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[–] [S] 160 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (19 children)

The correct way is to lie on your side, facing left. Because prevents gastric acid in esophagus.

edit for clarification: This method is efficient primarily when the lower esophageal sphincter (I had to Google the correct name) is not functioning as intended.

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  • [–] 130 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    When will these bugs be fixed? I prefer to face to the right and would also like to be able to sleep on my stomach

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  • [–] 94 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The GitHub human branch maintainer peaced out forever ago, all attempts to establish communications aren't going so well and the issue tracker is piling up...so probably never

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  • [–] 47 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I mean if it's abandonware it's ethical to reverse engineer and open source the reverse engineered platform, maybe even fork it and provide some sort of extensible framework for various plugins, or convert the kernel to a new architecture or even virtualize it. Hopefully we can also work out the bugs and the more glaring issues soon (looking at you, upright vertebrae).

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I've heard some people managed to reverse engineer the human, though right now people are trying to figure out whether using a modded version is considered OP

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Some people have mirrored internal organs, so this advice may be the ophosite for you. But also, if it ain't broke don't fix it, sleep however's comfiest for you and lets you get the best sleep you can

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So about 800,000 people world wide?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Sure, round figures, lets call it 800K. And I bet the vast majority of them knows. It doesn't take much of an examination for a doctor to determine location of heart and liver.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    I've heard people talk about mirrored organs, is that something that would be immediately obvious? Like surely every person that has the condition would know about it.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I knew someone once who had this, she didn’t know until she got an x-ray as an adult. The doctor called in their colleagues to take a look at the scan because he’d never seen a real-life case before. She had her heart on the right side of her chest, was pretty interesting.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    False. The correct way to sleep is on a 7-11 sausage roller set to high speed.

    • The heat lamp creates warmth which you normally substitute with a dangerous choking blanket
    • the high-speed spinning flings off your sweat to keep you cool using Bernoulli's Principle instead of energy-hungry and dangerous fans or AC units
    • the constant flow of vomit and other effluvia helps you maintain a healthy figure instead of ridiculously augmenting your life with the high-risk activity of "exercise."
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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I'm curious how accurate this is considering there's rarely ever air in your stomach so what is the point when it's effectively vacuum sealed.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    As a side sleeper with GERD. It's accurate as fuck. Before I found a medication that worked properly, I always slept on my left side.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Nah, if your stomach is acidic enough you can feel it. I finally caved and got a plush incline so that gravity keeps the bile down regardless of which side I sleep on, and I still usually favor sleeping on my left due to habits from before.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    Conversely, sleeping on your side isn’t very good for a lot of your joints. For instance in your diagram, that position is very bad for her hips and compressing her lungs. I still sleep on my side because it’s my preferred position but I have to have a knee pillow to keep my hips and knees aligned, and I try to have a pillow hugged to my chest to keep my spine and shoulders from crunching lol.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    What's wrong with gastric acid being in the esophagus? I sleep on my right-side a lot.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Most people don't have issues with acid reflux. However, for those that do, it's important to try to control acid reflux.

    https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/barretts-esophagus/symptoms-causes/syc-20352841

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Dumbass DNA. Why make a human capable of eating a baconator if doing so melts your body from the inside.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If you melt yourself before you can pass on those dodgy genes of yours then the problem sorts itself out!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    To go a tad further, if you have chronic reflux there is the obvious discomfort caused by the feeling of acid creeping into your esophagus. Overtime, the acid can also do damage to the cells of your esophagus causing a condition called Barrett's Esophagus. This is not dangerous in and of itself but is considered a precancerous condition and requires monitoring.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    can confirm. As someone with acid reflux, sleeping facing right is hell

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Isn't it fun when you go to sleep on your left side and roll over in your sleep, only to wake up in the middle of the night sick and ready to vomit from heartburn? It's like my body is actively working against me when I sleep.

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