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BumRushDaShow

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36. The problem right now

Wed Mar 10, 2021, 12:52 PM

Mar 2021

dependent on what latitude you are in, is the amount of darkness in the morning when children are going to school, and that is an issue. I posted about that here and my experience with it back with Nixon - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215210164#post22

For those places in the northern latitudes that have upwards of 20 hours of darkness in winter, they have made major accommodations to the lighting for people during those hours, but further south they have NOT. And if you are in an urban area, forget it.

The "compromise" was the April - November switch to try to balance the "post-equinox" day/night cycle, which right now, is unbalanced based on when the changes are being made.

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Daylight Savings time: How is this still a thing? [View all] SoonerPride Mar 2021 OP

DST needs to be made permanent brooklynite Mar 2021 #1

Wake up when it gets light and go to sleep when it gets dark. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #2

Fine if you don't have a job. we can do it Mar 2021 #4

+1 Celerity Mar 2021 #59

So in winter, go to bed at 5pm and get up at 7am? SharonClark Mar 2021 #6

... Rorey Mar 2021 #19

Not always possible Jerry2144 Mar 2021 #9

I wish that too - that we'd just stay on DST Rorey Mar 2021 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author brooklynite Mar 2021 #46

Anchorage--Open for business 11-2 in the winter and pretty much 24 hours in the summer. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2021 #61

lol, so i should go to sleep at 2/3pm or so in the late fall/winter? hard pass, this isn't 1821 Celerity Mar 2021 #63

Lol! Should I get up after 9 in the late fall/winter? Happy Hoosier Mar 2021 #87

come here to Sweden (which many seem to fail to realise is what I am talking about) and Celerity Mar 2021 #89

I get your point, but... Happy Hoosier Mar 2021 #90

If I am not telling you (or anyone else who lives in the US) what to choose, why then is there Celerity Mar 2021 #91

Man, do what works for you guys. Happy Hoosier Mar 2021 #92

I appreciate that, although not much partying going on here with COVID variants wreaking havoc Celerity Mar 2021 #93

Agree, but we could all just re-establish our school and working times, no? Goodheart Mar 2021 #3

Much much MUCH easier to just make DST permanent nt sir pball Mar 2021 #58

Where I live, that plan sucks. Happy Hoosier Mar 2021 #25

Especially if it's dark when kids are outside waiting for the school bus. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #37

Why is it important to you to have solar noon at 1pm, all year round? muriel_volestrangler Mar 2021 #72

Meh. Just pick one and stick with it. RandomNumbers Mar 2021 #80

My dogs are permantly on DST. I will be glad leftyladyfrommo Mar 2021 #5

Yes, I'm looking forward to "sleeping in" until 5 again Rorey Mar 2021 #23

The work day needs to somewhat track morning light Blues Heron Mar 2021 #7

Still mad about September 3-13, 1752 - the Lost Days! greenjar_01 Mar 2021 #8

This is great! smirkymonkey Mar 2021 #10

Why do you hate it? moose65 Mar 2021 #12

multiple threads now on this contrarian stance Celerity Mar 2021 #62

most who say they hate DST, mean they hate the changing back and forth RandomNumbers Mar 2021 #81

Also, bear in mind that I am talking about Sweden, not the US, and yet I have non Swedes Celerity Mar 2021 #84

Actually, what I hate are the time changes and flipping the clock ahead. smirkymonkey Mar 2021 #66

Why is it stupid? moose65 Mar 2021 #11

Watch the video and get back to me SoonerPride Mar 2021 #15

I did watch the video moose65 Mar 2021 #27

No clock changes kcr Mar 2021 #21

But.... moose65 Mar 2021 #28

Most proposals I've seen kcr Mar 2021 #35

I personally hate both. Happy Hoosier Mar 2021 #30

Oh how awful! moose65 Mar 2021 #34

Damn right. And you kids get off my lawn!!!!! Happy Hoosier Mar 2021 #52

I get that moose65 Mar 2021 #55

I don't do it by choice! That's for sure!! LOL NT Happy Hoosier Mar 2021 #68

try Sweden Celerity Mar 2021 #64

The overlay of cities map is incredible! PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #86

Time being real or not real qazplm135 Mar 2021 #45

Hmmmm.... moose65 Mar 2021 #56

time will tell qazplm135 Mar 2021 #69

DST should be made permanent, year-round. FoxNewsSucks Mar 2021 #13

"If I have to leave for work before dawn, that's not a big deal" BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #22

I remember that, I think I was somewhere around 6th grade at the time FoxNewsSucks Mar 2021 #29

How can you adjust a routine BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #38

Why does it need to be one-size-fits-all? FoxNewsSucks Mar 2021 #43

The cities do/did have staggered school schedules BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #47

Ours was younger children earlier FoxNewsSucks Mar 2021 #48

"I no longer got home in time to see the 3pm start of Dark Shadows." BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #49

I have the DVD set, FoxNewsSucks Mar 2021 #51

LOL BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #53

"and was going to school when it was PITCH DARK in the mornings and we had to carry flashlights" Polybius Mar 2021 #76

You must not be a city dweller? BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #77

I have lived in NYC all my life Polybius Mar 2021 #79

Oh no! BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #83

You don't want school kids frazzled Mar 2021 #24

There's a solution.... moose65 Mar 2021 #31

Or simply don't do DST. As you mention, time is arbitrary.... NT Happy Hoosier Mar 2021 #33

Because it allows parents to get their kids off to school Ex Lurker Mar 2021 #40

There have been efforts to do that BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #42

I agree Gregory Peccary Mar 2021 #26

No more DST BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #14

But "regular time" is made up, too moose65 Mar 2021 #32

The problem right now BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #36

I love DST arlyellowdog Mar 2021 #16

I hated DST, before I retired. Now - meh. Siwsan Mar 2021 #17

I love it Buckeyeblue Mar 2021 #18

I Think WHITT Mar 2021 #39

It seems that a lot of people really don't get it that, depending on where we live, PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #41

"DST should start no sooner than mid-April, and end no later than the end of September." BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #44

The video showed treestar Mar 2021 #85

Some of the problems central scrutinizer Mar 2021 #50

Clocks and money were invented by the devil. hunter Mar 2021 #54

I honestly don't get why this is such a big thing Bettie Mar 2021 #57

Hmmmm moose65 Mar 2021 #60

It kills and maims people and it's stupid. hunter Mar 2021 #71

DST makes perfect sense if you live in the North. maxsolomon Mar 2021 #65

California voters actually passed eliminating 2018 msfiddlestix Mar 2021 #67

I do enjoy having extra sunlight hours in the evening. n/t forgotmylogin Mar 2021 #70

Why do we do this again? LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2021 #73

What is permanent DST? Mosby Mar 2021 #74

Why do most liberals oppose the two time changes? Polybius Mar 2021 #75

I'm curious what people's reasons are for their positions RandomNumbers Mar 2021 #82

That was hilarious treestar Mar 2021 #78

I like it all just the way it is. The time change stuff is trivial. Owl Mar 2021 #88