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Great Rumbler

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Daylight Savings
« on: March 10, 2018, 09:23:41 PM »
Yay or Nay?
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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2018, 09:25:35 PM »
I just wish they’d pass the savings on to the little guy  :-\
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Great Rumbler

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2018, 09:26:47 PM »
Big sun ripping off the working man to pad its own pockets smh
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Tasty

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2018, 09:26:57 PM »
Why is this still a thing?

nudemacusers

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2018, 09:43:22 PM »
Big sun ripping off the working man to pad its own pockets smh
#nocollusion
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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2018, 10:47:58 PM »
Gay
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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2018, 10:48:28 PM »
Why is this still a thing?

Pretty much this. Absolutely no reason to screw with the clocks. "Energy savings" are nice in theory, but given how hyper-connected the world is now a days, I doubt we're saving THAT much energy for a small hour time-screw.

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2018, 12:09:57 AM »
I like the one where the clocks go back one hour.
The other one can fuck off tho.

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2018, 12:35:54 AM »
completely stupid shit, indefensible insanity   

chronovore

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2018, 12:50:17 AM »
It's a heap of bullshit. It was originated to allow for more time farming during daylight hours. Same outdated reason summer vacation is so long.

jorma

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2018, 01:19:27 AM »
Yay.

It gives you an extra hour of daylight in the winter, which might not seem much. But it's very noticeable when the sun is only up for a few hours every day. And of course, once a year it also gives you an extra hour to sleep which is awesome.

Don't really see why anyone would bitch about it, especially not now when all the clocks set themselves automatically.

Tasty

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2018, 01:22:02 AM »
Same outdated reason summer vacation is so long.

OK you can leave now grandpa.

Raist

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2018, 01:25:36 AM »
Same outdated reason summer vacation is so long.

OK you can leave now grandpa.

He'll be back, tho.

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2018, 04:22:55 AM »
Absolutely yay.

I fucking hate it when the sun sets at 5 PM.

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2018, 06:09:31 AM »
Same outdated reason summer vacation is so long.

OK you can leave now grandpa.

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #15 on: March 11, 2018, 06:13:32 AM »
i'm not liking any posts of DST believers, consider these likes withheld until you recant  :jeanluc

Bebpo

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #16 on: March 11, 2018, 09:42:01 AM »
Don't really get why DST doesn't flip until 2am. Shouldn't it change at midnight when the new day starts? 2am just seems...bizarre.

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #17 on: March 11, 2018, 09:46:33 AM »
Worst idea ever.

Trurl

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #18 on: March 11, 2018, 09:48:07 AM »
Yay.

It gives you an extra hour of daylight in the winter, which might not seem much. But it's very noticeable when the sun is only up for a few hours every day. And of course, once a year it also gives you an extra hour to sleep which is awesome.

Don't really see why anyone would bitch about it, especially not now when all the clocks set themselves automatically.
Daylight saving time is during the Summer.  I think the idea is that having the sun rise at 4am would be a waste.

To answer the question: nay

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #19 on: March 11, 2018, 09:50:49 AM »
I actually hate dlst.  Just walk past a sundial during the summer and see what a lie it is.  The sun reaches its peak at 1pm?  It's just a reminder of the tyranny society has placed over the natural order.

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #20 on: March 11, 2018, 10:08:50 AM »
I actually hate dlst.  Just walk past a sundial during the summer and see what a lie it is.  The sun reaches its peak at 1pm?  It's just a reminder of the tyranny society has placed over the natural order.

 :esports

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #21 on: March 11, 2018, 10:20:12 AM »
The sun should never go down at 4pm.
I think Jorma is Swedish. Depending on how far north he lives, he may not see the sun much at all during winter.

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #22 on: March 11, 2018, 10:26:42 AM »
Don't really get why DST doesn't flip until 2am. Shouldn't it change at midnight when the new day starts? 2am just seems...bizarre.

There's still a lot of shit going on at 12am.

jorma

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #23 on: March 11, 2018, 11:07:13 AM »
Yay.

It gives you an extra hour of daylight in the winter, which might not seem much. But it's very noticeable when the sun is only up for a few hours every day. And of course, once a year it also gives you an extra hour to sleep which is awesome.

Don't really see why anyone would bitch about it, especially not now when all the clocks set themselves automatically.

