Every time I see a meme like this, I freak out a little bit because I wonder if it's happening soon
I've been an adult through 20+ changes of the clock, and I still will not know when it's time to change them until 3 days before
84Perhaps the only good thing about living in Arizona is that I don't have to deal with daylight savings time. We have too much daylight here as it is
620+ time changes just accounts for the last 10+ years (assuming you live in an area with DST)
2And I'm 28, the math maths
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Daylight Savings is bad and its defenders should feel bad.
19I wouldn't mind moving forward an hour permanently, but first light at 3 AM with a 4:30 sunrise fucking blows. I'd much rather have it be light until 9 than 8, and I suspect way more people are still awake until 9 than those who get up around 4.
9Western Australia has successfully defended itself against the restern Australia and their demonic timewizardry
4To be fair: If you live in the south, it doesn't make much sense, but if you live a bit further north it's the difference between getting up when the sun is a a reasonable place, or getting up in the middle of the night (winter) or the middle of the day (summer). I want it to be light out when I'm awake, not when it's sleeping time.
Turns out it's easier to adjust the clock than to say "work starts at 9 in the winter and at 8 in the summer"
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me returning from work in the dark after spending all afternoon under cold white artificial lighting, and no dst:
17Let's just flip a coin. Heads we stick with summer time, tails we stick with standard. In 2026 it goes live. Gives everyone 2 years to update what they need. Humans will adapt.
16The science says standard time is better for public health, and the sun sets later in the summer anyway. Plus US states don't need congressional approval for permanent standard time, but they do need it for permanent daylight saving time
22Sure, I'm down. My point is, there's really no point to over-analyse it. Choose one, flip a coin, hold a referendum, I really don't care as long as we stop having these pointless changes twice a year.
There just always seems to be an excuse and then it goes into an argument of standard over summer. It really doesn't matter. It's impossible to please all and cover every single use-case. Humans will adapt.
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I know I might be crazy for saying this, but I prefer midnight to be at 00:00, not 01:00.
2Unless you live on one of the 24 astronomical borders between timezones it's neither anyway
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Just push the whole world time 30mins into the past/future and abolish it completely. No need for that stupid shit.
12No. Just leave it at the current summer setting.
9Meanwhile, I have to take Vitamin D supplements during winter because I'm up in the dark, working inside during the sunlight hours, and knock off just in time for the sun to disappear and take the dog for a run on a sport field under flood lights.
But let's save an hour of sunlight in summer months so dinner can feel like second lunch and we have to block out the windows to start feeling sleepy in the evening to prepare for bed.
Fuck the circadium rythm! /s
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alarm goes off
me staring at the numbers
"I've forgotten how to read."
11Did daylight savings just start somewhere in the world or is this meme completely out of season?
10Australia 😌
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Instead of springing forward, let's just keep falling back every year. Eventually it'll work out.
9Yeah, this shit needs to stop.
9It's Limmy on Lemmy!
8Daylight saving is supposed to save a huge amount of energy, and I am all for that…, but could we maybe still not do it?.. Maybe just hibernate for the winter…, save loads more energy and, yes, solved it … and…sleep 😁
8Annoying part is it doesn't even save a huge amount of energy. Negligible amounts either way.
13Costs money. Costs lives.
5Back in the day it did because people could keep their lights off for longer. But now they need to keep their AC on more.
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My room is still messed up, and I know why! Yea-yeah!
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