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[–] onyxjet@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Getting rid of daylight savings and staying on permanent standard would be great. When it becomes daylight savings time during the colder months it really does suck ad it gets darker earlier. Thus, I feel there is a lot less I want to do in the evenings. I like the slightly darker mornings and brighter evenings of standard.

Choosing one or the other would be good, though I feel like permanent standard over permanent savings still is a bit better.

Regardless, time change is annoying.

[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

I really don't care what time the sun sets or rises. Just stop messing with my body's internal clock.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Maybe it's my ADHD, but I simply can not understand how to read this map.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 5 points 6 days ago

More yellow means better for your location if you want daylight before 7 AM (left) or after 6 PM (right).

[–] pixelscript@lemm.ee 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

A bill has passed both the US House of Representatives AND the US Senate to end the clock-changing, with overwhelming bipartisan support (I don't believe either one of them even held a vote) and zero pork or poison pills...

...but the two of them passed different bills that directly contradict one another. One formally ends DST and the other permanently adopts DST as the new standard time. Fucking incredible.

I'm very much of the "IDGAF please just pick one and we will all cope" persuasion. So I'm unbothered which one passes. But it's comical how, for once in a goddamn generation, we have something completely uncomplicated by party line politics, only to have it completely bungle up in congressional body power struggle politics instead.

We just can't have shit, can we?

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

I don't care what timezone we end up in, just stop the twice a year shifts.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Drop DST. We tried permanent DST in the '70s and everyone hated it so much we went back to switching the clocks rather than just dropping the whole mess.

I've lived in states that don't/ didn't have DST. It's much better for your sleep cycle.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 10 points 6 days ago

As long as it stays the same as year, I literally do not give a damn.

[–] mdurell@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Pick one or the other. Or use UTC globally for all I care. Just stop changing the damn time!

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

How about we remove it and also set the time to go home to be 2hrs before sun down? Yey! Because that's bullshit. The sun always comes up and down. Its the stupid scheduled that keeps us out of it.

[–] PixellatedDave@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I read a study once but cannot remember it.

It posited that lunch time should be half way through the daylight hours and the further away it was from this then the more effect it had on either mental or physical health (I don't remember in it's entirety.)

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm in the minority I guess, but I like daylight savings time. I like my waking hours to be in daylight. I typically wake up with the sun and I do stuff outside.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

My biggest gripe about it is that my job involves working with people in Europe, India, and other places around the globe, and it seems like they all start & stop daylight savings at different times. So for like two weeks the time difference between me & our Berlin office changes by one hour. It wouldn’t be as big a deal if every country implemented it consistently…

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I couldn't agree more. I interact with a friend in the UK every Monday morning and THAT is a PITA. I can also understand why people don't like it. I'm all for standardization and I do wish they would do something worldwide. This is one of the reasons I don't think the coronavirus was a hoax. The world can't even agree on something as fundamental as what time it is, why the hell would they agree to make themselves look bad by admitting a bunch of their people died. Anyway, if eliminating daylight savings time is the worst thing Trump does, I'd be OK with that.

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I dont understand why people want the sun to come up later so they can "save daylight". Bro i hate getting up in the dark, i think your timezone should also consider when you wake up you want sunshine. This of course also depends on when the average person starts working and goes to school.

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

I'll just fucking adjust my schedule. This time of year, it's dark when I get up around 8am and dark well before 5pm. It really makes no difference if us central is utc - 5 or 6.

[–] ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter what time the sun rises for me, I'm going to have to wake up much earlier than the sunrise so that I can work productively outside for a few hours before it becomes unbearably hot. I'd rather not have to wake up at 4am because some wanker working in an office wants breakfast at sunrise. Waking up along with or after the sun rises is simply not an option for many people. That's the daylight they are saving, productive and less dangerous working conditions for people working outside in the south and southwest. Work culture can be adapted to when you want to work, I can't change when the sun starts beating down and makes it dangerous to work.

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Interesting to hear the opinion of someone who lives in a very hot place. As someone who lives in sweden the only thing that matters is how much sunlight you have because its depressing as hell. But in some places you want to avoid too much sunlight because its dangerous. Why dont you just do what they do in spain, that is work 4 hours in the morning and 4 at night for example?

[–] ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

It doesn't cool off in the evenings because of humidity.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 days ago

The most important part of the Spanish routine is the siesta.

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 98 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Don't care, just pick one and don't change it every six months.

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[–] tomatolung@sopuli.xyz 60 points 1 week ago (6 children)
[–] quixotic120@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

This is by far the more important aspect

Humans are routine oriented creatures, introducing an arbitrary hour deficit in sleep once a year has measurable and fairly profound effects on physical and mental health. Sure, it can be planned for, but circadian rhythms are hard to mess with for a lot of people and going to bed an hour earlier isn’t always an option

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (10 children)

Spring forward and leave it there. In the fall it currently gets dark at 5 pm. It’s depressing to get off work and not have any daylight to enjoy and run errands. It’s also dangerous because tired drivers are coming home in a dark rush hour.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

Word. I couldn't care less whether the sun rises while I'm on the bus to work or while I'm getting my first coffee at work. Have to wake up in the dark either way. But whether or not i get that one hour of daylight after work makes a world of a difference in my mental health.

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