Six things to know about the political debate around daylight saving time (www.npr.org)

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Nineteen states have passed legislation to make daylight saving time permanent. But those laws won't take effect until Congress makes it legal. And the medical community sees one major problem.

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[-] mriguy@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

Once we all get used to the time shift any benefits will be lost. And people will be bitching about how dark it is in the winter in the morning.

Yup. You know how we know that? Because they did this in 1973, and it lasted 10 months before people realized it was stupid idea and repealed the law.

Despite living in a time where all human knowledge is available in everybody’s palm, people demand action because they are inconvenienced rather than taking 5 minutes to understand why things are as they are.

The earth is tipped on its axis, and as a result, the days getter shorter and longer throughout the year. We change the clocks as a way of dealing with this, not because the government is stupid and wants to make everybody's life miserable. The biannual time change is irritating, but it’s better than not doing it. But I guess every 50 years people have to relearn this.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I grew up in Indiana and, until the 2010s (I think), Indiana did not have DST. I don't remember it ever being an issue or an inconvenience.

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