This sounds like fiction.
I certainly hope it is.
Without some indication of what the “Nikolayev gas” is, I have to treat this as a highly distopian science fiction piece.
Creepy.
Think I’m going to go take a nap...
Not true according to snopes.com....
My friend’s brother had a cousin who’s great uncle was Russian and he told him this story. It’s rock solid.
Extreme Waste Of Time
If you want to know what really happens to someone deprived of sleep, search for “Fatal Familial Insomnia”. It’s an inherited condition that results in the inability to sleep. These poor people go months without sleep before dying.
FDR’s buddy, Uncle Joe, at work.
Pffffht....
“Communion” was better.
Not as silly.
And we know this is true, how exactly?
If it is, we could use a dose for a few people who shall remain nameless, but whose intials are BHO and MO!! lol
This is so bogus that I’ve even read parody variations of it.
That after 15 days of no sleep they all...turned gay.