It gets dark too soon

  • imogen_underscore [it/its, she/her]
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    13 hours ago

    DST sucks. i often think about how it probably kills a measurable number of people every year by slightly spiking car accidents and stuff in the morning when the time goes back.

    • GiorgioBoymoder [none/use name]
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      13 hours ago

      you're exactly right, it is measurable.

      pedestrian deaths: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001457503000150

      deaths of despair: https://web.gc.cuny.edu/sites/default/files/2021-07/Saving-Light%2C-Losing-Lives-How-Daylight-Saving.pdf