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Imagine waking up from a several year long coma just to die of sleep deprivation lmao

Funny, the cure for the whole thing is "Have you tried turning it off and on again?"

I went 76 hours without sleep when I was in HS. I started to have audio and visual hallucinations. It was the strangest feeling Ive ever had.

As someone who has suffered with insomnia for years, I feel like the most frightening part is the uncontrollable emotions. I have experienced everything from blind rage because I stubbed my toe to hysterical sobbing because I didn't have ice cream in the freezer. It's like being a passenger in your own body, you know it's not a rational reaction, you know it's not that bad, but you can't control your emotions and you can only watch as your ID responds first.

College students: _I've been training my whole life for this moment_

“The woman gulps in a breath of air and realizes that a mother can never get any sleep” I’M CRYING 😂😂😂

Honestly this seems like a genius plot line. Im definitely going to watch it.

If "dying resets the effects" is a reliable, functioning method of surviving this apocalypse, there would be MUCH more people that could sleep just like the girl or the woman. After the power outage and insomnia, a lot of accidents and crashes would happen, people would be electrocuted back to life, and their numbers would be more than 2, it would not be such an uncommon event

Honestly the setup of "they're so sleep deprived that they're gonna make dumb choices" is a great way to excuse characters making particularly stupid choices that make a movie interesting. They gave themselves a way to make character choices believable--I respect that setup tbh.

“You’re never gonna want to sleep late again” oh no, anyways

Fun fact for people who don't dip or chew snuff: the reason for sticking tobacco and coffee grinds in between the teeth and gums is because the gums are an easier way for effects of both to enter the bloodstream so that way it all goes to your brain within a few minutes. Also in the military sticking coffee grinds in between your gums is called Ranger Dip

This is probably the most terrifying premise of a movie I can imagine. Horror typically has elements that are so improbable or out right impossible that they don’t freak me out that much. But I’ve experienced bouts of insomnia, pretty sure most people have. Which makes this pretty damn scary, imho.

"She sacrifices herself" Others : how heroic Cinema summary : that was a terrible idea

I went from not knowing this movie existed to being more terrified of this version of the apocalypse than anything ive ever heard before in 25 mins.

The main thing I feel like How to Beat guy forgets is that she was only taking her daughter to the research center to find someone to help her survive. She the whole time says she doesn’t trust them at all and was more than willing to hurt them to protect her. She was planning to just get the lady and escape.

Has anyone considered meditation as a possible way to beat it? It would be the closest form to sleep I can think of. Laying still with your eyes closed drifting could be the closest alternative to sleep. Think of it like capping out right before sleep but using that as your form of sleeping.

Isn’t anyone going to talk about how he’d rather have everyone wake up from the dead and kill everyone and use survivors as meat shields, than stay awake

"This woman is the only person on earth that can sleep!" "Um.. my daughter can too" "These two are the only people on earth that can sleep!"

Love how the solution boils down to have you turned it off and on yet.

I'm pretty sure, like me, most people figured out that the girl could sleep because she was clinically dead before being resuscitated and that was the solution to the problem. How a defibrillator was still working after the solar flare, I've no idea!

Power: *goes out* People on life support: “My time has come.”

Finally my years of 48+ hour gaming sessions are gonna pay off...

Outta curiosity, doesn't get knocked out count as sleep???? Like, could I just have my friend knock me out with a frying pan and get a couple winks that way??

I wonder if someone with bipolar disorder experiencing a manic episode might survive longer considering they experience a decreased need for sleep

"And realizes a mother can never get any sleep" that line hit hard to an exausted dad.

“You’ll never wanna stay up late again” Me staying up late to watch this: *interesting*

I love your videos man, I watched all your HOW TO BEAT videos

"1 second after" an awesome emp scenario book written by a college professor near my area (Asheville NC USA) pretty realistic. All 18th century tech like steam engines and old knowledge are valuable disease addiction kills people they go off their meds. New local laws are made. Groups form. It's so awesome very realistic. Mass migration and starvation happen all because of grid and transportation failure. I don't want to give away too much but "1 second after" is the book that will save ur life and is an excellent story and read. Thumbs up if u have read this book 👍👍👍

“If you were stranded on a deserted island, who would you bring?” Me: well…there’s this dude on KZfaq…

“This was terrible logic” Well she is too tired to think clearly so...

Fun fact: there is actually a syndrome that slowly gets worse which will kill you from sleep deprivation. It starts as normal insomnia and slowly gets worse until you can no longer sleep an then you die. There is no cure and sleeping tablets don't work. The only way you will be able to sleep is by being put under anesthesia. Luckily it is pretty rare.

I might genuinely be the longest lasting person under the effects of the apocalypse. I have a mild resistance to sleep deprivation. I can go 3 days before I get the effects others get at one day, just from having insane exposure to my insomnia for years.

"How to beat awake" Viewers watching late at night: Interesting

Sleepless apocalypse: exists People with insomnia: "First time?"

