Submitted by Dramatic-Ad7828 t3_ys8uc0 in newhampshire
carpdog112 t1_ivyal19 wrote
No. I don't want a 4:00AM sunrise in June, that's a waste of perfectly good daylight. Either eliminate standard time or maintain the status quo.
OccasionallyImmortal t1_ivz8uc9 wrote
It seems so backward. We don't need extra evening daylight in July because even without DST it's light until 8:30, but we do in January when it's otherwise dark at 4pm.
Beautiful_Repeat_718 t1_ivyg8cw wrote
It's only a waste of daylight if you're not up doing something while the sun is up.
carpdog112 t1_ivyvxzo wrote
Which is exactly my point. Getting your day started at 4:30AM is much more reasonable than 3:30AM because you can go to bed at 9:30PM and still get a solid seven hours of sleep. I don't know about you, but I don't like getting ready for bed before Jeopardy is finished. Even if you're not going to take advantage from first light, the later sunrise also means you can take advantage of more of the cooler morning hours. If I can start making noise at 6:00AM and get a solid five+ hours in before the sun burns me out versus having to start at 5:00AM to get the same five hours I think everyone will be happier with that outcome. Unless you want to hear my chainsaw running at 5:00AM.
Beautiful_Repeat_718 t1_ivyxhpr wrote
2 weeks ago, my 10 year old was getting on the bus at 6:45am in the pitch black morning. I don't give a shit if you don't get your night time day light hours if it means she is at risk of some asshole hitting her while she is waiting at the bus stop to go to school.
Also, I'm a grown up. I've watched the sunrise for the last decade. I don't give a shit if you start your chainsaw at 5am, maybe it'll inspire my kids to get up and start their day instead of sleeping til noon.
jetsintl420 t1_iw00gie wrote
We don’t just expect people to drive off the road because it’s dark at night.. Having us all continue to change our clocks twice a year so your kid has a little extra light at the bus stop is peak parental entitlement
carpdog112 t1_ivz1hef wrote
So I guess we could compromise and maintain the status quo, maybe end daylight savings time a little bit earlier. But as it stands, with a 6:45AM pickup time, your child is going to have to wait for the bus in the dark at least part of the year December through January irrespective of whether we stop changing the clocks. Ending daylight savings time might reduce the absolute number of days your child will be waiting in the dark, but it doesn't completely solve your issue. You might want to consider alternative solutions like petitioning for later school start times or looking to create a bus stop with protective bollards.
Mermaid_La_Reine t1_iw0225f wrote
My parents walked me to my bus stop with a flashlight ...as other parents did. It was farm country and people got up early. We’d have a flashlight in our coat pocket for early mornings, or walking back from the store when the sun was down by 5pm.
SabbathBoiseSabbath t1_ivzu4ak wrote
Must be tough. As if for decades kids weren't doing the same thing.
Maybe we blame all of our current social woes and individual maladies on the fact we had to wait for the bus in the dark as kids.
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