EPISODE · May 4, 2026 · 50 MIN
Insomnia Sleep Aid: OIML R111-1 Mass Standards (Boring Voice)
from Deeply Unimportant: Sleep Stories for Racing Minds · host Dallas Kachan
Sleep well to a deep, boring voice — an alternative to sleep stories and white noise. This ASMR sleep aid is for relaxation, insomnia relief and racing minds that need to fall asleep. Tonight, we stabilize. We move away from the ephemeral nature of digital data and into the absolute, physical reality of the standard kilogram. We are not determining how much things weigh in a practical sense, but reviewing the administrative hierarchy of the weights used to check the weights. We are entering the world of the International Organization of Legal Metrology, specifically Recommendation R111-1 (2004). This is a study of the Maximum Permissible Error, the specific gravity of non-magnetic stainless steel, and the lint-free protocols of the calibration laboratory. It is a world of polished cylinders and atmospheric buoyancy corrections. Deeply Unimportant is a sleep ASMR sleeping aid for minds that need structure to drift off. An alternative to CBT therapy, it employs a form of what sleep scientists call cognitive shuffling that can overcome mind racing thoughts at night. No whispers or fairy tales; just an ordered, structured, boring voice of a real life former newscaster reading material that doesn't matter. This version of the show is ad-supported: ads play at the beginning, but nowhere else as you drift off. Get ad-free episodes, long versions that run all night, and infinite loops for a few dollars a month. Visit http://deeplyunimportant.com to subscribe or gift a membership to a fellow over-thinker.
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Insomnia Sleep Aid: OIML R111-1 Mass Standards (Boring Voice)
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