Help me understand... Why Daylight Saving over Standard?

frick getting dark at 5 30

Why is DST all of a sudden a controversy? We’ve done it our whole lives and now you pansies can’t handle it? Suck it up and deal with it.

Tell me you don't do any outdoor activities during the week without telling me you don't do any outdoor activities during the week.

I threw away all out clocks and we just live by the sun. DST means nothing to me.

JC, you are such a fricking nut. Gotta admit I did laugh.

The biggest thing against staying at perm DST is that kids at the bus stop, school crossings, etc, will basically be in pitch black until 8:30 am during the dead of winter.

Getting dark at 5 pm suck, but not as bad as 6 yr olds standing on an urban street corner in the dark.

Personally, I need all the daylight I can get

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The big push is to remain on DST year round. Why?

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A lot of people want the sun to stay out so they can go outside after work.

I am with you, I want the sun to be dwindling around 6:30-7 PM. If we ever make DST the standard we'll relocate to the eastern portion of a time zone somewhere in the south (fi I'm thinking about that correctly).

Standard time means the sun is overhead at noon, and the sunrise/sunset hours are less extreme on the shortest/longest days of the year.

I'm in bed by 8:30-9 PM. I'd like for the sun to do the same. I understand other people feel differently, and I respect that. I don't know what to do because a lot of people who want Standard time year round are introverted (hence, want everyone to settle down) and they aren't as loud about their preferences. Extroverts want the sun out so they can hang out, and are quite loud about their preference, making it seem like everyone is on the same page.

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills and the only person who doesn't care either way. We get the same amount of sunlight regardless of what the clock says .

Because it sucks to come home in the dark at 5:30 in December. Why would anyone care if it's light in the morning when they are getting ready or on their way to work. ?