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JStanton617 t1_ivdeqmt wrote

Bottom line is, there just isn’t enough daylight to go around 4 months a year. However its allocated will still suck in some way.

Maine moving without the rest of the east coast, particularly NY, just makes TV and travel scheduling a bear, and it’ll still be dark and cold.

The other 8 months kick ass here. Just gotta tough out the winter.

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intent107135048 t1_ivdqq4t wrote

Who watches live TV anymore? /s

Newfoundland is half an hour ahead of Atlantic time and the maritimes are an hour ahead of Eastern time, but planes aren’t falling out of the sky. People adapt. I do it all the time when I travel. Some states are even split up into multiple time zones or have different daylight savings time dates.

I’d prefer more daylight later in the day.

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gargle_ground_glass t1_ivel19t wrote

>I’d prefer more daylight later in the day.

And some people prefer more daylight earlier in the day. As u/JStanton617 pointed out there just isn't enough daylight to go around for four months of the year. The blanket is too short!

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CantThinkOfAName000 t1_ivele77 wrote

As much as I'm going to hate the sun setting early this afternoon, having it come up only a little bit after I woke up today was a nice change. You're definitely right that there's no magic clock setting to fix the problem, all we can do is shift it around.

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Paper_sack t1_ivelr02 wrote

Agree, but we shouldn’t have to go back and forth with time changes.

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sheeponabowl t1_ivf4bdw wrote

Agreed. It’s stupid. Back in the day it made sense but we don’t need it anymore.

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undertow521 t1_ivenkpp wrote

Yeah, sporting events like baseball/hockey that typically start at 7pm would start at 8pm in that instance, not to mention prime time NFL games starting at 9pm. Not a huge deal in the big scheme of things but a pain in the ass for us sports fans that would make following teams a bit more difficult.

Edit: Yeah, I don't get the down votes for this comment. Is it not literally an issue sports fans in Maine would have to deal with? Why would someone downvoted that?

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LordHamburguesa1 OP t1_ivjbyfk wrote

Oh no, sports would start later…

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undertow521 t1_ivjcv96 wrote

Yes. They would. Which would suck for fans and kids who like to catch the games as well as sports bars where people go to watch said games. Games that now start at 7 already end around 10pm, while NFL games go to 11pm. Shifting those back an hour would suck!

As I said, it's not a critical, society crumbling issue, but it certainly would make it difficult for folks that have to get up to go to work to follow their teams. That's all I'm pointing out.

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sheeponabowl t1_ivf4cof wrote

Wah

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undertow521 t1_ivf522i wrote

Is it not an issue sports fans in Maine would have to deal with in this scenario? You might not care but there are people who do.

I was merely commenting that it woukd be an aspect of this type of change that I wouldn't enjoy.

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