I hate DST

Leyawiin · Mar 13, 2016

The whole DST premise is just stupid. Its like cutting a foot off the bottom of a blanket and sewing it on the top to make it longer. It doesn't work. Not to mention it actually increases electrical usage in the era of mass air conditioning - which was the ostensible justification for DST back in WWII when it first started. To throw the whole country into upheaval twice a year just to placate golfers and S.A.D. sacks is dumb. Sometimes wish I could move to move to Arizona or Hawaii to get away from all this nonsense.

brianmanahan · Mar 13, 2016

it's not stupid, it gives an extra hour of useful daylight in the summer

Mr.IncrediblyBored · Mar 13, 2016

destrekor said:
To be fair, while I support DST, it's not fair to blame a failure to adjust on those people who struggle with it at first. The circadian rhythm is a very touchy thing, and problems with that internal clock have roots in a lot of mental health disorders. I've struggled with circadian rhythm issues, and it isn't always simply a failure to adapt, at least not at the conscious level.

I understand it's an annoyance, but does it take you longer than a day to adapt?

Maybe I'm looking at it the wrong way. People would rather have a consistent time than worry about changing twice a year. If we're picking one or the other, who in the hell prefers standard time? Sunlight at 5:30am during summer months and darkness at 5:00pm in the winter?

sdifox · Mar 13, 2016

KnightBreed said:
I understand it's an annoyance, but does it take you longer than a day to adapt?

Maybe I'm looking at it the wrong way. People would rather have a consistent time than worry about changing twice a year. If we're picking one or the other, who in the hell prefers standard time? Sunlight at 5:30am during summer months and darkness at 5:00pm in the winter?

How about you adjust your schedule instead of adjusting everyone else's clock?

sdifox · Mar 13, 2016

brianmanahan said:
it's not stupid, it gives an extra hour of useful daylight in the summer

in the summer up here the sun is out at 5:30am and sets at 9pm...

13Gigatons · Mar 13, 2016

Why only 1 hour, why not 3 hours? Jump ahead 3 hours and fall back 3 hours. If daylight is so great at night make it bright until 11pm.

Also why can't we skip Monday and just have a super long Tuesday?

Imp · Mar 13, 2016

sdifox said:
How about you adjust your schedule instead of adjusting everyone else's clock?

You get your personal accountability shit the hell out of here...

zinfamous · Mar 13, 2016

I like the sun, but I hate what DST does to my soul.

So I drink for balance.

zinfamous · Mar 13, 2016

Leyawiin said:
The whole DST premise is just stupid. Its like cutting a foot off the bottom of a blanket and sewing it on the top to make it longer. It doesn't work. Not to mention it actually increases electrical usage in the era of mass air conditioning - which was the ostensible justification for DST back in WWII when it first started. To throw the whole country into upheaval twice a year just to placate golfers and S.A.D. sacks is dumb. Sometimes wish I could move to move to Arizona or Hawaii to get away from all this nonsense.

WWI and Bismark actually, but yeah.

(Actually, Canada first proposed and tried that shit a decade earlier on a small scale...but Germany was the first nation to adopt it on a national scale, in order to fuel WWI)

zinfamous · Mar 13, 2016

13Gigatons said:
Why only 1 hour, why not 3 hours? Jump ahead 3 hours and fall back 3 hours. If daylight is so great at night make it bright until 11pm.

Move to Alaska or Norway, you commie.

Mr.IncrediblyBored · Mar 14, 2016

sdifox said:
How about you adjust your schedule instead of adjusting everyone else's clock?

Unfortunately, I can't go to work whenever I want.

I guess the rest of the country will just have to sack the fuck up that day or two when the clocks change to something actually useful for most of the population.

Capt Caveman · Mar 14, 2016

13Gigatons said:
Why only 1 hour, why not 3 hours? Jump ahead 3 hours and fall back 3 hours. If daylight is so great at night make it bright until 11pm.

Also why can't we skip Monday and just have a super long Tuesday?

Then we'd get 3 times the crying from you.

rh71 · Mar 14, 2016

postmortemIA said:
Permanent change of half hour towards DST is what India did, and I envy them on that.

Sounds better to me over this change twice a year. Such a pain in the ass we don't need.

Slew Foot · Mar 14, 2016

DST is fucking awesome. All you haters can go to Mexico. Id be all for leaving it like this all the time.

Cyco · Mar 14, 2016

I didn't mind DST when I was working swingshift, but now that I am working dayshift and have to wake up at 4am...fuck DST.

who? · Mar 14, 2016

The sun will be up the same number of hours and the AC will be needed the same number of hours.

ControlD · Mar 14, 2016

People actually adjust the AC before they go to bed? Pfft. I let that bastard run same temperature 24/7. And I love DST. I am a bad person, and that's good.

sdifox · Mar 14, 2016

Slew Foot said:
DST is fucking awesome. All you haters can go to Mexico. Id be all for leaving it like this all the time.

I have no problem with it if it stays put. It is the twice a year change that gets me.

TXHokie · Mar 14, 2016

sdifox said:
I have no problem with it if it stays put. It is the twice a year change that gets me.

Or just move things midway 30 minutes and leave it there.

ControlD · Mar 14, 2016

sdifox said:
I have no problem with it if it stays put. It is the twice a year change that gets me.

I would be good with that solution as well.

SP33Demon · Mar 14, 2016

13Gigatons said:
We purposely screw up everyone's bio clock for a little daylight at the end of the day.

Plus it's gonna be darker in the morning.

PS: Hope you don't have a car accident on Monday...

http://fox8.com/2016/03/07/daylight-saving-danger-how-the-time-change-can-impact-your-health/

http://gizmodo.com/why-daylight-saving-time-is-pointless-5892438

Yep, sleep is messed up today. Don't know about suicide but I do want to kill somebody right now. Tomorrow I'll be fine.

Anubis · Mar 14, 2016

I mostly hate the fact that we change it, just fucking pick 1 and stick with it. time is arbitrary anyway, it doesn't matter what time we call it, just stop changing it every 6 months or whatever the fuck we do now

Anubis · Mar 14, 2016

KnightBreed said:
I understand it's an annoyance, but does it take you longer than a day to adapt?

Maybe I'm looking at it the wrong way. People would rather have a consistent time than worry about changing twice a year. If we're picking one or the other, who in the hell prefers standard time? Sunlight at 5:30am during summer months and darkness at 5:00pm in the winter?

its dark some places at 5pm DST or ST

ControlD · Mar 14, 2016

Anubis said:
its dark some places at 5pm DST or ST

Yeah, but those are places nobody should be living in

Exterous · Mar 14, 2016

TXHokie said:
Or just move things midway 30 minutes and leave it there.

Just let individuals choose to assign DST to themselves. Then no one can bitch about whether they like DST or not. Solves that problem and I am sure it creates no new ones

I hate DST

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