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by fghrthtb 3736 days ago
"There are strong parallels between people who give this kind of advice to delayed sleep sufferers and people who think they can cure homosexuality"

I almost said the same thing in another post, but thought it was too controversial. Kudos to you for saying it - I agree the mindset feels similar.
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lamontcg 3736 days ago
I'm over 40 now so I can say what I think.

Same problem occurs with introverts and all the extroverts that want to cure us.

What is odd is that while at the office we're worrying about health insurance for trans individuals there's about zero awareness of discrimination over sleep issues and introversion.

What I would love to see is some company based in the west coast with UK/EU remote employees who started mandating 8am (PST/PDT) standup meetings every day to get sued by DSPD suffering employees and lose. HR departments might start taking notice if they started being vulnerable to lawsuits.

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civilian 3736 days ago
Hmmmmm. There's gotta be something here. I don't even think you need something as extreme as UK/EU remote employees. We just need a good (and more common) way to diagnose DSPD, and then ask DSPD'ers if they are discriminated against at work, and then class action it up.

The person who was using the Facebook Chat status API to track his friend's sleep patterns comes to mind. But also, we're getting into creepy territory if a lawyer calls you and say: "hey! You work for BigCo and you're a delayed sleeper, aren't you? I know their work policies, have you had problems with that? Don't you want a bucket of money?"

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