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Daylight Saving Time: Should It Be Abolished? (VV #3)

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What should be the fate of DST?

KILL IT! KILL IT NOW! VIVA LA REVOLUCIÓN!
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It should be gotten rid of, but only decades from now.
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Progress is overrated; everything should just stay the way it is.
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Idk. This is too much thinking for me to do right now.
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Daylight Saving Time: Should It Be Abolished? (VV #3)

Postby United North Atlantic States » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:13 pm


If you live in Europe, on Sunday you'll probably have to update a few clocks (or at least get used to having the time changed).

What do you think? Do you support DST or do you hate it?
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Postby Farnhamia » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:16 pm

United North Atlantic States wrote:
If you live in Europe, on Sunday you'll probably have to update a few clocks (or at least get used to having the time changed).

What do you think? Do you support DST or do you hate it?

Your opinion? Hmm?
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Postby Wisconsin9 » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:18 pm

I can't think of a single good reason to keep it. Please, somebody kill it with fire.
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Postby Alcase » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:20 pm

It should most definitely be abolished.

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Postby Farnhamia » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:21 pm

Alcase wrote:It should most definitely be abolished.

Vive la Révolution.

Why?
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Postby Scomagia » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:21 pm

Keep it. I like seeing people get all messed up by the time change.
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Postby New Acardia » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:21 pm

Ether have daylight savings time or standard time .
But this switching back and forth is nuts .
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Postby Gunnistannezz » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:21 pm

Alcase wrote:It should most definitely be abolished.

Vive la Révolution.


Ditto!

KILL IT WITH FIRE!
VIVA LA REVOLUCIÓN!
And so on.
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Postby Central Kadigan » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:22 pm

Get rid of it. It does nothing.

If you want, the next time we go onto "Summer" or "Daylight Savings" time, just shift by 30 minutes instead of a whole hour, and then just leave it alone. That would sort of split the difference between the two.

Constantly changing between the two timezones is just stupid.
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Postby Farnhamia » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:23 pm

New acardia wrote:Ether have daylight savings time or standard time .
But this switching back and forth is nuts .

Twice a year? I daresay all your electronic devices take care of it for you. So maybe you reset a couple of analog clocks. Big deal. I personally like long summer evenings.
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Postby Scepez » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:24 pm

Eh, my computer and phone change the time for me. And those really are the only clocks I use.
Might as well keep it.
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Postby Victorious Decepticons » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:32 pm

I like daylight savings, which puts the light when I actually get some good out of it: Namely, in the evenings. Standard Time should be killed with fire. All that does is get the sun blasting in my window right when I'm trying to go to sleep.

Some say that it makes it easier for kids to get to the bus stops in the winter, but seriously - the only real and sensible solution to that is to not start school at ridiculously early times of the day!
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Postby Cetacea » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:48 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
New acardia wrote:Ether have daylight savings time or standard time .
But this switching back and forth is nuts .

Twice a year? I daresay all your electronic devices take care of it for you. So maybe you reset a couple of analog clocks. Big deal. I personally like long summer evenings.


Personally I hate the dark mornings at 7.30! I can see no benefits at all of daylight savings and the cows dont like it either :blink:

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Postby Imsogone » Fri Mar 27, 2015 2:34 pm

I want my hour back.

Seriously, only the government would think that changing the clocks would do anything constructive. What it does do is temporarily decrease production and increase the probabiity of accidents because sleep has been disrupted.

Get rid of it.
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Postby New Youland » Fri Mar 27, 2015 2:38 pm

Daylight savings needs to die very harshly. I lived in Saskatchewan for a decade and everything was fine and dandy without it. I hate having my sleep schedule messed up for a week every time it changes.

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Postby Idzequitch » Fri Mar 27, 2015 2:38 pm

Personally, I'd prefer to put Daylight Savings in effect year round. No idiotic changing of clocks, no unnecessary sleep deprivation, and it stays lighter later. Win, win, and win.
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Postby Risottia » Fri Mar 27, 2015 2:40 pm

United North Atlantic States wrote:
If you live in Europe, on Sunday you'll probably have to update a few clocks (or at least get used to having the time changed).

What do you think? Do you support DST or do you hate it?


I'd even read two whole pages of Twilight if that meant that DST would be abolished.
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Postby Farnhamia » Fri Mar 27, 2015 2:43 pm

Risottia wrote:
United North Atlantic States wrote:
If you live in Europe, on Sunday you'll probably have to update a few clocks (or at least get used to having the time changed).

What do you think? Do you support DST or do you hate it?


I'd even read two whole pages of Twilight if that meant that DST would be abolished.

I haven't yet seen anything beyond complaints about having the change clocks a whole two times a year and losing an hour of sleep once a year.
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Postby Benuty » Fri Mar 27, 2015 2:47 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
Risottia wrote:
I'd even read two whole pages of Twilight if that meant that DST would be abolished.

I haven't yet seen anything beyond complaints about having the change clocks a whole two times a year and losing an hour of sleep once a year.

If this were the Great War I would report you to the police for being a spy for the Kaiser. Damn them, and their plans to dominate the world through DST!
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Postby The Orson Empire » Fri Mar 27, 2015 2:49 pm

Daylight Savings Time was useful when it was first implemented (due to World War One), but now it is pointless and no longer necessary.

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Postby Aelex » Fri Mar 27, 2015 2:52 pm

Just keep it... I love how people are always arguing about if it make them sleep one more hour or one less... :p
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Postby Page » Fri Mar 27, 2015 3:07 pm

I hated it when it started but I'm all settled into it now so... whatever. I don't think it serves energy saving purposes anymore but people seem to like it.

How about keep daylight savings time but make it a law that every business has to open an hour late the day after?
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Postby Farnhamia » Fri Mar 27, 2015 3:12 pm

Page wrote:I hated it when it started but I'm all settled into it now so... whatever. I don't think it serves energy saving purposes anymore but people seem to like it.

How about keep daylight savings time but make it a law that every business has to open an hour late the day after?

So go to bed an hour earlier. That's only once a year. Do you want them open an hour earlier in the autumn?
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Postby The Liberated Territories » Fri Mar 27, 2015 3:18 pm

Yes. The government shouldn't be in charge of controlling the time. Let the free market decide what time it is.
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Postby Fartsniffage » Fri Mar 27, 2015 3:19 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
Page wrote:I hated it when it started but I'm all settled into it now so... whatever. I don't think it serves energy saving purposes anymore but people seem to like it.

How about keep daylight savings time but make it a law that every business has to open an hour late the day after?

So go to bed an hour earlier. That's only once a year. Do you want them open an hour earlier in the autumn?


No, just every Spring places have to open an hour later. Keep it going for a few years and then stop it.

That way banks might actually be open when I'm not in work. :)

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