I don't make the rules.

  • Esoteir [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    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

    • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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      3 years ago

      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.

      • Esoteir [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        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