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Could Global Warming cause societies to become nocturnal? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by paddirn@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I noticed this Summer I started transitioning my morning walks to pre-sunrise hours to try to escape the heat (since even mornings in Ohio are getting to be hot). Since global warming (or climate change in general) is happening and there's apparently nothing to be done to fix it in our lifetimes, it made me wonder if our overall society might move towards more nocturnal working hours instead of the standard 9–5, just to escape overheating during the day?

There's probably no incentive currently, since workers aren't dropping like flies yet, but I could see it coming into play as global warming gets worse over time and it causes legitimate production issues. Probably some jobs wouldn't have the option, but most I think would be able to benefit from it. Does this sound like something realistic, or are we cursed to have to endure extreme temperatures because we've always worked in the daytime and we can't/won't change now?

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 53 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Finally all you fucks will work on my schedule! Night owls unite!

I think the key is just avoiding the heat of the day. A lot of Mediterranean societies already have slow hours during the hottest times (the clearest example being the Spanish Siesta) and it makes a lot of fucking sense.

I doubt we'd move fully nocturnal but normalizing long midday breaks would be excellent - the main impediment is probably our shitty commute oriented society... if it takes you 15 minutes to get home it's quite reasonable to head home at lunch - if it takes you an hour and a half it's impossible.

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I used to work exclusively night shift and it was such a pain getting anything done that required me to go into a government office or a bank or any of those "respectable" businesses that only operate during the day time, since I was typically sleeping til 4pm usually right before I needed to go to work. It was literally night and day switching to 1st shift.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What were your hours? i love night shift because it allows me to take care of whatever i need to during the day when everything is open.

i work 20-6

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

There was only two shifts there, it was a welding job for a Honda supplier. It was like 5pm to 1 or 2am most nights, but depending on what the workload was like we would have to work all the way til the next morning when 1st shift came in. I do not miss that life.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Our time has come! night owls rise up!

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But... I like the solitude of night time. :(

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 2 points 18 hours ago

Yeah I was gonna say, I'm a night owl and I love it because it's the only time of the day when people aren't bothering me with nonsense lol. They'd better not all go nocturnal!