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Don't Hate Perky Morning People: It Might Be Their DNA's Fault. (arstechnica.com)

Posted by timothy on from the wouldn't-exactly-say-I've-been-missing-it dept.

New submitter Striek writes: Aggregated genome data from 23andme.com was analyzed and published in Nature magazine, and now further evidence has been added to the belief that being a morning person or a night owl is wired in our DNA. It's not the first time such research has been published, either. So those of us who work late into the night and prefer to rise at noon, much to the chagrin of our partners, can point to our DNA as the reason, not our lazy habits.

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  1. You Live In The Wrong Time Zone. by zenlessyank · · Score: 3, Funny

    Move.

  2. Re:Age might be a factor too... by alvinrod · · Score: 4, Funny

    My grandfather once told me that every morning at 6 he would have a healthy bowel movement. The only problem was he usually didn't wake up until 7.

  3. I don't hate morning people. by MrKrillls · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hate their DNA.

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    1. Re:I don't hate morning people. by TWX · · Score: 3, Funny

      I hate their DNA.

      I have a general rule, that I do not judge people on things like ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and other things that they are born-with and are beyond their control.

      In this case I would have to make an exception.

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  4. backwards premise by ThorGod · · Score: 4, Informative

    In my experience it's the "morning people" that are judgey against non-morning people. It seems like it should be morning people that shouldn't hold their genes as "superior"

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    1. Re:backwards premise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Agreed. I'll stop hating them when they stop requiring everything to be done in the morning and when working an extra 3 hours is considered better than coming in 20 minutes earlier and goofing off for 40 minutes.

  5. We don't hate them because they are perky.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Us non-morning people don't hate morning people because they are perky. We hate them because they assume that everybody else should be a morning person too. Every asshole that suggests things like a 7:30am meeting is just rubbing their early-rising do-gooderness instead the late-riser's faces. They know you feel like a slacker if you suggest to your boss that it's too early for you. In offices with set-your-own-schedule, morning people also like to point out people who "show up late". "Geez, Bob, it's past 10. You're just coming in?!".... Despite the fact you stay at work until 9pm, the early risers who left at 5pm never notice or give credit to the people who stay late. To them they act like the world ceases at 5 in the afternoon until they come in again at 7am. I have so many minor knit-picks over this that bile is starting to form in my throat. I think I'll end.

  6. Ok, fine. by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 3, Funny

    If it's so genetic, I'll agree to drop the hatred and adopt an attitude of dispassionate eugenics. Happy now, Mr. Sunshine?

  7. There are two kinds of people in the world... by sconeu · · Score: 4, Funny

    There are two kinds of people in the world...

    Those who are bright and cheerful in the morning,
    And those who want to take a wrench and beat the shit out of the first kind.*

    *proud member of the second category

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  8. More free time DNA by allcoolnameswheretak · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I don't know if I'm a morning person or not. What I do know is that I go to sleep late because I want more me-time.

  9. Re:Alternative mating strategies by Quirkz · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Or distributing childcare duties. Or splitting the night watch into a natural late shift and early shift.

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  10. Re:Man, I hate... by sjames · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Imagine your delight if someone breezed in and dragged you out of bed at 3:00 A.M. every day and expected you to be not just coherent but actually enthusiastic.

  11. Re:Man, I hate... by sjames · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So you personally choose to flagellate yourself daily so you figure that gives you the moral right to expect it of everyone else? I choose to stay up late. Why don't you quit being a lazy bum and stay up too?

  12. I think the influence is mild by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 3, Interesting
    I have always enjoyed sleeping in late and had trouble staying awake in the 8am classes. But finished college and had trouble showing up for work at 8 am. When the daughter came along, I had to get up early so that I could return early and take care of her. That sort of set the habit and now I am up at 5am weekdays even when I stay up watch the election debate till 11:30. And can't stay in bed after 7 on weekends.

    I don't think I got it through DNA. Mainly circumstances and habit. If at all there was influence from DNA it is quite mild.

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