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In response to "This. I hate this switch so much. -- nm" by Krusty

so, you know it would dark in the morning all winter till after 8am? I don't get why people get all freaked out by an hour change. -- nm

Posted by Andie (aka Andie) Nov 4 '21, 07:02

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I think when people complain about this whole thing, they're complaining about three things: the changing itself, the latitude of their home, and the -- (edited) - mara Nov 4, 07:12 3
- The abruptness of it throws everything off too. -- nm - ty97 Nov 4, 07:20 2
  - you deal with time zone changes, like, weekly. i can't believe you even notice! -- nm - Andie Nov 4, 07:23 1
    - haha :) -- nm - ty97 Nov 4, 07:27
*shrug* I want more sun when I'm not at work in the evenings. I also don't like the change as it's dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists. - Krusty Nov 4, 07:04
Mornings are the worst, that's fine. -- nm - ty97 Nov 4, 07:02 10
- being dark for hours after you get up won't make them *better*. -- nm - Andie Nov 4, 07:03 9
  - Nothing will make them better so might as well have the light in a non-awful time of day -- nm - ty97 Nov 4, 07:17 3
    - You might not like it as much as you think. When we tried it in 1973, polls showed just 19 percent of people said it had been a good idea. -- nm - mara Nov 4, 07:19 2
      - Yeah but those people voted for Nixon -- nm - ty97 Nov 4, 07:20 1
        
        Ha! :-) -- nm - mara Nov 4, 07:21
  - I prefer it being dark in the morning as the sun won't wake me up early. I root for rainy mornings for this reason. -- nm - Krusty Nov 4, 07:04 4
    - see here it allows sun to warm up vehicles and clear off windows an extra hour. reducing scrapping -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 07:18 1
      - g-a-r-a-g-e -- nm - ty97 Nov 4, 07:24
    - if it's dark in the mornign, no way I'm waking up. I'd get fired. No alarm would work. -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 07:13 1
      - You don't have to get up until after sunrise in January? -- nm - mara Nov 4, 07:14

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