19 states have “no more changing the clocks” laws passed, but aren’t allowed to do so without approval of the federal government?

It’s pretty obvious you can just do what you want these days, consequences are trivial to non-existent, so why don’t we just not change our clocks? (or change them and not change them back, whatever floats your boat)

  • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
    121·
    1 天前

    The rub is which to go with. Some people want the extra hour of daylight after work in the winter. Others want it in the summer because it will maximize their after-hours sunlight in the season when being outside is more realistic.

    The reasonable position I take is that, if you inflict a Spring Forward on me, I’m owed a goddamned Fall Back and I’ll go to war with any government who tries to keep that hour indefinitely.

    • otp@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      11 小时前

      My proposal is to just make them all “fall backs”.

      Yeah, AM/PM will get inverted after a few years, but imho, that’s a small price to pay in exchange for an extra hour of sleep twice a year

    • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
      7·
      1 天前

      The rub is which to go with. Some people want the extra hour of daylight after work in the winter. Others want it in the summer because it will maximize their after-hours sunlight in the season when being outside is more realistic.

      We already tried permanent DST and it didn’t even last through the first full calendar year before being revoked. And while sticking with one time year-round instead of switching, Standard time is healthier than DST:

      The researchers of a study published in September in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences estimate that permanent standard time would prevent about 300,000 cases of stroke per year and result in 2.6 million fewer people having obesity, while permanent daylight saving time would achieve about two-thirds of the same effect.

    • YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 天前

      Don’t worry, you’ll get your fall back as regularly scheduled. However, when the clock hits midnight we’re immediately jumping ahead an hour again so we permanently land on DST.

      • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
        22·
        1 天前

        I’m just saying that I’m heavily armed even for a Texan. Do with that information what you will.