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Every 6 months we get the same articles, the same studies showing that this DST BS doesn't save any energy, impacts people's health, etc etc and yet nobody is s

by dudul 3y ago

Every 6 months we get the same articles, the same studies showing that this DST BS doesn't save any energy, impacts people's health, etc etc and yet nobody is seriously talking about ending this shenanigans. Personally I like waking up early in the dark, but honestly I don't give a damn. Just pick one and end this thing.

joezydeco 3y ago
And, every time, all the articles fail to mention that we actually did remove DST, in 1974. And it came back one year later. https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/03/15/the-us-tried-permanent-daylight-saving-time-in-the-70s-people-hated-it/ https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/03/15/the-us-tried-perman... Personally, I welcome DST. I really don't care for civil twilight at 3:00am (birds start chirping) in my part of my time zone during the summer.
- tempestn 3y ago
  It sounds like you're welcoming standard time, and don't like DST. Opposite of the usual mistake.
  - joezydeco 3y ago
    Nope. I like Daylight Savings Time. In the summer time, the sun is up later in the evening to enjoy it, and it also doesn't rise at 4:00am. I'm happy to shift my time in the winter to get this payback later on.
adhesive_wombat 3y ago
The EU was going to get rid of it but it got derailed by COVID and it's gone cold. Also Brexit will probably make it politically difficult because of Ireland: the only way to scrap DST and keep the same time in Ireland and Northern Ireland is if the UK does the same. But the UK, living in fear of tabloids mostly, won't do anything public-facing that looks like following the EU, even though by some counts 75% ish of the population would rather scrap it. There's an annual flurry "will they scrap it" articles that are so repetitive they just straight up recycle them from other years now (this one refers to the wrong PM): https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/why-do-we-have-daylight-savings-time-uk-b2434828.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/why-do-we-have-dayl...

by dudul 3y ago

joezydeco 3y ago

And, every time, all the articles fail to mention that we actually did remove DST, in 1974. And it came back one year later. https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/03/15/the-us-tried-permanent-daylight-saving-time-in-the-70s-people-hated-it/ https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/03/15/the-us-tried-perman... Personally, I welcome DST. I really don't care for civil twilight at 3:00am (birds start chirping) in my part of my time zone during the summer.

tempestn 3y ago
It sounds like you're welcoming standard time, and don't like DST. Opposite of the usual mistake.
- joezydeco 3y ago
  Nope. I like Daylight Savings Time. In the summer time, the sun is up later in the evening to enjoy it, and it also doesn't rise at 4:00am. I'm happy to shift my time in the winter to get this payback later on.

adhesive_wombat 3y ago

The EU was going to get rid of it but it got derailed by COVID and it's gone cold. Also Brexit will probably make it politically difficult because of Ireland: the only way to scrap DST and keep the same time in Ireland and Northern Ireland is if the UK does the same. But the UK, living in fear of tabloids mostly, won't do anything public-facing that looks like following the EU, even though by some counts 75% ish of the population would rather scrap it. There's an annual flurry "will they scrap it" articles that are so repetitive they just straight up recycle them from other years now (this one refers to the wrong PM): https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/why-do-we-have-daylight-savings-time-uk-b2434828.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/why-do-we-have-dayl...