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>> I consider awake to mean from 8AM to 12AM, you are getting at least 8 hours of sleep, right?

Must be nice to be a millionaire who works from home then stays up late every night. Is this Charlie sheen's jingle-writing character from 2 1/2 men? The rest of the working population gets up long before 8am. Work starts at 8am. School starts at 8am. Most people I know, at least those with jobs/kids, set their alarms for 6am. If I were to guess, the working population of the US will generally be awake between 6am and 11pm.

Or come join the military. 0400 is a very common alarm time. I'm at my desk by 0515 most mornings.

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Not the millionaire part, but yeah it is nice. I work to live, not live to work, and your military job sounds horrible, so I'll pass :)

Anyone who cannot tolerate getting up a little early is definitely not what the modern military is looking for. But some of us can make that sacrifice in exchange for going home early, taking proper lunch breaks, and getting paid for time spent at the gym. We hand a unit "sports" day last week. Half of my guys chose to go fishing. And, because it is summer, we have an unofficial "stand down" every other week. And good luck finding anyone still at work after noon on friday. Total hours at work is probably far less overall than the majority of civilian jobs.

This isn't a high school, you don't need to try to recruit here :)

Sure but you have to fight made up wars to keep the rich rich and risk your life in the process.

I mean a lot of people work jobs where they wake up late. Waiters, third-shift+ in general. Plus the whole idea of a "9-5" is that you have a 20-30 min commute so you wake up at like 7:30-8 and get yourself ready and get to the office. A lot of people do 10-6 or even later...its pretty common for white collar professionals to keep odd hours, especially if their job gives them a lot of freedom. I don't have kids but even if I did I would try to enroll them in a district that started later, since waking up kids stupidly early is very bad for them.

6a would have been a better default choice.

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