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GiqueCee

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45. Sorry, I gotta disagree on this one...

Sun Mar 10, 2024, 08:58 PM

Mar 2024

... it's adjustment to the change that is problematic. Circadian rhythms adjust on either side, but having more daylight at the end of the day is infinitely preferable no matter the time of year. City people cannot see the value of it the way us rural folk do. Make Daylight Saving permanent, and be done with this nonsense. The time change is asinine, and serves NO worthwhile purpose whatsoever.

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Let me be the first to post a "I hate the time change" thread. [View all] Liberal In Texas Mar 2024 OP

I'm with you. sinkingfeeling Mar 2024 #1

Agree. Keep it standard year around. Several studies demonstrated that this is preferrable question everything Mar 2024 #2

I've heard rich guys who play golf wanted it so they could play later. Liberal In Texas Mar 2024 #3

Those who successfully lobbied for its expansion in the last few decades misanthrope Mar 2024 #50

Dissssssssssssslike :) Polybius Mar 2024 #22

Sorry, I gotta disagree on this one... GiqueCee Mar 2024 #45

Agree. DST if it's going to be one dpibel Mar 2024 #51

Agree that adjustment is the problem. Ms. Toad Mar 2024 #55

From a study published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine question everything Mar 2024 #56

WTF? You posted this at 8:10 (DU reflects the viewer's time zone, I am pretty sure) usonian Mar 2024 #4

DU is already changed. Zulu time? question everything Mar 2024 #7

5 yard penalty for moving before the ball is snapped. usonian Mar 2024 #9

I hate it in advance. I hate it in anticipation of the change. Liberal In Texas Mar 2024 #34

I just stay on Daylight Savings Time all year long.That means I can do things in a leisurely way, since I tblue37 Mar 2024 #5

I thought that the Senate unanimously voted to get rid of the time change. What happened with that?? Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 #17

They did but the House (in 2022) never held a vote. former9thward Mar 2024 #39

Leave it to the Republicans... GiqueCee Mar 2024 #46

There was never a debate. Rubio, I think, suggested and in a lock step all said aye question everything Mar 2024 #40

DST year round is the only way Jerry2144 Mar 2024 #6

Nah, sunrise at 8:30 am is what bites. Happy Hoosier Mar 2024 #19

In standard time, sunrise is 4:30 Jerry2144 Mar 2024 #37

Of course the further north you are.... Happy Hoosier Mar 2024 #38

DST is pretty much a waste up in Fairbanks LOL LeftInTX Mar 2024 #47

dunno Stardust Mirror Mar 2024 #8

Lol JudyM Mar 2024 #11

Why? keithbvadu2 Mar 2024 #10

This coming AM, from 2:00 to 3:00 is going to be like "doing the time warp." Earth-shine Mar 2024 #12

Absolutely agree. It annoys the hell out of me to hear about "an extra hour niyad Mar 2024 #13

Giant whatever for me relayerbob Mar 2024 #14

Nope. I love DST. If you live anywhere near the 45th parallel Hassler Mar 2024 #15

Lived just a bit below the 49th paralle and HATED DST Attilatheblond Mar 2024 #41

Oh, good grief! Thanks for the reminder! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 #16

Agree! But I should probably get to bed since we're losing an hour. keopeli Mar 2024 #18

I say if one hour is a huge disruption Skittles Mar 2024 #20

I have other issues. mwooldri Mar 2024 #23

Exactly one day problem? dpibel Mar 2024 #52

Yeah, I don't get it. betsuni Mar 2024 #25

It's often a problem when you have online meetings and never really know what time zone the organizers are in Attilatheblond Mar 2024 #42

No east-west travel, I guess dpibel Mar 2024 #53

Totally missed this! slightlv Mar 2024 #21

Did North America go on summer time without telling the rest of us? DFW Mar 2024 #24

Yep. Repubs changed the days for start and end awhile back. Liberal In Texas Mar 2024 #35

Oh, great, so I have to try to remember the hour's difference for the next three weeks. DFW Mar 2024 #36

It was them. Lobbying from golf courses, theme parks and sports is why they changed it. LeftInTX Mar 2024 #49

I hate the change to longer sunlight every day, it's too bright and then it gets hot. betsuni Mar 2024 #26

I don't see the problem, either way. Think. Again. Mar 2024 #27

It's a diabolical corporate conspiracy? betsuni Mar 2024 #28

Where did you THINK it came from? Think. Again. Mar 2024 #29

Agriculture? betsuni Mar 2024 #30

Who runs modern agriculture? Think. Again. Mar 2024 #31

1918. betsuni Mar 2024 #32

It's a little more complicated than that... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #33

Here's my answer to this thread: Polybius Mar 2024 #43

Bah Humbug! Liberal In Texas Mar 2024 #44

Standard Time is an abomination Polybius Mar 2024 #48

I love daylight savings time. Patterson Mar 2024 #54

We had a time change? KewlKat Mar 2024 #57