Anonymous
03/17/2013 08:06
Subject: It's amazing how many stupid people believe Daylight Savings actually give us more "daylight"
I hate it!!! It took my baby a whole week to adjust. It took me almost a week too.
Anonymous
03/17/2013 08:04
Subject: Re:It's amazing how many stupid people believe Daylight Savings actually give us more "daylight"
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who cares?
Again, you should realize that one of the awesome functions of DCUM is to just blow off steam. And, I'm sorry, but if we have people so stupid as to not understand that DST does not affect the quantity of sunlight available, that's worthy of a vent. If it doesn't matter to you, don't click!
It annoys me that people like you think that's one of the intended functions. Nobody said this was a place where it was appropriate to come vent your peeves.
Anonymous
03/17/2013 08:02
Subject: It's amazing how many stupid people believe Daylight Savings actually give us more "daylight"
Anonymous wrote:Here's how it works, using nice round numbers. Right now we are close to the spring equinox, a week from today. That would be 12 hours of daylight. Under ET, that would be (more or less) 6 am to 6 pm. With DST, it's closer to 7 am to 7 pm. For me, it's definitely preferable to have the extra hour of daylight at dinner time rather than before I get out of bed. And in three months, at the summer solstice, we get about 15 hours of daylight, which would be around 4:30 am to 7:30 pm under EST or 5:30 am to 8:30 pm -- I definitely prefer the latter, and would be happy to shove another half hour or hour of daylight from am to pm. Super DST, anyone?
Why would you rather have daylight till 8:30? I'd rather be able to put he kids to bed when it is dark. Summer is so hard to put them to bed when the sun is still shining brightly!
I hate the sudden change. I love the gradual lengthening of daytime in the spring months. But that's gradual, it is easy to deal with. It's the sudden change that is so hard on our family. And is seems pointless.
Anonymous
03/14/2013 19:24
Subject: It's amazing how many stupid people believe Daylight Savings actually give us more "daylight"
DST is a creature of a lazy people. It is totally stupid. OP I hear you 100 percent. They always said it was for the farmers, which makes no sense because farmers start their day really early and would prefer to have morning sun. And as you noted, just because we change the time so people get in to work later and come home later, doesn't mean there's actually more sun! Stupidest thing ever. Where I can sign a petition to scrap this.
Anonymous
03/14/2013 19:15
Subject: It's amazing how many stupid people believe Daylight Savings actually give us more "daylight"
Anonymous wrote:It's best to not underestimate the stupidity of the average American. (And, 50% of the people are dumber than that!) Which explains the Republican Party. And that fact that cauliflower is still purchased in stores. And that Kin Kardashian had a TV show.
Cauliflower???
Anonymous
03/14/2013 18:14
Subject: It's amazing how many stupid people believe Daylight Savings actually give us more "daylight"
It's best to not underestimate the stupidity of the average American. (And, 50% of the people are dumber than that!) Which explains the Republican Party. And that fact that cauliflower is still purchased in stores. And that Kin Kardashian had a TV show.
Anonymous
03/14/2013 18:04
Subject: It's amazing how many stupid people believe Daylight Savings actually give us more "daylight"
OP,
Are you serious? You are only now understanding the level of ignorance in our midst, in general, not just about DST. Maybe you're not too swift yourself.
Are you serious? You are only now understanding the level of ignorance in our midst, in general, not just about DST. Maybe you're not too swift yourself.
Anonymous
03/14/2013 14:28
Subject: It's amazing how many stupid people believe Daylight Savings actually give us more "daylight"
Here's how it works, using nice round numbers. Right now we are close to the spring equinox, a week from today. That would be 12 hours of daylight. Under ET, that would be (more or less) 6 am to 6 pm. With DST, it's closer to 7 am to 7 pm. For me, it's definitely preferable to have the extra hour of daylight at dinner time rather than before I get out of bed. And in three months, at the summer solstice, we get about 15 hours of daylight, which would be around 4:30 am to 7:30 pm under EST or 5:30 am to 8:30 pm -- I definitely prefer the latter, and would be happy to shove another half hour or hour of daylight from am to pm. Super DST, anyone?
Anonymous
03/13/2013 21:41
Subject: Re:It's amazing how many stupid people believe Daylight Savings actually give us more "daylight"
Anonymous wrote:I personally gain an hour of daylight since I do not get up until late morning. So there.
Me too!
Anonymous
03/13/2013 21:40
Subject: Re:It's amazing how many stupid people believe Daylight Savings actually give us more "daylight"
I personally gain an hour of daylight since I do not get up until late morning. So there.
Anonymous
03/13/2013 21:19
Subject: Re:It's amazing how many stupid people believe Daylight Savings actually give us more "daylight"
Anonymous wrote:Who cares?
Again, you should realize that one of the awesome functions of DCUM is to just blow off steam. And, I'm sorry, but if we have people so stupid as to not understand that DST does not affect the quantity of sunlight available, that's worthy of a vent. If it doesn't matter to you, don't click!
Anonymous
03/13/2013 17:18
Subject: Re:It's amazing how many stupid people believe Daylight Savings actually give us more "daylight"
Who cares?
Anonymous
03/13/2013 17:11
Subject: Re:It's amazing how many stupid people believe Daylight Savings actually give us more "daylight"
Anonymous wrote:Well the minutes of sunlight ARE getting longer every day.
Actually, they are still 60 seconds each. But yes, there are more minutes of daylight. Although DST has no effect on that, it does move more of the daylight into the hours we are usually up and about; that's helpful. But what has this to do with politics?
Anonymous
03/13/2013 17:04
Subject: Re:It's amazing how many stupid people believe Daylight Savings actually give us more "daylight"
Well the minutes of sunlight ARE getting longer every day.
Anonymous
03/13/2013 17:00
Subject: It's amazing how many stupid people believe Daylight Savings actually give us more "daylight"
They truly believe that somehow we gain an hour of daylight. I can't believe the facebook posts I have seen. One woman said that it helped the farmers because their crops have "more sun to grow in". I almost hurled.