Liberal MP says it’s time to stop the clock on daylight time
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we have been having a variant of this headline appear ubiquitously every six months for decades.
we all know it’s a dumb idea, and we all agree that the science and data prove it, so why do we still have it?
well - because Ontario says we can’t change if New York doesn’t, and New York says we can’t change if Ontario doesn’t. it’s like a big unnecessary game of chrono-chicken. one of these regions needs to just go plowing straight ahead. the loser will absolutely end up copying the winner.
ps - Chrono Chicken would be an awesome band name.
Ontario has a law on the books that will trigger once NY and QC get their shit together
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Instead of using your time to help solve important issues, you’re commenting on Lemmy. You make me sick.
Right back at’ya.
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I dont care which we do. Just fucking pick one.
I prefer the time zone where the sun comes up later and sets later…
Most of us arent farmers anymore. We dont need sunrise at 5am
Would prefer to have a bit of light after work
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Yeah. Imagine an MP discussing something their constituents almost all want. What a piece of shit.
It’s a question of priorities. This ain’t one of them.
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it’s time
Says whom?
Also, don’t we have more important.issues to work on? We have a housing crisis fir which so far we tried nothing and yet it seems we’re all out of options
And adding seasonal stress doesn’t help. This method of changing the time twice a year is completely unnecessary and costs money.
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Ending DST is such an easy and effortless political win that I don’t know why it hasn’t been done yet.
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It’s a question of priorities. This ain’t one of them.
Now you are just pretending to be stupid on purpose. Cut it out.
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Oh it did not even occur to me that it’s that time of the year again. The only times that this time change stuff has effected me in my adult life was one fall, I showed up to class an hour early once or I went to do some government work an hour early. I live in Saskatchewan and the showing up to class an hour early was because my phone decided I was not in Saskatchewan, after that mix up I have stayed on top of making sure my electronics do not believe I follow that silliness. Years later while I was working for Statistics Canada the stupid software had no idea how to handle Saskatchewan not following that silliness so I showed up to someones home and hour early.
Ya, I don’t know why it took so many years for Sasktel not to change the time in a non-DST province.
I haven’t been experienced it in a while, so I assume they’ve got it fixed.
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Ya, I don’t know why it took so many years for Sasktel not to change the time in a non-DST province.
I haven’t been experienced it in a while, so I assume they’ve got it fixed.
The university class would have been in the late 2000’s the Stats Canada computer would have been in the late 2010’s.
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I love DST. It lets me identify clueless whiners so quickly. If they whine about DST I have no time for someone because it’s literally the easiest thing in the world.
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Start work earlier
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Just don’t do permanent DST. It’s bad for our health, it’s bad for kids, and it doesn’t make sense.
Just do proper solar time.
The 24 hour clock that zeros at midnight is entirely artificial. How can numbers we made up be bad for your health?
We’re talking about offsetting human activity with sunrise and sunset, right? And we do this by changing the clocks everywhere in a time zone twice a year such that the rule “The business opens at 9 AM and closes at 5 PM” remains the same, but how far those events are from local solar noon sloshes back and forth a bit.
So, hold the clocks still, pick what times it is healthy for school to start and end, and then start and end school at those times. 8 to 3? 7 to 2? 9 to 4? Who gives a shit what the numbers actually are?
Moving the clocks back and forth gives everyone everywhere jet lag twice a year, which isn’t good for anyone’s health.
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I prefer the time zone where the sun comes up later and sets later…
Most of us arent farmers anymore. We dont need sunrise at 5am
Would prefer to have a bit of light after work
Lol you actually want to be able to enjoy a sunset? Ridiculous! Work harder!
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Ending DST is such an easy and effortless political win that I don’t know why it hasn’t been done yet.
BC’s gov said they want to keep it in sync with the US even though Saskatchewan, Arizona and the Yukon do not perform the clock switch anymore.
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I love DST. It lets me identify clueless whiners so quickly. If they whine about DST I have no time for someone because it’s literally the easiest thing in the world.
The time switch itself isn’t that terrible. But sunset before 5pm can fuck right off.
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Start work earlier
Like most people have a choice…
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Start work earlier
Who the fuck wants to go to bed earlier?
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Exactly. Just pick one and stick with it.
Preferably the one where we gain an hour, not the one where we’re robbed of an hour.
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Move to a place where the sun doesn’t change so much with the seasons.
