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In 2022, the American Medical Association called for a permanent end to Daylight Savings Time, citing negative effects on health
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pimento64 sopuli.xyz pimento64@sopuli.xyz
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I hope everyone who wants to be on permanent DST experiences an eternity of the first day of spring forward, never rested again

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TachyonTele piefed.social TachyonTele@piefed.social
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I'm so tired of listening to this. Twice a year for my entire life. Let it go people

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LastYearsIrritant sopuli.xyz LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz
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I'm so tired of listening to this. Twice a year for my entire life. Let it go people

Yeah, quit trying to fix things! Leave shitty decisions from the past alone!

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lurch (he/him) sh.itjust.works lurch@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-10-04
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don't let trump see this. he will add two extra DST switches per year and rename it

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pimento64 sopuli.xyz pimento64@sopuli.xyz
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I'm so tired of listening to this. Twice a year for my entire life. Let it go people

🫵 10,000 years in the penis explosion chamber

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finallymadeanaccount lemmy.world finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-12-31
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RFK Jr recommends sun lamps during the non-savings hours. Particularly on the arsehole.

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zikzak025 lemmy.world zikzak025@lemmy.world
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#7 · (edited) Quote Reply

Daylight Saving Time just needs to be completely eradicated, it makes no sense in the modern day. The problem is that you have this disagreement over "which" time should be the default, either standard time or daylight time (which Canada/the US spend more of the year in than not).

IMO it should just be standard time, emphasis on the word "standard". If you want more daylight hours in the evening for events and such, just start things an hour earlier.

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zikzak025 lemmy.world zikzak025@lemmy.world
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#8 · (edited) Quote Reply

don't let trump see this. he will add two extra DST switches per year and rename it

Well they don't call it Donald Savings Trump for nothing. What better way to honor the god emperor than sacrificing time itself in his name?

(I gagged a bit just typing this, I'm sorry)

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pimento64 sopuli.xyz pimento64@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-08-15
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Daylight Saving Time just needs to be completely eradicated, it makes no sense in the modern day. The problem is that you have this disagreement over "which" time should be the default, either standard time or daylight time (which Canada/the US spend more of the year in than not). IMO it should just be standard time, emphasis on the word "standard". If you want more daylight hours in the evenin...

Non-starter, according to DST sickos they need that extra hour of daylight to be at a higher number on the clock because of all the stuff they do. As if they weren't sitting on their asses on the couch 99% of the time either way.

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shameless lemmy.world Shameless@lemmy.world
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As someone who lived in a country with DST and now living in a country without it, it's honestly such a pleasure never having to worry about losing or gaining an hour at an arbitrary time of the year.

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NOT_RICK lemmy.world NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
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Daylight Saving Time just needs to be completely eradicated, it makes no sense in the modern day. The problem is that you have this disagreement over "which" time should be the default, either standard time or daylight time (which Canada/the US spend more of the year in than not). IMO it should just be standard time, emphasis on the word "standard". If you want more daylight hours in the evenin...

It’s also dependent on where you live. Someone living on the easternmost part of a time zone is going to tend to want DST over standard as compared to someone living on the westernmost part. I live in the easternmost part of the Eastern US time zone and I’d pick DST if I had the choice.

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NOT_RICK lemmy.world NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
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Non-starter, according to DST sickos they need that extra hour of daylight to be at a higher number on the clock because of all the stuff they do. As if they weren't sitting on their asses on the couch 99% of the time either way.

I don’t need the sun to come up at 4:30 in the morning during the summer, and I am a pretty skilled runner. I’m just not a morning person.

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Maeve kbin.earth Maeve@kbin.earth
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It’s also dependent on where you live. Someone living on the easternmost part of a time zone is going to tend to want DST over standard as compared to someone living on the westernmost part. I live in the easternmost part of the Eastern US time zone and I’d pick DST if I had the choice.

East Coast, standard time please.

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Zephorah discuss.online Zephorah@discuss.online
Joined: 2025-07-01
#14 · Quote Reply

I love daylight savings. I count the minutes until it returns. I think it should be permanent, for health reasons.

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kalpol lemmy.ca kalpol@lemmy.ca
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Didnt they try it back in the 70s and everyone freaked out so much they reverted within a year?

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NOT_RICK lemmy.world NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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East Coast, standard time please.

4:30 sunrise in June just feels wrong to me.

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Zephorah discuss.online Zephorah@discuss.online
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Non-starter, according to DST sickos they need that extra hour of daylight to be at a higher number on the clock because of all the stuff they do. As if they weren't sitting on their asses on the couch 99% of the time either way.

