President Trump on Twitter: "Making Daylight Saving Time permanent is O.K. with me!"
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I'm surprised he did not say he invented time, or that no one knows time better than him, or that we should believe him because he has the best people that know all about time and ... you know ... Marty McFly once said to Doc... "Don't need money, don't need fame, don't need no impeachment, cos that's lame". I heard him say it, I heard him say this... true story. Build the wall.
Yeah, and I actually like seeing the sun come up. You know who likes seeing the sun go down? Fucking monsters.
Winter in Texas is like 85 degrees. Yes, we grill in the winter in Texas. The only thing stopping people from grilling in the winter at 5 pm in texas, is lack of daylight.
'cause 'Murica! Fuck Yeah!
Amirite?
The entire world manged to agree on a set of time zones, but people have to bitch and moan because they're not quite what they want them to be. It's bad enough that the US says "fuck it" to the rest of the world for roughly half the year, let's just go whole hog and do whatever the hell we want, when we want. I want RPT...8:00 AM is whenever sunrise is and 8:00 PM is sunset, regardless of the solar cycle because I want to maximize my daylight time!
Oh, Trump and I agree on something.
Massachusetts has a bill being put forward keeping the time between March -> November as year round, and I fully support it even though it'll be messy without other states adopting. Fuck it.
As long as the one that's permanent is the one that's in the warmer/more lit months. IF they do winter hours year round then I'll do something drastic.
They are, but people's work hours (and "life hours") are usually set to a schedule that doesn't respect the rising and setting of the sun. I get out at ~5:30PM regardless of whether it's March 11th or March 9th. But, the difference between having the sun set at 5:45 or 6:45 makes a major difference in the activities that I do after I get home, as opposed to in the morning. It's not just work too, but most of our schedules are set this way... Even informal things like the time that television shows air, or sports events begin, they're usually at a set time and don't shift depending on sunlight (with some rare exceptions, like for instance Chicago Cubs games because they used to not have stadium lights). Most people are like me and it ends up being a significant amount of money.
Massachusetts has a bill being put forward keeping the time between March -> November as year round, and I fully support it even though it'll be messy without other states adopting. Fuck it.
As long as the one that's permanent is the one that's in the warmer/more lit months. IF they do winter hours year round then I'll do something drastic.
They are, but people's work hours (and "life hours") are usually set to a schedule that doesn't respect the rising and setting of the sun. I get out at ~5:30PM regardless of whether it's March 11th or March 9th. But, the difference between having the sun set at 5:45 or 6:45 makes a major difference in the activities that I do after I get home, as opposed to in the morning. It's not just work too, but most of our schedules are set this way... Even informal things like the time that television shows air, or sports events begin, they're usually at a set time and don't shift depending on sunlight (with some rare exceptions, like for instance Chicago Cubs games because they used to not have stadium lights). Most people are like me and it ends up being a significant amount of money.
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If we go permanent DST, there will be mornings in January here in the south where sunrise won't be until 7:57am. I have enough trouble dragging myself out of bed.
Down with DST.
Down with DST.
"lack of daylight = sleep
hence I want daylight at 7 am, not 5 pm"
great logic
For me, staying up way too late is easy. Waking up isn't easy at all.
We're all different, ya know.
this made me laugh but prolly not in the way you'd want me to laugh at it (aka at you, not with you)
Your problem can be solved with a natural light alarm clock. You can even have them come on real slow like a sunrise. No one can fix not being able to do outdoor activities in the dark.
There are things you can do outside in the daylight, that you can't do outside in nighttime.
Meanwhile, getting some light in your eyes while it's night time outside is as easy as turning on a lamp.
