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> "Sunshine Protection Act" Gag me with a token ring card. I hate these bill names, if for no other reason than it introduces severe bias in voting. Anybody vo
by TheCraiggers 6y ago
> "Sunshine Protection Act"
Gag me with a token ring card. I hate these bill names, if for no other reason than it introduces severe bias in voting. Anybody voting against this now hates sunshine, freedom, etc.
That said, I'm eager for this to pass so I never have to deal with a time change again.
- exabrial 6y agoLike ISA or SFP? Two totally different levels of effort. PS I hate sunshine.
- YarickR2 6y agoHold the vampire, bring garlic !
- WarOnPrivacy 6y ago> PS I hate sunshine Likewise. The only good weather is whatever obscures the giant, glowy, migraine-inducing, cancer ball in the sky.
- ironmagma 6y agoThey should just name bills like they name cloud servers. Vote yes on mystical-quagmire-cheesepuff!
- rglover 6y agoYou joke but this is a great idea.
- goldenchrome 6y agoNo it’s absolutely not a great idea.
- junon 6y agoYou must not like awkward, magical balls of fermented milk.
- siltpotato 6y agoYou're probably downvoted because you didn't explain. I will provide the explanation you've probably got in mind: random Github repo style names look frivolous and unbecoming. Is that right?
- ironmagma 6y agoBeats calling a certain law the “patriot” act when it’s anything but.
- caseyw 6y agoI’d vote for anything named mystical-quagmire-cheesepuff.
- ARandomerDude 6y agoI can't help but notice the "Sunshine Protection Act" was sponsored by a senator (Marco Rubio) from Florida, the official nickname of which is "the Sunshine State." I suspect the bill's name was purposely chosen to subtly suggest it protects Florida during the next election cycle.
- ravi-delia 6y agoEither Marco Rubio is playing some kind of 10d chess in the hopes of subconsciously suggesting to all 8 people that will actually look at his policy record that he is protecting Florida, or the bill is intended to make daylight savings time permanent. To tell you the truth, I favor the latter interpretation.
- ghaff 6y agoI suppose you could argue over whether ST or DST is "better" for Florida; you could probably make the argument either way. But certainly in the states in the southern US, it likely makes more sense to pick a time zone and stick with it.
- wjamesg 6y agoI totally agree
- throwawaygulf 6y agoWelcome to modern discourse. Think that some of the things the BLM organization stands for are detestable? Congratulations! You're now a racist bigot, because you don't believe that Black lives matter. EDIT: The flagging of this comment only proved my point.
- lsllc 6y agoReminds me of the story from Australia about the former Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen's arguments that the curtains will fade due to the extra hour of sunlight: https://www.smh.com.au/national/academic-battles-for-qld-daylight-saving-20061021-gdonat.html https://www.smh.com.au/national/academic-battles-for-qld-day...
- quickthrowman 6y agoDeep down, he did realize that changing the clocks doesn’t change the amount of daylight..right?
- chadcmulligan 6y agoYou never new with Joh - he also backed a "hydrogen car" with doubtful claims [1 - pdf], the government ended with a number of criminal charges for ministers and Joh himself. [1] https://www.skeptics.com.au/wp-content/uploads/magazine/The%20Skeptic%20Volume%203%20(1983)%20No%204.pdf https://www.skeptics.com.au/wp-content/uploads/magazine/The%...
- soVeryTired 6y agoBut it would change the times people have their curtains closed. (Not that I think it's a particularly good argument. And no, I'm not in the pocket of Big Curtain)
- CraftThatBlock 6y agoI agree, but branding for bills is an important part. For example, "The Patriot Act" sounds better than "Spying on Citizens Act"
- zeta0134 6y agoI don't even particularly care if we standardize on DST or non-DST. Just... pick one. The constant clock changing is silly.