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FakeNoose

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8. It's just human nature to prefer doing things in daylight hours

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sun Mar 11, 2018, 10:24 AM

Mar 2018

I've been to western Europe (Germany) several times where they don't have daylight saving time, and they seem fine without it. But it gets light awfully early every morning in the summertime, while their sundown seems to come strangely early.

The American way is what I'm comfortable with, and I think most of us are. Daylight saving time was opposed by farmers, but they've been outvoted by the city-folks. If we were to ever go back to No Daylight Saving Time - I think a lot of people would be upset.

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John Oliver: Daylight Saving Time - How Is This Still A Thing? [View all] Rhiannon12866 Mar 2018 OP

Hahaha!!! Dennis Donovan Mar 2018 #1

This was suggested by another DUer and was just too funny not to share... Rhiannon12866 Mar 2018 #2

Here's the Wikipedia page on DST (incl history of it): Dennis Donovan Mar 2018 #9

I love daylight savings time. Lucky Luciano Mar 2018 #3

I've been really looking forward to it myself! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2018 #5

True that! The clip is still funny! nt Lucky Luciano Mar 2018 #10

Daylight Savings Time makes it DARKER for your morning run. thesquanderer Mar 2018 #20

I was not precise. Of course I understand the trivial science involved. Lucky Luciano Mar 2018 #22

There is no such thing as saving daylight. joshdawg Mar 2018 #4

Summer would have earlier sunrise and sunset without DST IronLionZion Mar 2018 #6

I hate this dumbass time change crap. SET IT and LEAVE IT ALONE. CousinIT Mar 2018 #7

re: "Stupid humans cannot change time" thesquanderer Mar 2018 #19

Those all references to time, not time itself. CousinIT Mar 2018 #21

Right, it's two different things. thesquanderer Mar 2018 #23

It's just human nature to prefer doing things in daylight hours FakeNoose Mar 2018 #8

Well, according to John Oliver's video, he blames it on the Germans Rhiannon12866 Mar 2018 #12

We do have DST in Europe Jeroen Mar 2018 #13

Thanks! It does look like most Western countries observe it, just not at the exact same time Rhiannon12866 Mar 2018 #14

It's all very confusing Jeroen Mar 2018 #15

I know it is, LOL. Even if you know about it, you have to remember to change your clocks! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2018 #16

Why they still sell clocks that don't self adjust for this... Dennis Donovan Mar 2018 #11

I wish Japan had it. betsuni Mar 2018 #17

Well, I live in NE New York and we have the opposite problem. Rhiannon12866 Mar 2018 #18