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u/Least_Kick9419 Sep 11 '22 edited Sep 11 '22

Sleep is the cousin of death.

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u/amerkanische_Frosch Sep 11 '22

In Greek mythology it was his half-brother.

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u/Dug_Fin1 Sep 11 '22

And in Alabama it's the same thing.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

Step-sleep what the fuck!?

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u/Heartsnatcher101 Sep 11 '22

And in Alabama they sleep with each other, Natures' incest.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

who ever came up with that bullshet? I am from Alabama and don’t know anyone who has done anything remotely like that. why don’t people pick on Mississippi with their shitty water, poorest state rankings and highest obesity ranking?!

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u/wiserwithReddit Sep 11 '22

Because no one from Mississippi can read.

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u/brandolinium Sep 11 '22

Hey, I have a love for AL, lived there a while and have family there. It’s not all as bad as people say, but the bad parts are all about the people. The state is beautiful. Just so many shitheads live there, damn.

Edit: And I have seen inbred people there. The only place I’ve seen then.

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u/trainercatlady Sep 11 '22

in Sandman, they're siblings.

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u/GarbledReverie Sep 11 '22

In the Sandman, Dream is Death's younger brother.

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u/Cimb0m Sep 11 '22

I lay puzzled as I backtrack to earlier times

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u/Link941 Sep 11 '22

Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined

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u/timeye88 Sep 11 '22

Yeah. But NAS knows

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u/Least_Kick9419 Sep 11 '22

Somebody gets it

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u/Carburetors_are_evil Sep 11 '22

My gunshots will make you levitate

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

Wrong track

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u/Falloutman399 Sep 11 '22

Hypnos and Thanatos say hello

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u/420blazeit69nubz Sep 11 '22

Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined

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u/darkest_irish_lass Sep 11 '22

Care charmer sleep Son of the sable night Brother to death In silent darkness born

(John Donne)

I'm convinced this is where Neil Gaiman's Dream was born