Why do we need to change the clock twice a year when we know how many downsides there are?

• sleep disruptions, can take weeks to adjust
• 24% spike in heart attacks on the Monday after setting the clock forward
• 8% increased risk of stroke
• increased depressive episodes, worse mood, decreased cognitive performance
• 6% increase in traffic accidents
• more frequent workplace injuries
• increased pedestrian risk
• estimated between millions to billions of dollars in productivity loss annually in the US alone
• international coordination confusion

It fucking sucks

I think there should be one clock for the entire planet and fuck timezones. Most people don't actually care about what specific number hour the sun rises. Zenith at 4? Fuckit. Communication between people is more important than the movement of celestial bodies.

In my country daylights savings makes even less sense. We are already out of sync with solar time, because of Hitler. The Netherlands should follow GMT not CET. When the Netherlands was occupied ze Germans instated CET. So setting the clock back during summer will actually make the Netherlands almost 2 hours out of sync with the sun.

Just move the damn clock 30 min, everybody looses/everybody wins.

I hate daylight savings time so much.

Do other countries do this stupid shit? We can't even do time right

I just strongly dislike my biorhythms being thrown out of whack for several weeks twice a year.

The real problem with daylight savings time is that we haven’t killed and devoured the oligarchy/hegemony/kakistocracy.

There is another solution: live far enough up north and the day disappears totally eventually.

I live up north and I can tell you DST makes fuck-all difference after a week here.

Can we just pick one time and stick to it instead of swapping twice a year?

I had to start work at 2 this morning. Alarm set for 1:30. Woke up, 30 minutes later it was 1 am again.

For years I’ve said I never even notice DST because my phone and computer just update on their own. I’ve officially been hoisted by my own petard.

Yesterday I saw a video with a sleep expert.

She said that human beings have a problem getting up until it's light and that Daylight Saving Time can mess that up.

I propose that AT THE VERY LEAST, during the winter, work days be one hour shorter, but with no decrease in pay, and that they start an hour later.

This will allow people to have a proper amount of sleep, and to see the sun in the morning, to be better rested, and to see the sun at the end of the day.

I would like more daylight in the evening and also a shorter work day, thanks.

Shorter work days? The corporate and government bastards would add a week or month to the calendar, especially in the 3rd World countries, China and USA. Those folks would embrace it with their stupid work hard beyond the point of diminishing return attitude while the civilized 1st World countries would revolt.

Hmmm they make a strong case. We should think about trying this.

4 day work week. Entire day savings.