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Lightbulb What are simply hypnic jerks?


hi all,
nice to be back here,
in july my neru said about simply hypnic jerks but what are they?
does anybody no what simply hypnic jerks are?
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This should explain it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnic_jerk
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...as opposed to Hip Jerks, those annoying people who think they are trendier than everyone else.
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