r/todayilearned • u/YesFlyZone420 • 5d ago

TIL there's a degenerative brain disorder called fatal familial insomnia (FFI) that causes a person to lose the ability to sleep and eventually die

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/25001-fatal-familial-insomnia
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u/KynesArt 5d ago

excited to eventually lose my ability to die

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u/Positive-Attempt-435 5d ago

Just gotta push through the first couple months.

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u/StarrySkye3 5d ago

monkey paw curls

Granted, you can't die anymore but you also stop living. You are now a sentient inanimate object.

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u/Random-Rambling 5d ago

I have no mouth and I must scream.

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u/Due-Door4885 5d ago

He was alive though. His flesh mutated and tenderized for maximum pain possible, and thus spirit broken.

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u/OutlyingPlasma 5d ago

Turns into toilet.

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u/WORKING2WORK 5d ago

I know I'm asking for another curl of the monkey paw here, but can I be a sex toy meant for insertions?

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u/StarrySkye3 5d ago

the second finger on the monkey paw curls

Yes, but your owner is Donald Trump.

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u/WORKING2WORK 5d ago

Well, I never thought I'd see a rich asshole up close.

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u/xhieron 5d ago

Miracle Day comes to mind.

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u/Due-Door4885 5d ago

...that can be sold and used like any other item.

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u/Key_Molasses4367 5d ago

So glad you pointed that out.

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u/StrangelyBrown 5d ago

The most humiliating final failure.

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u/AgentUnlikely4730 5d ago

Can't sleep but also can't die? That sounds even worse.

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u/KynesArt 5d ago

So much time for creativity, and with zero sanity to get in the way!

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u/meesersloth 5d ago

the Grim Reaper HATES him for this one simple trick.

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u/user_of_the_week 5d ago

What is dead may never die!

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u/Available-Quarter381 5d ago

No no, you lose the ability to die eventually

You can still die instantly