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InGordWeTrust t1_iwzcq6c wrote

Reply to comment by Drach88 in The leap second’s time is up: world votes to stop pausing clocks by 1r0ut3

It has to go. Daylight Savings is terrible.

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CarelessCogitation t1_iwzf8ge wrote

Daylight saving time is amazing and should be made permanent.

Normal time (where it gets dark earlier in the evening) is what needs to go.

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stonerdad999 t1_iwzg3hg wrote

I’m with you. Let’s end time.

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anti-torque t1_iwzials wrote

Time-stopping is fine.

But those guys who want to stop the world and melt with me are sus.

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Bozhark t1_ix0u6hy wrote

Technically, it hasn’t started

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HappyEngineer t1_ix0pl2a wrote

This 100%. Glad CA voted for this. Morning light is awful. I block it with blackout blinds, but it still makes its way in. I need it far more in the evening after I am off work. I don't want to go for a nice stroll after work if it's pitch dark.

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koosley t1_ix1iq66 wrote

Living in Minneapolis, day light savings is my favorite time. Screw normal time. It's dark when I get up with or without it. I'd rather the sun set at 5pm instead of 4pm to at least watch the sunset when I get off work....

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kmsc84 t1_iwzym77 wrote

Split the difference.

Move it by 30 minutes, then leave it.

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Outlulz t1_iwzkwjk wrote

Better it get dark in the evening than be dark late in the morning. Permanent DST is antagonistic to human circadian rhythms. We need sunlight to wake up and keep our internal clocks in sync with solar cycles.

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statsgrad t1_ix0dtqx wrote

Yea I never got why we can't just all decide that work is 9-5 from spring to fall, then 10-6 from fall to spring. Why was it ever determined to be easier to have everybody physically change the clocks, and account for it in every database and computer program, rather than just changing our schedule around the time?

Especially in the age where you can look up a company's hours online.

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its_not_you_its_ye t1_ix001r1 wrote

That’s just idiotic. It’s far more important when sunrise and sunset take place than when noon takes place.

Edit: I imagine you must live towards the south, don’t you?

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Felaguin t1_ix02k99 wrote

Guess what, sunrise and sunset are symmetrical around noon on standard time. Funny how physics and geometry work. Given our modern day living habits, it’s generally healthier to wake up with the sun since you’re going to use artificial lights in the evening anyway. You always have the option to get up and work earlier if you somehow prefer to use lights in the morning.

EDIT: I currently live near 40 deg North latitude. When I lived below 30 deg latitude, work and school hours generally started at 7:30 or 8:00 AM and ended accordingly. Changing the clock because you’re too ignorant to understand seasonal and solar cycles is stupid.

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JUSTlNCASE t1_ix0qe0k wrote

Guess what, society is structured around having more free time at the end of the day than at the start. I'd rather have more sunlight hours then so you dont have to drive home in the dark and can't do shit outside.

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Goodnitenite78 t1_ix01xo7 wrote

Daylight savings time is actually horrible for you.

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baxbooch t1_ix0c443 wrote

Maybe in the summer. But in the winter if it got dark at 5:30 instead of 4:30 my circadian rhythms wouldn’t suffer. But my mental health sure does with the current system

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Supertrinko t1_ix140d3 wrote

Try living closer to the poles.

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InGordWeTrust t1_ix150u4 wrote

Needs of the many

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Supertrinko t1_ix157rr wrote

Tyranny of the majority you mean?

But also no, because while you get rid of DST, doesn't mean everyone has to.

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