Usually these videos keep me up all night, but not this one. I’ve never felt so tired 😬

I liked the lead up to the Bespoke ad. Nice job.

little girl: *sacrifices her life for her family because she loves them* Cinema Summary: *”that was a bad idea”*

Okay but hear me out: How to beat the Total Drama Island

First time I’ve ever watched a sponsorship ad attentively without skipping any part

I only watch these for the cheeky narration lol. I love these!!!!

Can we just all agree that that son is the luckiest man alive like honestly. The guy was about to die with everyone else but then cheats death.

How to beat AWAKE: Step one: Sleep. Step two : Revel in your brilliance

Watching this during a bout of insomnia is a bit spooky! lol Thank you!! That last line about moms not being able to get any sleep had me holy crap LOL True enough!! Also really appreciated the line about the zombie apocalypse and samurai swords a;fdlk Also the 'without even a fragile sticker on the box' line had me legit laughing out loud. Too funny! I also really enjoy the way that you do manage to build suspense while summarizing the movie and offering alternatives. It struck me that some of the suggestions presented here would have, in the long run, been potentially less advantageous. While I appreciated the suggestion that the kiddo should book it actually, if she hadn't, would they have realized the clincher is turning it off and on again, for example? As a 12 year old, kiddo is going to have the best chance in a group, so her lightbulb moment was really invaluable. I've also heard of people being technically alive for months on total sleep deprivation, albeit with dementia and such, so the 11 days record did confuse me. I wonder what systems were in place in those months long cases and if they could've managed some of that without power? Either way! Not really a critique I just thought it was interesting insofar as story telling goes. I haven't seen this movie but I'm not sure I understand, based on the footage shown, why more people aren't laying down to conserve resources. I feel like those soldiers especially should've been laying down tbh, with a fuckton of eyedrops too, and I'm surprised that's not something that looks like it was put into place while the doctors at this sleeping facility still had their faculties. As far as they know this is a life threatening situation so I don't know if the tobasca training would be the best fall back here insomuch as going into resource conservation. It's not like they're gonna fall asleep on the job, and shooting from a laying down or seated position isn't impossible. It does make it hard to get up again so subduing someone might be harder, especially if they take advantage of the positioning, but that also means it's harder to act on hallucinations and they're still going to have more resources than the other guy cus they've still been getting rest. Sleep is a resource. When you're low on resources you need to go into energy conservation mode whenever possible, and spending resources is a decision that needs to be made as mindfully as possible, same with utilizing external resources like caffeine etc as is mentioned in the video. I can understand why not everyone would be doing that, but those guards sure as shit shouldve been, not draining themselves faster. Idc if they need to do rotations, they're armed and dangerous and a military complex would surely have some motorized equipment that was protected by EMPs that could make up for the gaps. I've had insomnia all my life and sometimes it can mean going some days with zero sleep or running on microsleeps. My body isn't healthy so my threshold is much lower, which means sleep deprivation catches on quicker so I'm pretty familiar with how it feels like. I've been lucky to figure out some ways to cope for short term experiences. It is a horrible feeling and your body really just wants to lay there and it's really important to listen to that urge - the body wants to lay down for a reason! Even mimicking a sleeping posture and closing our eyes, while not as properly restful as sleep, is still restful, and saves on the body's resources. Same with limiting the amount of stimuli you take in cus there's so much nonsense in the brain that's not getting purged by sleep. Anything at all that is relaxing needs to be done as often as possible, comfort needs to become a top priority because discomfort just means more stress on the body, and the body is stressed enough as it is. It also helps manage mood just a little bit, but just a little bit can go a long way. I'm a lot less reactive when I'm able to prioritize relaxation during a bout of insomnia. I'll still be jumpy, 100%, but I'll be slightly less prone to reacting out of emotion. For example, mom might've been less likely to jump the gun and almost shoot her kid, and waste bullets, if she'd even just been coaching her youngest from a seated position. I'm not saying it definitely wouldn't have happened, but chances may've been somewhat lessened enough to make a difference, even if that just means one wasted bullet instead of three. Likewise, mistaking a pinecone for a grenade feels very possible to me, especially for a soldier for which armaments are already top of mind, during the dark - hard to say if that's even a hallucination so much as misinterpreting the stimuli which is so easy to do when cognitive functions are sleep deprived. I've flinched at my own hair a;df Not prioritizing their ability to rest above all else when they have the guns feels a bit much for my suspension of disbelief!!! I'm also a little surprised they went with a solar flare instead of a government experiment, if I understood that part right. Felt like it would've tied in pretty nicely to those, uh, spicy sleep studies. I also can't help but wonder if there would've been more people at that hospital who got their reset button tapped recently given it's a hospital, and what the likely statistics would've been. Would there be enough remaining people to support a population or would it have been a true extinction? smtn smthn.... Alright i guess i should stop rambling now a;sldkf ty for the content.. im gonna try and sleep again ;)

this guy makes the smoothest sponsor transitions

Cinema Summary really ensures our survival even in the most specific circumstances

“A power outage that forbids humans from sleeping spreads over the world” Cinema Summary: “Okay, so this can be easily avoided”

I'M READY FOR THAT

Did anyone try chloroform? Or choking? I think if you choke out just long enough, you can hit reset. Idk though. I also have chronic fatigue so that could kick in.

