[ale] Stupid people and DST

[Niel Bornstein]

And then there's India, GMT+5:30 all year round.

On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 4:53 PM DJPfulio--- via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

>
> Different sides of each timezone in the US see DST either as good or bad.
> We are near the most western side, so our views are different from the
> people in Maine, near the Atlantic Timezone.
>
> It is what it is. If asked, I'd vote against it.
>
> If you spend time in places that don't have any DST, you might notice that
> the sun is up at 4:15 am (especially when you are jet lagged). I remember
> being a little frustrated that 2+ hrs of daylight were being wasted in that
> country.
>
> China would normally have 5 timezones, but they only have 1 by policy.
> UTC+8. It prevents confusion for when to meet.
>
> I'm against DST, but I can understand why people seem to like it too.  A
> few places on the borders of time zones in the US don't observe DST. This
> can be to match the TZ of a large city in the other TZ or because a
> state/city is just stubborn.
>
>
> On 3/14/22 15:16, Jim Kinney via Ale wrote:
> > As most functioning adults know, the annual stupidity action happened
> > at 2am Sunday: yes, we changed the numbers on the clocks "so we could
> > get more sunshine".
> >
> > Begin Rant
> >
> > Did anyone with access to writing in a national news medium ever
> > actually take basic science? Did anyone with policy making
> > responsibility actually pass a science class in their life?
> >
> > I don't think so.
> >
> > The time shift never made any sense. Now that there's a fair amount
> > of evidence that is has a detrimental impact on human health maybe we
> > should get rid of it. Yay! Great idea!
> >
> > But to shift permanently to DST "to get more sunshine" is just dumb.
> >
> > The east coast of USA (Unbelievably Stupid Authorities) is 5 time
> > zones away from the UTC zone. Not 4.
> >
> > Maybe we can get policy punks to take an astronomy class and learn
> > about things like axial tilt being the reason the planet has seasons
> > and that determines the length of time the sun is visible above the
> > horizon.
> >
> > And if they still want more sunshine, and moving them to the equator
> > is not an option (current occupants will ship them back), maybe we
> > can ship them to Mercury.
> >
> > End Rant
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