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chapotraphouse @hexbear.net Posadas [he/him, they/them] @hexbear.net 8 mo. ago

Amerikkkans when daylight SSavingss endss

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The dumbest of all american traditions, literally serves no purpose and is a nuisance.
- I WILL NOT ALLOW FATHER TIME TO LIE TO US
- If America wasn't built on cars, I might agree, but as it stands it reduces the frequency with which children waiting for buses in the morning are killed by cars.
  
  My fellow Americans keep saying this, ignoring all the evidence that points to later school start times being better, and refuse to move school start times like a sane people.
  
  It also correlates with more traffic crashes as people have to adjust their schedules and are more sleep deprived.
  
  Funny you should mention that. When I used to take the bus to elementary school one day I moved my spot in front of my house further up the hill and it saved my life, a drunk driver crashed literally where I was standing before.
  
  IIRC, that was only an issue in 1973-1974 when the US government tried year-round DST (permanently setting the clocks forward one hour). The consequence of this was that the roads in the morning were still dark due to the sun not rising until ~9am during winter, which compromised safety for schoolkids.
  
  If DST was abolished, school safety wouldn't be affected much because the sun would be rising even earlier from spring to fall, and sunrise time would be unchanged in the winter months.
- American and Canadian traditions.
  
  EU too
I've concluded that the ruling class loves to lord over the possibility of removing this mild psychological torture, but leaves it in place because they really don't care.
Not to be that guy, but Daylight Savings starts this weekend. It ends in the fall.

But I agree, get rid of it. I'm fine with the sun coming up at 4:30 in the morning in June if it meant not having to deal with changing the clocks twice a year.
- AFAIK the only justification ever used to defend daylight savings is "won't sombody think of the poor farmers", and I once saw a post in /r/farming where even the farmers were complaining about how god damned pointless it is.
  
  Everybody hates it.
  
  i like it... it feels like a funky little sci fi time anomaly that happens every so often
- While we're being pedantic, it's "Daylight Saving Time" without an S at the end of Saving.
Unlimited eepy on the first world
I HATE IT. WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA. I'M DREADING THE DAY IT COMES. THE RECKONER OF MY SLEEP
ah shit is that today?
- Yeah
  
  chugs a third of a beer in one gulp bruh moment
wait i have a 7 am train that i need to wake up for. does this mean i get even less sleep
- Yeah, it's the less sleep one
  
  FAEN I HELVETE
- I've hour less
Amerikkkana when daylight SSavingss are happening

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