Out of the Blue

Happy Standard Time to everyone who had to change their clocks today, as the end of Daylight Saving Time is once again upon us. For a hot minute there it seemed like there was momentum behind legislation to make the United States go with permanent Daylight time, but that seems to have petered out. An article on the Washington Post makes the case for why Standard time is healthier for people than Daylight time, so maybe permanent Standard time would be preferable. But I don't know anyone who thinks that jacking the clock back and forth twice a year is working well, so hopefully this isn't the last we've heard of this.

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Re: OotB: We have standards!
Nov 4, 2024, 07:18
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Re: OotB: We have standards! Nov 4, 2024, 07:18
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As for whether the sun rising at 4:45 or 5:45 is peferable, it all has to with how easy it is to sleep through it.
Sure, I don't *want* to wake up before the clock says 7:00, and even then, that time is decided by external factors, but the sunshine that makes it through the curtains tells my body that it should wake up, even though it ends up making me feel worse for the rest of the day and regardless of what I need to actually do.


And of course the switch is terrible. I already have difficulty staying functional as late as I'm required to (again by external factors) and standard time pushes that an hour later, and then when I wake up (far earlier than I need/want to) there's a whole lot more night to wait through.

Yes, it's still night while I post this, and yes, i waited like two hours before turning on a screen. I'd be feeling a whole lot better now if I could have gone to bed an hour earlier, but again, schedules are ruled by external factors.
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