Nah, it’s about outside time. Not being in my garden, on my porch, or just outside in general because it’s dark at 5pm is depressing.

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pimento64 sopuli.xyz pimento64@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-08-15
#18 · Quote Reply

I don’t need the sun to come up at 4:30 in the morning during the summer, and I am a pretty skilled runner. I’m just not a morning person.

Then don't be. It doesn't change the fact that it's completely arbitrary when you get up.

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Zephorah discuss.online Zephorah@discuss.online
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#19 · Quote Reply

I don’t need the sun to come up at 4:30 in the morning during the summer, and I am a pretty skilled runner. I’m just not a morning person.

People rarely have their bleary eyed shit together before 9am anyway, best save the sun time for off hours.

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pimento64 sopuli.xyz pimento64@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-08-15
#20 · Quote Reply

I love daylight savings. I count the minutes until it returns. I think it should be permanent, for health reasons.

People who know about that than you do say you're wrong, and what's more important, I say your opinion isn't valid, so that's pretty much putting it to bed there.

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raptir mander.xyz raptir@mander.xyz
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Non-starter, according to DST sickos they need that extra hour of daylight to be at a higher number on the clock because of all the stuff they do. As if they weren't sitting on their asses on the couch 99% of the time either way.

I don't know, last time I had a barbecue at 5am no one showed up.

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Zephorah discuss.online Zephorah@discuss.online
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#22 · Quote Reply

RFK Jr recommends sun lamps during the non-savings hours. Particularly on the arsehole.

I’m pretty sure RFK sleeps under sun lamps, that’s why he looks the way he does.

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Maeve kbin.earth Maeve@kbin.earth
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#23 · Quote Reply

4:30 sunrise in June just feels wrong to me.

Tbf, 5:00 sunset on standard time is not ideal for me either. But a lot more acceptable than having to suddenly adjust sleep because capitalists want to make more money.

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Zephorah discuss.online Zephorah@discuss.online
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#24 · Quote Reply

People who know about that than you do say you're wrong, and what's more important, I say your opinion isn't valid, so that's pretty much putting it to bed there.

You must be a morning person.

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NOT_RICK lemmy.world NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#25 · Quote Reply

Tbf, 5:00 sunset on standard time is not ideal for me either. But a lot more acceptable than having to suddenly adjust sleep because capitalists want to make more money.

The more I think about it, 8 am sunrise if we did permanent DST in late Dec/early January would be shit too. We should just split the difference, lol

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randompasta lemmy.today randompasta@lemmy.today
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#26 · Quote Reply

I'm so tired of listening to this. Twice a year for my entire life. Let it go people

I agree with you. I actually like the change. Not a fan of Bush 2 lengthening DST since it gets out of sync with other countries.

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pimento64 sopuli.xyz pimento64@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-08-15
#27 · Quote Reply

Nah, it’s about outside time. Not being in my garden, on my porch, or just outside in general because it’s dark at 5pm is depressing.

Then get up an hour earlier. I personally can't relate to feeling depressed because it's dark out, like a bird having a blanket put over its cage, but I do enjoy the longer, cooler evenings with less UV.

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Zephorah discuss.online Zephorah@discuss.online
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#28 · Quote Reply

Then get up an hour earlier. I personally can't relate to feeling depressed because it's dark out, like a bird having a blanket put over its cage, but I do enjoy the longer, cooler evenings with less UV.

No. Mornings feel like being on the wrong side of the sun.

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pimento64 sopuli.xyz pimento64@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-08-15
#29 · Quote Reply

You must be a morning person.

I'm not, I hate mornings.

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Onomatopoeia lemmy.cafe Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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#30 · Quote Reply

Saving

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NOT_RICK lemmy.world NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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#31 · Quote Reply

Then don't be. It doesn't change the fact that it's completely arbitrary when you get up.

I wish I got to set the schedule to everything in my life

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pimento64 sopuli.xyz pimento64@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-08-15
#32 · Quote Reply

No. Mornings feel like being on the wrong side of the sun.

I'd love an alarm clock that only wakes you once the sun has crossed the meridian, like how navies used to only change the calendar day once they'd turned the glass and struck the bell at high noon.

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jubilationtcornpone sh.itjust.works jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
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#33 · Quote Reply

I honestly don't care if we choose permanent standard time or DST. Either one would be better than having to switch twice a year. I'll even propose a compromise: we can try one for a year, try the other for the next year, and see which one works better.

Not doing either because we can't agree on which one should be permanent seems like the worst option.

