I don't make the rules.
Yeah, I don't find either one particularly bad. I just hate the idea of people getting into car and workplace accidents because of the clock changes.
daily reminder that every country that has tried permanent DST has fucking hated it and reversed it
daily reminder that scientists that deal with health and sleep recommend against it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time#Permanent_daylight_saving_time
why couldn't we have just gotten permanent standard time, it was so close :doomjak:
Counterpoint: the sun setting before work ends makes me feel like dying.
counterpoint: by replying to my post you have made it higher on the active sort list, i'm absolutely raking in the standard time cabal bucks rn
don't get me wrong it sounds great on paper, but when I think about all of the kids having to travel to school at night, and the fact that pretty much every person who scientifically studies this shit argues against it for health reasons, i can deal with darker skies in the evening
every country that has tried permanent DST has fucking hated it and reversed it
from your link
A move to permanent daylight saving time... is currently implemented in some jurisdictions such as Argentina, Belarus, Iceland, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Namibia, Saskatchewan, Singapore, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Yukon
The countries it points out that decided they didn't like it were Russia, the UK and Ireland, all places at a much higher latitude than most of the US, which tells me that Alaska and Maine might be better off passing a state law going to permanent standard time but the rest of us are probably gonna be fine.
kinda ignoring the part where the US already tried it :shrug-outta-hecks:
In 1974, after the enactment of the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Act in the United States, there were complaints of children going to school in the dark and working people commuting and starting their work day in pitch darkness during the winter months. The complaints led to the repeal of the Act in October 1974 when standard time was restored until February 23, 1975.
but yeah you caught me on hyperbole you magnificent bastard
complaints of children going to school in the dark and working people commuting and starting their work day in pitch darkness during the winter months
I really don’t understand this complaint. It’s already like this! My school bus came at 6am, I was waiting in the dark for a good chunk of the year. And this was in Florida, where our winters still have relatively long daylight.
yeah but at the very least that was high school, and not elementary/middle school which happen an hour or two ahead of that
I think the answer is to change what hours work and schooling happens rather than artificially bumping how we tell time an hour ahead of the rest of the planet to make vacation sites more economical. clearly it was enough of a problem before to change it back to standard before, I see no reason it wouldn't be again
Ngl i feel like this will go over great til winter hits and the sun doesn't rise til 9:30 for like half the country
high school starts at 7:15am (not including "zero period" extra currics), the sun rises at 9am. thousands of kids walking to school in pitch black 30°f weather is a recipe for bad things
I don’t understand this complaint, this is already how it is now! My school bus came at 6am, so for a good portion of the year I was already going to school in the dark, daylight time or no.
Even your example doesn’t make sense. If school starts at 7:15, and sunrise is 9am daylight or 8am standard, either way kids are going to school in the dark! Why do I care how long after I’m inside at school or work the sun comes up? If I already missed the sunrise I want the sun to at least be up late after I’m released so I can enjoy it.
True, high school shouldn’t start until around 10:30-11 imo. But “kids will have to walk to school in the dark” is a stupid argument when they already have to walk to school in the dark.
UTC and 24 hour clock for all, that’s what we’re running on.
Hell, I’ll even throw in the metric system.
I’m gonna be a bourgeois revisionist and call for Swatch Internet Time
Swatch is a capitalist product and I can’t live with that kind of permanent branding, bucko
Every section of that article got even wilder than the last, fuck me.
Damn didn't know the DST thing was such a struggle session
Completely depends on where you live vs a time zone boundary. Indianapolis and Detroit now have 9am sunrises in January.
This was more a stab at Biden and the rest of the presidents, saying this one ridiculously tiny thing is more than all the rest of the presidents ever did, but sorry.
Lol you're fine it's nothing on you I'm just surprised people have this strong of an opinion on it. It's not a position I would have thought brought so much fervour.
Edit: and like yeah you're right it's the lowest bar to clear lol
The funny thing is that it was Cinema who pushed for this, further cementing that two senators have more say over policy than the president.
You’re welcome, mac, least I can- least I can do, like they used to say back on the school yards
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I’m glad you understand, marmaduke. It was hard work, but I ain’t no hershey squirting carpetbager, I’ll tell you that much!
