]

soccer is football...its played with a ball and feet "american football" is just catch in tight clothing

Re:Rupee???

[lpangelrob2]

I find that really hard to believe. I could never get more than 255!

Re:It's a part time job

[The One and Only]

I bet you feel so superior spending 3 hours a day reading and posting comments on Slashdot, eh? ;)

Topical

[tgrigsby]

You have got to be kidding. Man chowder? Bologna? This is not an article I'd expect on MSN. Wow. This guy was digging deep into a mind that had way too many idle cycles to waste on topics most of us never bother to entertain.

On the other hand, I've been researching domains for some time and you'd be surprised what *hasn't* been scooped up yet. For instance, I just registered manchowder.com. The bidding starts now at $10,000...

10,000! Do I hear 15,000?