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pimento64 sopuli.xyz pimento64@sopuli.xyz
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#34 · Quote Reply

I honestly don't care if we choose permanent standard time or DST. Either one would be better than having to switch twice a year. I'll even propose a compromise: we can try one for a year, try the other for the next year, and see which one works better. Not doing either because we can't agree on which one should be permanent seems like the worst option.

We really should just move to permanent standard time, and judging by some of the opinions to the contrary that I'm seeing in this thread, everyone who hates that should either be given a dispensation to move their work shift and bed time back an hour or be placed on a psychiatric hold.

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Maeve kbin.earth Maeve@kbin.earth
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#35 · Quote Reply

The more I think about it, 8 am sunrise if we did permanent DST in late Dec/early January would be shit too. We should just split the difference, lol

I'm okay with that!

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bluGill fedia.io bluGill@fedia.io
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#36 · Quote Reply

I honestly don't care if we choose permanent standard time or DST. Either one would be better than having to switch twice a year. I'll even propose a compromise: we can try one for a year, try the other for the next year, and see which one works better. Not doing either because we can't agree on which one should be permanent seems like the worst option.

In the us your state can choose to do standard time anytimeiit wants. Daylight savings time is allowed in summer only so it is a federal issues and thus much harder to get passed.

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Proprietary_Blend lemmy.world Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world
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#37 · Quote Reply

This again.

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coalie piefed.zip coalie@piefed.zip
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#38 · Quote Reply

Didnt they try it back in the 70s and everyone freaked out so much they reverted within a year?

They went the other way and went full savings time.

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pimento64 sopuli.xyz pimento64@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-08-15
#39 · Quote Reply

This again.

There's a button for that

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ExFed programming.dev ExFed@programming.dev
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#40 · Quote Reply

Let's call it by it's proper name: Daylight Stealing Time

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AngryCommieKender lemmy.world AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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#41 · Quote Reply

Daylight Saving Time just needs to be completely eradicated, it makes no sense in the modern day. The problem is that you have this disagreement over "which" time should be the default, either standard time or daylight time (which Canada/the US spend more of the year in than not). IMO it should just be standard time, emphasis on the word "standard". If you want more daylight hours in the evenin...

Fun fact: in the mid '70s the US attempted to go to full year daylight savings time. It was so hated by everyone that we switched back to switching our clocks after very few years

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someguy3 lemmy.world someguy3@lemmy.world
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#42 · (edited) Quote Reply

I love daylight savings. I count the minutes until it returns. I think it should be permanent, for health reasons.

The research is in, permanent standard time is healthier.

Edit for the doubters

sleep experts say that standard time (which shifts daylight hours earlier in the morning) aligns best with human circadian biology.

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TachyonTele piefed.social TachyonTele@piefed.social
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#43 · Quote Reply

🫵 10,000 years in the penis explosion chamber

D'oh!

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hemmes lemmy.world hemmes@lemmy.world
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#44 · Quote Reply

I’m pretty sure RFK sleeps under sun lamps, that’s why he looks the way he does.

It’s because he’s cold blooded

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SaveTheTuaHawk lemmy.ca SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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#45 · Quote Reply

This again.

It's like this comes up every 6 months. Good thing we have a robust economy and world peace so we can fuck around with subjects like this.

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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-16
#46 · (edited) Quote Reply

Having the sun come up at 5 am and go down at 5 pm in the summer is my nightmare. Why on earth would we rather change 9 months instead of 3??? Fuck permanent standard time. I would rather keep changing.

Edit: I’ve said it before and the replies I am getting are only reinforcing my belief; morning people are an oppressive class.

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Midnight Wolf lemmy.world wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world
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#47 · Quote Reply

don't let trump see this. he will add two extra DST switches per year and rename it

Make daylight great again

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wavebeam lemmy.world wavebeam@lemmy.world
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expr piefed.social expr@piefed.social
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#49 · Quote Reply

I love daylight savings. I count the minutes until it returns. I think it should be permanent, for health reasons.

It absolutely doesn't matter. What matters is not changing.

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Dozzi92 lemmy.world Dozzi92@lemmy.world
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#50 · Quote Reply

It is such a non-issue, messing with the clocks. I ruin my sleep plenty on my own, and I'm sure everyone here sits up playing videogames or fucking around on the internet from time to time.

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Imgonnatrythis sh.itjust.works Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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#51 · Quote Reply

I agree with you. I actually like the change. Not a fan of Bush 2 lengthening DST since it gets out of sync with other countries.

Glad you like it bitch.

  • with love the people that are about to die at the next change in your honor.
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