Alternative-Bee-8981 t1_jdz0xnh wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:55 AM

We need to fall back to standard time and stay there. DST sucks, and now it's useless. Plus who the hell wants sunrise at 930 in the winter time?! Nope! This was tried in the 70's it didn't work then, and even scientists agree standard time is better than DST.

freakydeku t1_jdza65g wrote on March 28, 2023 at 8:03 AM

how would sunrise be at 9:30? sunrise is like 630/7 making it like 7/8

Alternative-Bee-8981 t1_jdzlvx7 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 10:50 AM

We need more sun in the morning to actually get up. Having sunrise be so late would make it harder to get up, plus it's worse for humans body clocks.

They tried permanent DST in the 70's, it didn't even last a year before they stopped it. We need to just stay on standard time, it just makes the most sense.

snozzcumbersoup t1_je0av3m wrote on March 28, 2023 at 2:25 PM

We're already on DST for 8 months out of the year. Permanent DST Makes more sense.

Alternative-Bee-8981 t1_je0btva wrote on March 28, 2023 at 2:32 PM

No it doesn't, not when we'll have sunrise at 930 in the morning in winter. Plus it's been tried before in the 70's and it worked out so well that they stopped doing it after a short period of time. That and Drs say it's more important for morning sunlight than afternoon. It's better for sleep patterns etc

ebow77 t1_je8dzgq wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:49 AM

>when we'll have sunrise at 930 in the morning in winter.

Where are you, eastern Oregon?

Edit: or Western Michigan? Because you don't have an 8:30 EST sunrise anywhere in New England

DARfuckinROCKS t1_je0h02k wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:06 PM

Sunrise being so late in the morning is more depressing than sunset being early. Sunrise would be after 8am in December. They'd have to adjust school times as well for safety.

snozzcumbersoup t1_je0kn90 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:30 PM

Whatever we do is going to be a compromise. Depressing morning or depressing afternoon. But between the two, I would choose the compromise which requires not changing our entire lives twice a year.

Schools can adjust times if they feel they need to. Big deal. And I say that as someone with kids. I'd rather keep my kids on the same sleep schedule, and simpy go to school a half hour later or whatever makes sense for when sunrise is in my particular location than change the damn clocks twice a year. The adjustment is a bitch every time and it takes about a week to normalize.