I’m about 3 minor inconveniences from going off the deep end on a good day

  • Etterra@discuss.online
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    2 hours ago

    The worst part about daylight savings is that numerous States voted to abolish it, but the federal government stopped them. Their problem is that nobody can agree whether we should always have daylight savings time or never have it - it’s about a 50/50 split.

    It’s infuriating - I don’t fucking care, just PICK ONE and stick with it you chalk eating assholes.

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    3 hours ago

    I’m a software developer and occasionally work on some dare/time libraries we use at work, so I’m going to add this meme to the codebase.

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    11 hours ago

    My favourite fact about this topic is that there is a significant bump in car accidents twice a year due to day light saving change.

    So we literally sacrifice a few lives here and there cause it used to benefit factories (not fully recalling the reason, I think it was for WWII)

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      11 hours ago

      Always follow the money. Oil / petrol sales benefit from more light after work hours. It still benefits some big industries.

      The majority of actual human beings do not want dst, and are clearly harmed by it. It’s still around because industry has found ways to profit off it and while you and I would do better without it, they will fight to prevent meaningful change.

  • ceoofanarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    14 hours ago

    No but seriously this is not necessarily abolish daylight savings time either make it permanent or standard permanent i have no strong opinions but stop the changing.

  • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip
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    15 hours ago

    Gets even more fun when you move to another country and are coordinating calls back home and realize different countries have different days they switch the clocks

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      3 hours ago

      And if the other country is in the opposite hemisphere, they’re adjusting the clock the other way. Daylight saving just started in California, but it ends next month in Victoria, Australia. The two states are either 17, 18, or 19 hours different depending on the time of year.

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      5 hours ago

      The fuck is that? Could be a very nice medieval torture device. Or a beautiful mechanical clock.

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    19 hours ago

    is this some sort of daylight savings joke im too queensland to understand

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      14 hours ago

      Oh come on now the rest of your country is even more a disaster on this front than the USA is. And don’t you guys have some half hour time zone differences too?

      Cheers to Queensland, British Columbia, and a portion of Arizona for being sane on time.