It takes an hour away in the winter. The sun should never go down at 4pm.

The sun should never go down at 4pm.
I think Jorma is Swedish. Depending on how far north he lives, he may not see the sun much at all during winter.

To be honest i'm not actually that invested in DST as a concept. I don't care if they remove it and i don't care if they keep it. Especially now that the clocks set themselves.

But we have 6 hours of daylight in December where i live. I basically only ever see the sun when i go for lunch.
0 hours of daylight further north. It basically just shifts between twilight and night. Someone clearly needs to tell the sun about when it "should" set.  :doge
It's neat in the summer though, because the opposite happens.

Rufus yeah, i don't live in the true north (my mom does though), and DST might be a bit wasted there - they have zero hours of daylight in december. It's just a few hours of twilight and then pitch black :lol


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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #24 on: March 11, 2018, 06:39:26 PM »
I'm kinda jealous of you Jorma. I've always wanted to see that. Here we just never see the sun anyway like 8 months a year but you can still tell it's there.

Anyway, I say dump DST. Pointless these days anyhow.

Tasty

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #25 on: March 12, 2018, 12:42:32 PM »
Same outdated reason summer vacation is so long.

OK you can leave now grandpa.

:iface

What kind of Grinch-like creature do you have to be to shit on summer vacation? (Which was already getting shorter every year I was a kid, with prolific snow days not helping.)

Atramental

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #26 on: March 12, 2018, 12:49:10 PM »
Wait wait wait...

You get summer vacation still?  :doge

edit: oh, I read your post wrong. I was about to revolt.  :doge

Tasty

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #27 on: March 12, 2018, 03:05:42 PM »
The last summer vacation I had was an unofficial one in 2012 when I was in between jobs but still got 1.5 months severance. :doge

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I went to DC to see the Zelda symphony and the Addams Family musical. :ego

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #28 on: March 12, 2018, 03:47:07 PM »
I'm kinda jealous of you Jorma. I've always wanted to see that. Here we just never see the sun anyway like 8 months a year but you can still tell it's there.

Anyway, I say dump DST. Pointless these days anyhow.

Seeing it as a tourist is kinda cool, and the northern lights too if you get really lucky. And reindeer might very well be the tastiest meat known to man.

Actually having to live there fills me with absolute dread. You'd think it was nice in the three months weeks days of summer, but noo - the mosquitoes are fucking terrible. I'm so lucky my mom met a dude from the south and settled down with him in Stockholm. :)
My mom likes her life there though, but i have no idea why.

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #29 on: March 12, 2018, 04:31:15 PM »
Hometown nostalgia. I'm certain my mother will move back home when she retires.

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #30 on: March 12, 2018, 04:36:53 PM »
Didn’t notice tbh

Perks of a second shift job hours I guess
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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #31 on: March 12, 2018, 05:06:15 PM »
Love when it's bright at 3 am during summer and I can't sleep before it's too bright outside, and my blackout curtains aren't enough.

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #32 on: March 12, 2018, 06:41:33 PM »
Same outdated reason summer vacation is so long.

OK you can leave now grandpa.

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What kind of Grinch-like creature do you have to be to shit on summer vacation? (Which was already getting shorter every year I was a kid, with prolific snow days not helping.)

I remember being bored out of my skull in August, dreading school reopening but needing it to prevent my brain from being reduced to inert mush. My mom was a teacher, so she was able to look after my sis and me, but I have NO IDEA how other working parents manage their brood for a full season each year.

I’m not against kids having breaks. Actually, I get mad at Japanese schools assigning work over their breaks just to keep them busy. It’s stupid.

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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #33 on: March 12, 2018, 09:14:48 PM »
I hate this daylight savings, having to get up an hour earlier when it's still dark out and I want to still be sleeping. Driving home after with the sun glaring in my eyes. Just the worst.
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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #34 on: March 13, 2018, 06:17:39 AM »
I hate this daylight savings, having to get up an hour earlier when it's still dark out and I want to still be sleeping. Driving home after with the sun glaring in my eyes. Just the worst.

Get up later, work until late. Problem solved.


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Re: Daylight Savings
« Reply #36 on: March 15, 2018, 05:43:02 PM »
as an evening cyclist
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