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Daisuke Hori, known as a “short sleeper” who claims to sleep only 30 minutes a day, snored his way through roughly 30 minutes of sleep during a collaboration livestream with a masseur. He insisted it was a “microsleep” rather than actual sleep, but 5ch users split into two camps — critics saying “Is this the excuse Olympics?” and “Just admit you fell asleep,” versus defenders saying “It’s entertaining to watch” and “Pulling in this many viewers is a talent in itself.”
What people said
Yeah pretty much
But it's fun to watch
He's got real skill as an entertainer
Skill?
He's just being made into an internet joke and laughed at…
Even his rage-bait act isn't landing anymore
It IS landing — that's exactly why he's getting this much attention
Thinking he's 100% serious about everything is exactly what he wants you to think
To him, haters are just free megaphones doing his promotion for him — going unnoticed is the only real damage
It was a microsleep, so technically he wasn't sleeping
He just blew his entire daily sleep allowance (30 minutes) in one shot — is that okay?
Power nap
Can we stop with these euphemisms already
I love how people insist on calling a nap a "power nap"
Say that and he'll snap at you
Lol, getting treated like a huge deal with only around 10,000 concurrent viewers
30,000 people show up the moment he wakes up
Those guys don't even get talked about
Re: #66
Nobody's getting more attention than this guy
Power nap is a pretty well-known term though
"Getting attention" should mean at least hundreds of thousands
Tens of thousands is just regular chat-stream numbers for anyone semi-famous
The fact that a Budokan-sized crowd (a major Tokyo arena, ~10,000 seats) gathers just to watch some guy NOT sleep is already insane
We're in an era where random middle-aged streamers just playing games pull tens of thousands of viewers daily — do you even get what "attention" means anymore?
I ended up signing up for the ¥150,000 Nature Sleep course
Uhh… (confused)
Is there something specific you want to do once you become a short sleeper?
Edge has better energy, NanJ's vibe is duller
That's why nobody's here
He was already somewhat known as a short sleeper who only sleeps 30 minutes a day
He makes his living running short-sleeper training courses
He made headlines for reportedly losing his entire fortune trading FX, and for suspicions (pretty much confirmed) that he actually sleeps a ton — now he's livestreaming to prove he doesn't
???
Who cares whether this guy sleeps or not??
He's your beloved liar, you know? And he's making money off it, so of course he gets criticized
There he is — the classic middle-schooler-in-an-adult's-body type who refuses to understand anything he can't relate to
He actually said basically that
He hyped the masseur up as having "god hands" and spun it as "not my fault, the guy's skill is just that incredible" — case closed
If someone close to me lied and it caused me actual harm, I'd chase them to the ends of the earth
But this guy lying doesn't affect me at all, does it?
Nice try, hater — the fact he fell asleep is just true
So you're saying fraud is fine as long as it doesn't affect you personally?
I mean seriously, does it actually matter whether this guy sleeps or not?
Quit begging for replies
If you're not interested, don't even come here
Background and Key Points of the Debate
Daisuke Hori is known as a “short sleeper” who claims to sleep just 30 minutes a day, and he reportedly runs courses teaching others the same sleep method. According to the thread, he previously made headlines for allegedly losing his entire fortune in FX trading, and suspicions arose that he actually sleeps far longer than he claims — prompting him to keep livestreaming to prove otherwise. This time, the stream caught him dozing off on camera, and his attempt to wave it away as a “microsleep” sparked debate. Commenters were split between those who find it purely entertaining and those who argue that, since he profits from his courses, his honesty should be held to a higher standard — making this more than just a joke at his expense.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (NanJ) thread “[Bad News] Daisuke Hori comes up with another outrageous excuse wwwww.”
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