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Are you absolutely sure people aren't having a lend of you? Or that there's a translation problem -- that they're insisting that it 'creates' an hour of sunlig

by Jedd 7y ago

Are you absolutely sure people aren't having a lend of you? Or that there's a translation problem -- that they're insisting that it 'creates' an hour of sunlight during the part of the day that's most useful for them? (Implicitly acknowledging they lose that at the other end.) If it's not these, then I weep. People's view of how the world (and moon) fits within the solar system must be severely broken.

zenexer 7y ago
The most intelligent person I know refused to believe me when I said that there would be fewer daylight hours in the winter when he visited me in the north. Of course, he was smart enough to research it on his own and come to the correct conclusion, but it was an entirely foreign concept to him. That being said, I also know plenty of people who understand the concept perfectly, but also insist they will "gain" an hour of sunlight in their day if we use DST year-round. Why? Because they're right! Where I live, in the winter, the sun rises before many people wake up, but sets in the early afternoon. Keep DST year-round, and you experience an extra hour of sunlight--even if you're not technically gaining it. One could argue that we should simply be waking up earlier and going to bed earlier, but that's a hard pattern to follow when nothing is open early in the morning.
- mikekchar 7y ago
  I've actually adopted the Japanese Buddhist clock. There are 12 hours: 6 during daylight hours and 6 during night time hours. The actual time of each hour depends on the season and the latitude. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_clock#The_traditional_Japanese_time_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_clock#The_traditional... I really like it. There is actually an Android app on Fdroid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.aragaer.jtt/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.aragaer.jtt/ although it unfortunately doesn't have alarms -- I really need to get off my butt and contribute that feature. I set my alarm so that I get up in time to go for a walk at sunrise.
Mountain_Skies 7y ago
unfortunately, I'm sure. Really dumb things like the Earth is flat are catching on and one member of my extended social circle is absolutely sure that the Earth is bigger than the Sun. She's a holistic healer but has a psychology degree from a flagship state university. These are people who don't build facts from bottom up but rather support their version of facts based on intuition and desire. Though we all do this to a degree, some will change if confronted with solid evidence but many simply will forever stick with what they feel is true, including that changing the clocks creates an additional hour of sunlight. Even pointing out that it is not as light when they get up Sunday morning after the clock change as it was at the same time the day before, they don't care because they know in the summer it is bright at that time in the morning. The tilt of the Earth on its axis is as fantasy to them as the flat Earth is to the rest of us.

by Jedd 7y ago

zenexer 7y ago

The most intelligent person I know refused to believe me when I said that there would be fewer daylight hours in the winter when he visited me in the north. Of course, he was smart enough to research it on his own and come to the correct conclusion, but it was an entirely foreign concept to him. That being said, I also know plenty of people who understand the concept perfectly, but also insist they will "gain" an hour of sunlight in their day if we use DST year-round. Why? Because they're right! Where I live, in the winter, the sun rises before many people wake up, but sets in the early afternoon. Keep DST year-round, and you experience an extra hour of sunlight--even if you're not technically gaining it. One could argue that we should simply be waking up earlier and going to bed earlier, but that's a hard pattern to follow when nothing is open early in the morning.

mikekchar 7y ago
I've actually adopted the Japanese Buddhist clock. There are 12 hours: 6 during daylight hours and 6 during night time hours. The actual time of each hour depends on the season and the latitude. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_clock#The_traditional_Japanese_time_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_clock#The_traditional... I really like it. There is actually an Android app on Fdroid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.aragaer.jtt/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.aragaer.jtt/ although it unfortunately doesn't have alarms -- I really need to get off my butt and contribute that feature. I set my alarm so that I get up in time to go for a walk at sunrise.

Mountain_Skies 7y ago

unfortunately, I'm sure. Really dumb things like the Earth is flat are catching on and one member of my extended social circle is absolutely sure that the Earth is bigger than the Sun. She's a holistic healer but has a psychology degree from a flagship state university. These are people who don't build facts from bottom up but rather support their version of facts based on intuition and desire. Though we all do this to a degree, some will change if confronted with solid evidence but many simply will forever stick with what they feel is true, including that changing the clocks creates an additional hour of sunlight. Even pointing out that it is not as light when they get up Sunday morning after the clock change as it was at the same time the day before, they don't care because they know in the summer it is bright at that time in the morning. The tilt of the Earth on its axis is as fantasy to them as the flat Earth is to the rest of us.