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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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[-] Etterra@discuss.online 6 points 1 month ago

Oh my state passed a law abolishing it but the federal government stopped it. You want to know why? You want to know the stupid reason why the federal government won't abolish daylight savings? Because polling indicates that half of the people want it gone forever and everybody else wants it there forever.

They literally can't decide whether to always have the clock one way or the other, so we get to split the difference. I don't fucking care. Just pick one and stick with it. Everybody has electric lights anyway, it's the 21st century, we need to move on from this 1700s bullshit.

[-] insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Exactly, most of us don't care but there are jobs where it matters, so go with what's best for them. Construction maybe? Either way, we don't need majority opinion here.

[-] HamsterRage@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Then change the hours of the jobs, not the clocks.

[-] insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

That fucks with everything else though, eg childcare.

[-] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

I'd settle for the half hour

[-] pimento64@sopuli.xyz -2 points 1 month ago

Counterpoint: the people who want it there forever should just be told that's what we're doing, they'll be back to licking windows before they realize the difference.

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