Using their reasoning, then nobody can work night shifts.  People such as firemen and policemen cannot properly work.

We already changed the daylight saving times once. All those reasons for doing so were classic junk science.  It accomplished nothing.  Only make so many devices (especially electronic devices) defective for three weeks.

Nothing was wrong with the original daylight saving time.  Why did we have to break something that was not broken.  Same emotional reasoning, backed by facts that are irrelevant, promoted a mistake once.  Now we will make that mistake again?  Brainwashing is easy when one is provided soundbites as if facts.

Everyone rises and sleeps at different times.  Changing daylight savings time but again only creates new problems.  Solves nothing.
 

Every terrestrial form of life has evolved under the gradual changing of the length of day and night.
This difference increases in higher latitudes.
Luckily only humans are affected by turning that gradual change into a twice yearly JUMP of an hour.
It benefits some businesses financially, but is pointless and often harmful to the rest of us.
I'm sure everyone has heard (but perhaps not thought about) the story of cutting off the top of a blanket, sewing it on the bottom and thinking it makes a longer blanket.

It looks like it would be difficult, or impossible, to change the practice, but the idea of going to year-round "Saving" is catching on, so now is the time to simply stay on "Standard" time and forever forget the whole fucking thing ever happened.
 

Nobody's physiology cares about where the sun is in relation to other people in a different location.

The fAcTs are, #1-- "easily adjusts to a minor change" = dismissive language that admits a legitimate problem-- it IS a health issue that affects people. #2-- we've all seen the maps of what would happen if we adopted permanent DST-- everyone would have more reasonable hours, except for the slight variance between one side of a single existing "zone" and the other (which currently exists, anyway)
 

tw wrote:

Constant daylight savings means people who once got up or went to work with sun must now do it in the dark.  Somehow that is a good thing?

Changeover means people see less radical changes over the days.  Then everyone would have more reasonable hours.
 

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I like mine at the beginning.  But I also like not to fuck with nature.  I'd be more than happy to abolish the whole clock changing thing and stick with regular time.  If it's too light/dark for you when you go to/leave work, talk to your boss about your hours.  It does not make sense in the modern world.

Don't forget time is a human construct and has not been the same forever. Days in a week, days in a month, hours in a day, are all made up. they have nothing to do with the circadian clock some people are so worried about. I've worked all three shifts and short periods(weeks) of 13 hour shifts and just adjusted.
It was kind of fun getting out of work at 6:42am and watch the commuters reaction to us waiting for the bar across the street to open at 7am. 

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I'm really, really hoping that "daylight savings" joins the regular ranks of "Saddam's WMDs" and "GM products" and "Trump stuff." Feels like that group could use a fun one, you know?

griff wrote:

85% of us agree.

U made that up.

85% of dead hobos would agree but they overslept

I finally got around to changing the clock in the car yesterday.

What's with this desire to disguise clocks?
The only time I look at a clock is when I want to know what time it is so I can coordinate my actions to my plans.
I never look to the clock for amusement or entertainment.
Digital is straight forward, a plain clock dial with numbers is quick and easy, but just hands work too.
I had a clock in the living room made from an 8 inch pressure gage with just an hour hand.
Nothing else was changed but I could tell the time within 10 minutes.
More importantly when friends are over ( I had some when I made it) we could watch TV without a clock staring at us.
Sorry Babe, the busses aren't running now so you'll have to stay over.
 

More changes that will only make things worse.  I have stuff that automatically changes on the previous daylight savings time.  That was never a problem.  Then constant lies and myths promoted changes.  That only caused more problems.

The first change to a different daylight savings time even created massive problems with us and others overseas.  Was done only because liars were believed.  Now we will again make changes because liars are again believed?  Fool me once ...

We should go back to the original day light saving time.  Half the year until one sun rise.  Other half under a much earlier sunrise.  It worked.  It was simple. And it causes NO problems.
 

This year, I'm having trouble adjusting for some reason.  It's been SO hard to get up the last couple weeks.  Not sure why.  I should be adjusted by now.