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How to Organize a No Sleep Thursday

Jul 27, 2009 10:54 PM

"No Sleep Thursdays" are events celebrated mostly by college students who've had too much coffee, but anyone can organize and participate in one. Here's how:

Appoint a Grand Master. This person can be the organizer of the event, you, or someone who's done it before. This person will oversee the chatroom and make sure everything's happening the way it should on a No Sleep Thursday (NST).

Decide on a theme. You don't have to have one, but it makes the night generally more fun. This should correlate with something deep and rooted in the earth (i.e. during the New Moon, a theme of rebirth and renewal, etc).

Spread the word! NST are all about hanging out with tons of people during the night. You don't even have to limit it to your friends. Invite total strangers. Don't forget that you must have the screennames of those involved.

At 9:00 PM Thursday Night, the Grand Master should open an IM chatroom.

Take a roll call every time someone new enters the chatroom. Grand Master should say: "STATE YOUR NAME", and every person will say their name, including the person that just entered. This is not as necessary if it's just your friends, but if strangers are involved, it can get very confusing.

Have fun. Watch movies. Read books. Clean your room (always more fun at 3 AM). But mostly, hang around the chatroom and talk to a bunch of people you don't know, except that you're all linked by one common goal: no sleep on Thursday nights.

NST is officially over at 9 AM Friday morning.

Tips

  • A good way to generate hype is, on the day in question, walk up to random passers-by and people you know and say, "Ask me when I'm going to sleep." When they ask, reply, "FRIDAY NIGHT!" or, "TOMORROW NIGHT!"
  • Invite everyone you know to the chatroom, not only people who have signed up. Chances are, previously uninterested people will become intrigued and hang around for a while. After a few weeks, they may even pull an all-nighter.
  • During the roll call, ALWAYS STATE YOUR NAME. Don't say "me". Do not assume that everyone knows who you are.

Warnings

  • NST has been known to cause extreme paranoia of falling objects, hallucinations about Israeli sheep, and amotivation the following day.
  • Do not attempt to talk to only one person. Arguments like this get annoying for everyone else. Talk to everyone.

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