I have to rethink my priorities I guess.

  • inverted_deflector@startrek.website
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    12 小时前

    Sorry if i wasn’t very clear when I was kind of rapidly typing. To elaborate even by late October it’s still dark by like 7 And that’s with daylight savings time still in effect. If daylight savings time were still in effect in the winter, then by late December The sun wouldn’t be up until nine o’clock. That sucks

    Seven in particular is a touchstone because that’s when a lot of people are up going to or getting ready for work and it’s when kids are often going to school and waiting for the bus.

    Sure, there are places in more northern latitudes that have to deal with these compromises, but it’s a silly compromise to make when it’s artificially made.

    Better to let end daylight savings one final time and leave it ended

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      The sun wouldn’t be up until nine o’clock. That sucks

      Why? What does nine o’clock matter? Does it bother you that right now it’s 3pm in Beijing but it’s the middle of the night in North America?

      The numbers on a clock are just numbers on a clock. It doesn’t suck any less if it’s dark at 4am or 7am or 10am.

      Seven in particular is a touchstone because that’s when a lot of people are up going to or getting ready for work

      There’s no reason that can’t change. If you don’t like being up at 7am when it’s dark, then change the time you start work.

      and it’s when kids are often going to school and waiting for the bus.

      There’s no reason kids have to go to school at 7am. Kids could go to school at 9am. There’s nothing sacred about the current schedule.

      but it’s a silly compromise to make when it’s artificially made.

      Yes, I completely agree. This arbitrary school start time of 8am or 8:30 or 9am or whatever it is where you live is artificially made, and can be changed. There’s no reason to keep that arbitrary time and instead change the clocks so that time occurs when it’s light outside.