Unpopular opinion: I can't wait until we turn the clocks back

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But who needs light at 7? My kids school starts at 7:30 and we walk. We start walking at 7:20… it’s totally fine. What’s not fine is darkness at 5pm when kids would like to play outside. Instead they just play inside

The Eastern Time Zone includes Portland, Maine and Detroit, Michigan, which are nearly 13 longitudinal degrees, or almost 600 miles apart. The Central time zone includes Nashville, Tennessee and Amarillo, Texas which are around 900 miles apart, longitudinally. The sun rises an hour later in Amarillo than in Nashville. If this is too abstract, I invite you to look at a map.

Everyone advocating for one consistent time is implicitly assuming that everyone in their time zone, and in all time zones, have the same experience. They don't. What works for you here doesn't work for people in Knoxville.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With schools being the reason, school systems should adjust their calendars & schedules for this reason.

There should be MORE school in the summer when there is plenty of morning/evening opportunity to get sunshine

There should be little to no school in December and January.

I would totally support this, especially if employers also followed suit. Would prefer to stay home and keep warm during these months like a hibernation of sorts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With schools being the reason, school systems should adjust their calendars & schedules for this reason.

There should be MORE school in the summer when there is plenty of morning/evening opportunity to get sunshine

There should be little to no school in December and January.

I would totally support this, especially if employers also followed suit. Would prefer to stay home and keep warm during these months like a hibernation of sorts.

This is a terrible idea. Terrible. What are these kids going to do to get exercise and get out of the house in December and January? We already have a week (or two) during those months. These kids will sit on their devices all day, horrible horrible idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m more mad about Pepco not fixing my broken streetlight for more than a year than I am at the sun. Any tips for who to call or write to or whatever? The map just says it will be fixed “soon” but it has said that for more than a year.

Where specifically do you live? It sounds crazy bothering an elected official (state and county) about these issues but they get things done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With schools being the reason, school systems should adjust their calendars & schedules for this reason.

There should be MORE school in the summer when there is plenty of morning/evening opportunity to get sunshine

There should be little to no school in December and January.

I would totally support this, especially if employers also followed suit. Would prefer to stay home and keep warm during these months like a hibernation of sorts.

This is a terrible idea. Terrible. What are these kids going to do to get exercise and get out of the house in December and January? We already have a week (or two) during those months. These kids will sit on their devices all day, horrible horrible idea.

Personally, I think it's easier to do boring schoolwork in the winter months, than when the sunlight is calling you outside to go out and play. But that doesn't mean that you can't also go outside and play in the winter months! Some of favorite memories are of playing in the snow and cold -- it's easier because you don't get too hot, unlike in August in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But who needs light at 7? My kids school starts at 7:30 and we walk. We start walking at 7:20… it’s totally fine. What’s not fine is darkness at 5pm when kids would like to play outside. Instead they just play inside

+1 it's so sad for kids being able to play after school. It gets dark so it's colder and less safe with drivers.

From a public health / childhood obesity / keeping kids of screens perspective, it's a no brainer.

Parents have young children that play outside for what, a decade of their long life?

It's so funny how they think the entire country should revolve around what works best for people under the age of 11.

[Anonymous]

Ugh, it's 2:20 and the sun is low enough to create terrible glare in this parking lot. I hate DST.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate how dark it is in the morning. It's almost 7am, and it's still pitch dark!

Unfortunately for those of us who want to milk as much light as possible out of the end of the day, your opinion is not, in fact, particularly unpopular.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, it's 2:20 and the sun is low enough to create terrible glare in this parking lot. I hate DST.

JFC. If you are going to be a big whiner, at least get your terms right. This is standard time. You hate standard time, which on the East Coast is called EST for Eastern Standard Time. Before the recent time change, we were on Daylight Saving Time or DST (sometimes referred to as EDT on the east coast for Eastern Daylight Time.) Presumably you prefer DST, if you are complaining about the sun getting low too early.

[Anonymous]

This is so region-specific. For Milwaukee, daylight would still end at 5:20 on the solstice with year round DST. For western North Dakota, daylight wouldn't come until almost 10 am.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But who needs light at 7? My kids school starts at 7:30 and we walk. We start walking at 7:20… it’s totally fine. What’s not fine is darkness at 5pm when kids would like to play outside. Instead they just play inside

+1 it's so sad for kids being able to play after school. It gets dark so it's colder and less safe with drivers.

From a public health / childhood obesity / keeping kids of screens perspective, it's a no brainer.

Parents have young children that play outside for what, a decade of their long life?

It's so funny how they think the entire country should revolve around what works best for people under the age of 11.

This. And even with schools that let out at 4, you still have an hour of daylight. And those schools also start later in the morning - you can hit the playground in the morning if you want.

Otherwise, it always more sense to have daylight in the morning for most humans and their natural cycle.