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Showing Original Post only (View all)What can we do to get rid of Daylight Saving Time? [View all]
It came up last night at dinner with friends. Everyone had a different idea of how it came about.
"It's to help farmers who get up with the sun"
"It's to prevent children from getting run over on the way to school."
"It was proposed by Benjamin Franklin, to conserve whale oil."
"It's the capitalists."
Nevertheless, we were all pretty much against it, although one considered it a "thing to do."
I can't determine any benefits from it, and find it an inconvenience at best. I say chuck it! Are you all with me? Fuck whale oil!
--imm
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Compromise solution. Let's all move our clocks ahead 30 minutes and leave it there.
stone space
Nov 2016
#7
My proposal: Set the clocks BACK an hour each fall and then AGAIN each spring
struggle4progress
Nov 2016
#34
The original purpose of clocks was to point to the position of the sun in the sky.
immoderate
Nov 2016
#42
Really? I actually have a whole closet full of daylight I've saved over the years, thanks to DST
struggle4progress
Nov 2016
#70
I am one of these oddball people that prefers dark over light, cool over heat.
rurallib
Nov 2016
#63
this DST is BS from KAISER WILHELM, tho a NIXONIAN addition i understand.
pansypoo53219
Nov 2016
#83