In Philadelphia,
if Standard Time were year-round:
the earliest sunrise: 4:31am
the latest sunrise: 7:22am
the earliest sunset: 4:35pm
the latest sunset: 7:33pm
if DST were year-round:
the earliest sunrise: 5:31am
the latest sunrise: 8:22am
the earliest sunset: 5:35pm
the latest sunset: 8:33pm
how it is currently:
the earliest sunrise: 5:31am
the latest sunrise: 7:22am
the earliest sunset: 4:35pm
the latest sunset: 8:33pm
(i think i did this right)
anyway, standard time is trash. 4:30am sunrise? 7:30 sunset, at the latest? no way.
if Standard Time were year-round:
the earliest sunrise: 4:31am
the latest sunrise: 7:22am
the earliest sunset: 4:35pm
the latest sunset: 7:33pm
if DST were year-round:
the earliest sunrise: 5:31am
the latest sunrise: 8:22am
the earliest sunset: 5:35pm
the latest sunset: 8:33pm
how it is currently:
the earliest sunrise: 5:31am
the latest sunrise: 7:22am
the earliest sunset: 4:35pm
the latest sunset: 8:33pm
(i think i did this right)
anyway, standard time is trash. 4:30am sunrise? 7:30 sunset, at the latest? no way.
Please let this be the first non-partisan thing that (almost) everyone can agree on. Get this done. One small win in a nightmare of unsolvable issues.
Or, the left can prove they're as big of babies as the right, and react as the right would've had Obama made a similar tweet. I'm pinning my hopes on enough liberals being adults for this to get traction.
Or, the left can prove they're as big of babies as the right, and react as the right would've had Obama made a similar tweet. I'm pinning my hopes on enough liberals being adults for this to get traction.
Heh, so that middle map is what it's like in Spain, I'm guessing. Sun is up till 8 or 9 pm sometimes there.Of course he's on the wrong side of life.
The Maps That Prove the Daylight Saving Cycle Is Ruining Our Lives
https://www.citylab.com/environment...-daylight-saving-is-ruining-our-lives/417600/
I love it when it's still light at 10:30pm, sitting outside chilling. This needs to be standard. I don't give a fuck about it being dark in the morning for work, as I have to work. I want it to be light when I've finished work.
Let's do it. Canada as well. The time change twice a year makes little difference in the long run.
It doesn't get dark until 10 PM here (Indianapolis) in the summer. It's fucking stupid. (Although I recognize this could be fixed if IN moved to Central Time the way we should have done already.)
Me too, dude.
What we have is the best of both worlds. You'd swap a couple days of misery for half a year of misery*
*Depends on your location obviously.
*Depends on your location obviously.
I actually agree that we should just pick one and stick with it. I wonder how he messes this newest bill up though.
Probably tries to add Wall Funding to it or something like that.
Probably tries to add Wall Funding to it or something like that.
I'lm a night owl, I enjoy evenings. What I do not like is getting up before dawn. It doesn't agree with my circadian rhythm.
Which one of you wants it to be dark
outside soon after work . Raise your hands
If you raised your hands , please go to detention
outside soon after work . Raise your hands
If you raised your hands , please go to detention
I find that absolutely ridiculous to be honest. It's one fricking hour and people act they just got off an 18 hour flight from Australia with worst case scenario jet lag.
Of course he's on the wrong side of life.
The Maps That Prove the Daylight Saving Cycle Is Ruining Our Lives
https://www.citylab.com/environment...-daylight-saving-is-ruining-our-lives/417600/
That chart is beyond useless. The benefit of daylight savings time is that during the spring and summer families can actually have time together after work where the sun is still out. So a chart showing a sunset of 5pm or later means nothing because if the sun goes down at 5:15 I can't spend time with my kids outside. That's not a reasonable sunset time for me.
I do. Because during the summer its too hot while the sun is up. The sooner the sun goes down the better.
Of course he's on the wrong side of life.
The Maps That Prove the Daylight Saving Cycle Is Ruining Our Lives
https://www.citylab.com/environment...-daylight-saving-is-ruining-our-lives/417600/
The assumption here is that 5pm is a reasonable sunset time, which I don't agree with at all.
It's not like that all year long. We just associate Standard with Winter so we assume sunset would always occur at 5PM under Standard time. 7:30 sunsets are completely normal for Summer around the world.
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Never thought I'd see someone get so fucking heated over DST.
You do know Europe is doing the same fucking thing. Aren't they even allowing the individual countries decide also which they will do.
