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James Lankford cites a veteran as partial reason for recommitting to Sunshine Protection Act, which has already passed in Senate

Archived version: https://archive.ph/QhlaG

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago

These shitbags always do the opposite of what's right. Fuck daylight savings time.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (11 children)

Doesn't seem to be a popular opinion but I like what we've got. Daylight savings is great in the summer when the days are long enough to keep it light the whole time I'm awake. But personally the idea of waking up for work in the winter and having it still be dark for 2 hours is terribly depressing. The sunset moving from 4:30 to 5:30 is not gonna make a huge difference in my ability to utilize sunlight in my day. Edit: Not a great look to downvote people for stating their opinion, people.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I mean, you're wrong because you're treating the times that work etc start & stop as somehow written in stone. So that deserves a down vote. We could have our schedules flex with the Sun if we wanted. Instead of flexing our labels of Sun positions to match our desired work start time labels.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So instead of shifting the clocks twice a year, shift our schedules by about 2 minutes every day to match the changing sunrise? Sure that sounds a lot easier.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I bet there wouldn't be a measurable increase in heart attacks that way.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago

My body is already adapted to the seasonal change, don't fucking start changing shit around!

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