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15. It's all very confusing

Mon Mar 12, 2018, 03:03 AM

Mar 2018

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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

It's all very confusing Jeroen Mar 2018 #15

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