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people can survive a week with no sleep, while performing physical labor 24/7...all without dying

Sure, most people can survive like that. Others probably can't. I would like to think that being a banking intern is less physically taxing and dangerous than being a Navy Seal.




Not to mention that the SEALs that make it to hell week have been sifted quite a bit already. The "weakest" are already gone by then


yes, probably not the best example. however, i'll put my money on 99.99% of participants not dying from 2-3 hours of daily sleep for 3 days.

i dont remember myself dying while pulling this off more times than i care to count.


Hopefully using methods that didn't kill them, no less.




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