pimento64 comments on In 2022, the American Medical Association called for a permanent end to Daylight Savings Time, citing negative effects on health

In 2022, the American Medical Association called for a permanent end to Daylight Savings Time, citing negative effects on health (www.ama-assn.org)

submitted 8 months ago by pimento64@sopuli.xyz to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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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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[+] pimento64@sopuli.xyz [S] -11 points 8 months ago (9 children)

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

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago (7 children)

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

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[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago (6 children)

You could just make the numbers be whatever you want if that's what you need to feel good about the time.

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Again, I don’t get to set my own schedule, they’re determined by these numbers that while arbitrary, are rigid. Drop a kid off an hour late to school every day and have fun explaining that to a truancy officer, or tell your boss you’re leaving work an hour early to catch some sunlight and see how that goes.

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[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world -3 points 8 months ago (4 children)

So drop them off at the same time, but just call it 8 instead of 7. Or is it more important to force everyone else to be on the same arbitrary number as you?

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It’s not about the arbitrary number, it’s about where the sun is when that number not dictated by me rolls around.

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[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world -3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

So it's more important to you that everyone else uses your favorite numbers. Got it.

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

It appears to me you don’t got it, but the stakes couldn’t be lower so it is what it is

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[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

Seems very important to you that the arbitrary number go the other way instead. Same argument applies.

I don't give a fuck which way it goes, just pick one and stick with it.

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[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 6 points 8 months ago

They could just say school and business hour is at 8 instead of 9 from an arbitrary date and have the same effect.

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