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In 2022, the American Medical Association called for a permanent end to Daylight Savings Time, citing negative effects on health (www.ama-assn.org)
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I hope everyone who wants to be on permanent DST experiences an eternity of the first day of spring forward, never rested again

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[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 5 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

This just reminds me of bad software projects where office politics and middle manager interference meant that rather than fixing the root cause, it was easier just to add tech debt.

That's why we have been continuing to change clocks twice a year, because apparently that's easier than changing the time children go to school.

If you're only argument is "the sun should be directly up at noon" then we are going to need a lot more time zones.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

Let’s have a lot more time zones then.

[–] treesapx@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Yeah, arguing definitions vs what's actually practical is a new one for me in the DST discussion. Just goes to show you that people would rather appear right than do what's useful.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago

I'm not only argument.