I like how the cure was “have you tried turning it off and on again?” for humans.

This is one of the movies where I don’t blame the protagonist for being braindead

love your videos

Why is it that i LOVE watching ur videos then im sad when I watch the movie lol

movie characters: *does literally anything* cinema summary: “and that was their first mistake”

“You’re never gonna want to sleep late again” Me at 5am, pulling an all-nighter: 😃✌🏼

6:28 never laughed harder in my life, earned a sub

An apocalypse I would never thought of and something I am extremely terrified of

“And then she realized a mother can never sleep” best plot twist in the past 1,082 years

"You can't seamlessly transition into a sponsorship ad." Cinema Summary, "Hold my damn good day."

I need a Cinema Summary & Nerd Explains collab

As a person who requires medication to sleep, I can relate to this movie.

Learning that we actually missed an emp event by 9 days is freaky to think how different ours lives would be

"how to stay awake" me a student: do not cite the deep magic to me Witch, i was there when it was written.

Perfect video to watch since i can't freaking sleep. 2a.m guys and couldn't sleep yesterday... Fun

I love these videos

"After 24 hours without sleep, you lose critical thinking" College Students: "Haha, I've never had that"

"i'd be scared if coma patients all started waking up at the same time." woahhh... hot take

I watch all of these I love them

Have a damn good day, I like how you say that instead of saying "have a good day" lol

The whole die to be able to sleep again is pretty neat. Factory reset

Guy:Breaths Cinema summary: Okay this is a terrible waste of oxygen

I love ur Conte I will definitely not be staying up anymore

I would absolutely love to see you tackle the South african movie "Tokoloshe" !

This isn't the russian sleep experiment, this is the russian sleep experience.

Sometime we forget that people in Horror movies are in panic mode and can't think straight.

Cinema summary: use code Howtobeat20 Me: *types Howtobeat100* Cops:PUT YOUR HANDS UP

Have you ever seen Pontypool?? It has one of the most unique (imo) zombies virus and the way it transfers to others. I haven't watched it in a while but it's a zombie movie where no one on screen gets eaten. More suspense and uncertainty than gore. There still is some gore but it's a one and situation

I think adding the coma patients waking up was a great idea.

The scariest thing about this movie was the thumbnail you chose for it, Cinema Summary hahahahah, I love your thumbnails 😂.

falling into the water in a car is my worst fear. i hate driving over lakes rivers or oceans so badly

Man,that was such a cool concept Now we need a movie about a ΩK "End of Death" scenario :D

Girl: Has a breakdown because the world as she knows it has been flipped completely upside down. Cinema Summary: And that’s where she made the mistake. If I were her, I would stop crying like a little bitch and start surviving

Me: Pulls an all-nighter Cinema Summary: "And in four more days, he'll be _dead_ "

This video really helped me sleep yesterday

the last one got me

Freddy Krueger is probably bored in his dream dimension during the events of this movie.

"Dying resets the effects of the solar flare" so basically just videogame logic

I struggle with severe insomnia sometimes I'm regularly up for 7 days or so how I get regular sleep is heavily sedated on prescription sleeping medication. When they lowered the recommended dose of Ambien for a woman from 10 mg down to 5 my psychiatrist whom is also a sleep specialist had to write into I believe they said it was the FDA to get approval for him to continue giving me my regular prescription dose because I've been taking two 10 mg of Ambien every night for years before they even lowered the dose they recommend for women they also lowered the dose they recommend for men to be at I believe he said it was 10 mg so don't quote me on that I could be wrong it was so many years ago we had that discussion but yeah he had to get approval to continue giving me my prescription dose but since I'd been on it for multiple years before those new regulations they let me continue my prescription. So this is real life for me!

Ive gone 3 days without sleep when I was in high school and decided to finally go to bed because I DIDNT feel tired and that scared me a little.

Cinema summary: the mom is losing braincells Also Cinema summary: lets just pretend i didnt say that, so anyways, she needs to THINK for here son to survive

them: "I'll sleep when I die" Me: you have no idea how right you are.

Damn church goer's. Thanks for the video brother

It is funny how I'mwatching this at 3 in the morning.

Kids who took 3 Sleeping pills: “I don’t have such weaknesses”

I regularly have insomnia for days. Sometimes over 5. All you need to do is lie still and shut your eyes for the required time. You won't sleep, but you will be surprised how it will help you recharge.

Ok, the beginning of the movie reminds me of a book trilogy called "The Rule of Three", where basically the entire world loses all sorts of power not unlike the movie. I suggest reading it, because although it doesn't have the insomniac elements like this movie, the survival stuff is still very much related.

I love how he used a stranger things outage clip xD

Me: pulls an all nighter due to reading a fan fiction: “well well we’ll all of my sleepless nights but still surviving might just pay off”

"How to beat an apocolypse where no one can sleep and people are slowly going crazy" In other words, high school.

I love how the video ends saying a mother can never get some sleep