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Florida could keep daylight saving time all year under 'Sunshine Protection Act'

DST is about as useless and outdated as a union. Would be nice if they would just pick 1 time and stick with it.
 
Arizona has done it for years, hardly life ending. Its pointless in the modern age.

Yep... I say bump it 30 minutes half way between the two and let it stay.
 
Yep... I say bump it 30 minutes half way between the two and let it stay.

I personally hate it especially living in the northeast. Friggin sun goes down at 430pm. Sucks. Probably explains why everyone is such douchebags up this way.
 
I personally hate it especially living in the northeast. Friggin sun goes down at 430pm. Sucks. Probably explains why everyone is such douchebags up this way.

If your clock said 630pm or "lemon tart o clock" would it make you less of a douchebag?
 
If your clock said 630pm or "lemon tart o clock" would it make you less of a douchebag?

Not sure what you're asking. The reference is simple, people are happier when exposed to some sun. Sun sets at rises around 7am sets a 430pm in the NE. Most people are work during these hours. Therefore, you go to work in the dark, you get home in the dark. Not really a hard concept to grasp. If the time was 530pm, people would get some exposure at the close of their day.
 
Not sure what you're asking. The reference is simple, people are happier when exposed to some sun. Sun sets at rises around 7am sets a 430pm in the NE. Most people are work during these hours. Therefore, you go to work in the dark, you get home in the dark. Not really a hard concept to grasp. If the time was 530pm, people would get some exposure at the close of their day.

So go to work an hour earlier and go home an hour earlier. The numbers on the clock are arbitrary.
 
So go to work an hour earlier and go home an hour earlier. The numbers on the clock are arbitrary.

This.

I've always found it humerous that we play these mind tricks on ourselves. It's like setting your alarm clock 10 minutes early so you can oversleep longer.

How about we just leave our clocks alone, get up an hour earlier and get home an hour earlier? Deal?
 
So go to work an hour earlier and go home an hour earlier. The numbers on the clock are arbitrary.

Yes, but circadian rhythms are not arbitrary, and we being creatures of this planet, are subject to those rhythms. Our biological clocks are governed by the sun and the seasons.

The people who suffer the most for this clock setting silliness are the youngsters whose very growth and health are VERY MUCH controlled by these rhythms.

But lawyers play alot of golf, and lawyers write the laws, so screw the kids and their bothersome growth patterns.
 
Yes, but circadian rhythms are not arbitrary, and we being creatures of this planet, are subject to those rhythms. Our biological clocks are governed by the sun and the seasons.

The people who suffer the most for this clock setting silliness are the youngsters whose very growth and health are VERY MUCH controlled by these rhythms.

But lawyers play alot of golf, and lawyers write the laws, so screw the kids and their bothersome growth patterns.

The circadian rhythm is not dictated by which digit appears on your clock. It is dictated by when you get up. If you wake up 20 minutes after sunrise, it doesn't matter whether the clock says 6:20, 7:20, or just has a picture of a lemon tart.
 
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So go to work an hour earlier and go home an hour earlier. The numbers on the clock are arbitrary.

So what if you don't get "flex hours?" The number on the clock aren't arbitrary when you're employment commitments adhere to that number.
 
The circadian rhythm is not dictated by which digit appears on your clock. It is dictated by when you get up. If you wake up 20 minutes after sunrise, it doesn't matter whether the clock says 6:20, 7:20, or just has a picture of a lemon tart.

Exactly right. My point is that for those having to be certain places at certain times, the excessive use of DST interupts the circadian rhythms. A bit of legislation induces jetlag, if you will. And those who pay the heaviest price for that induced jetlag are the youngsters who are still growing and need those last few hours of sleep. Sure, adults pay a price too, but those still growing need it more. Essentially, elements of their healthy growth is compromised for the sake of golf-playing and other leisure pursuits.

I do not object to DST itself, but I think we have gone far overboard at 8 months out of 12.
 
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