It’s Daylight fucking Saving Time
Again. Oh, joy. You’re going to be late for everything today.
Fuck Ben Franklin.
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Every year we continue this pointless practice. The myths continue to circulate: "DST saves energy," "helps the farmers," "makes the days longer," etc. Guess what? None of this is true. This a great brainwashing job courtesy of the government.
Do they teach science in the schools anymore? There is more sunlight during the spring and summer months because of the tilt of the Earth on its axis, and the Northern Hemisphere is leaning towards the Sun. Resetting the clocks has absolutely nothing to do with it. With DST you are merely getting up one hour earlier, which creates the illusion of a "longer day."
Then there's the "later sunsets" fallacy. The Sun doesn't move. That "9:00pm" sunset is still occurring at 8:00pm... it's the clock that has been set incorrectly. The increased evening sunlight during the summer is a natural phenomenon; there is no need to tamper with the time.
Just leave everything on Standard Time, which is the true measure (that's why it's called "Standard"). Anyone who wishes to continue pursuing that mythical "longer day" is free to get up one hour earlier during the spring and summer months. Maybe the government should take a different approach: encourage employers to offer earlier starting/quitting times during this period instead of mandating this messing with the clocks.
I agree. Staying on Standard Time all year would be preferable. I don't understand why politicians have jumped on the bandwagon to keep DST year-round. The last time that happened back in the 1970s, it was universally hated immediately after implementation.
shareThe politicians pander to the wealthy, the corporations, professional paid lobbyists, and big money donors. They care nothing about the people who elected them.
I remember when DST was extended into November, effectively destroying Halloween. Rumors were that the giant candy manufacturers were pushing for this, thinking it would boost sales of Halloween treats. What they failed to remember was this: trick-or-treating takes place after dark. It was customary for kids to begin making the rounds at about 6:00pm, just after sunset. Today, with DST, darkness falls when the clocks are incorrectly set for 7:00pm. The kids have lost a whole hour of trick-or-treating time, especially when the holiday falls on a school night and they must be home early. Corporate profit was more important than a holiday tradition.
There are now fewer homes being decorated for Halloween in my neighborhood, and hardly any kids out that night. It used to be fun passing out candy and seeing the various costumes. I finally gave up on this.
I wonder if this is why we now see Halloween candy displays in stores in early August. My guess is they lost sales in October and are attempting to make up for it.
I don't know that it has destroyed Halloween. We still have plenty of activity in my town. I think making DST longer was just some sort of compromise for the people who those who have wanted to get rid of Standard Time altogether. Politicians think it keeps people more active (and spending money) in the evenings.
When year-round DST was adopted for a short time in the 1970s, most of the hate came from parents of kids who had to walk to school or wait for buses in pitch dark mornings all winter. And working people complained that they left each morning for work in the dark, and still got home in the dark.
"Politicians think it keeps people more active (and spending money) in the evenings."
The "spending money" part is all they are concerned about. Some claim that people tend to do more shopping on the way home from work during the spring and summer, so they are making a futile attempt to delay the nightfall.
This makes no sense to me. If someone needs an item they will purchase it regardless of whether it is light or dark outside.
It's all about increased corporate profit, as I explained above.
Besides what DST does to Halloween, it also affects Independence Day, a holiday often celebrated with fireworks. On DST, in many locales they can't begin until 10 PM, which often leaves younger children out of that part of the holiday because it's so late for them. My sons live in the same time zone as I do, but nearer the western edge of the zone. Fireworks there don't begin until 10:30 PM.
shareDST was also a contributing factor to the demise of drive-in theaters, for the same reason you mentioned concerning fireworks. Here's a message that would have been run along with the snack-bar intermission ads. I'm guessing it's from the 1950s or 1960s. Theater owners didn't want this DST nonsense, either:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=759kKSwecKw
That’s great😄!
Love the music.
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shareI LOVE the messing with the clocks and I don't care one iota about the semantics. I like getting off work when it's still light out. DST kicks total ass!!!
shareHere's a better idea: leave the clocks alone and encourage employers to offer earlier starting/quitting times during the spring and summer months for anyone who absolutely must have the "extra" daylight.
shareSorry dude, but that would be WAY too much work and they would never do it. Like it or not, we live in a "9:00 to 5:00" society.
shareI'm still tired.
shareGet rid of it. Arizona does just fine without it.
Signed, million man.
I'm just happy that it's still daylight at 6PM! Winters are long and dark here in da U.P.
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