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[–] 26 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I used to wait at the bus stop in the winter at 6am when it was still pitch black out.

It would be light before the bus got there and dark again within two hours of getting home.

This was in Minneapolis, but I lived in the south side while going to a specialized program at North High, the other side of the city, so it wasn't typical.

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  • [–] 36 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Anywhere in the north quarter of the continental US already has kids waiting for the bus in the dark, regardless of DST. It's a poor argument from the get go

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    I mean you get screwed on one side of the equation anyway just because of sunlight hours shortening by the season. Hell, Alaskans have months without meaningful sunlight. And then months with basically 24h sunlight. Unless jobs were to adjust their hours with the seasons theres no way not to get screwed at some point.

    There's an appreciable increase in cardiovascular events and car accidents when we lose an hour. For that reason alone we should stop the stupid clock changing.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Ah, North High. I played a bunch of flash games and watched the back half of the Naruto Chuunin Exams arc in the media center there since Cartoon Network’s website wasn’t blocked for some reason. Good times.

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