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Getting rid of timezones would be a massive, international, almost fruitless undertaking. Think about the effort it would take to make the US use metric coloqu
by otrahuevada 5y ago
Getting rid of timezones would be a massive, international, almost fruitless undertaking.
Think about the effort it would take to make the US use metric coloquially, times 195, just to gain what, the certainty that there is a single timezone instead of several? Also, who gets to decide what time it "actually" is, and why? UTC has roots in 19th century british colonialism, which doesn't hold that much weight today.
If we can't coordinate a worldwide vaccination campaign to combat a demonstrably deadly virus, exactly what absolutely massive event would cause the world to agree on getting rid of a perfectly serviceable, if annoying, timekeeping strategy?
- ironmagma 5y ago> UTC has roots in 19th century british colonialism Being a Yank who should hate this by identity, I feel reasonably qualified to say I don’t care. UTC is a standard already, so if we’re standardizing (which I agree we shouldn’t) there is no point choosing another hub.
- IIAOPSW 5y agoI've read a proposal for a system which has four timezones. It seems to be gaining traction, being the most widely known option that isn't associated with colonialism or anything similar. I was skeptical at first, but the guy behind it lays the whole plan out on his website in detail and I must admit he makes one hell of a case for it. https://web.archive.org/web/20050829214306/http://www.timecube.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20050829214306/http://www.timecu...