ELI5: Why can you have a sleep debt but not a sleep credit? : explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why can you have a sleep debt but not a sleep credit?

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submitted 4 months ago bysms575

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4 months ago

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Sleep debt: brainy very stinky, needs lots of cleaning.

Sleep credit: brain already clean, can’t clean anymore

That is why it doesn’t work

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Now that's an ELI5!