Knocker-up (people employed before alarm clocks to wake people up for work) (en.wikipedia.org)

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[-] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 3 points 3 days ago

I think some would stay awake all night and sleep in the day.

[-] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah, I have a circadian rhythm disorder and my first thought was "oh, somrthing I might actually be able to do!". But then again I also have ADHD and no internal sense of time so it'd be hard to show up at the right time 😅

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