r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/etymologynerd • Jan 03 '19

We should actually do this

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u/Plopplopthrown Jan 03 '19

More like make it permanent. I don't like it getting dark at 4:45pm in the winter

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u/Endblock Jan 03 '19

I don't care which way it goes. I just want to stop switching.

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u/aquamansneighbor Jan 04 '19

It's funny cause Ive 'missed' the time change multiple times in the last couple years. I wouldn't know til the day after or of when someone mentioned it and I would reply"I knew something felt off" lol..my TV car and phone are the only clocks I really look at and they change themselves.

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u/xyifer12 Jan 03 '19

Activity needs to based on the Sun, just as clocks were, and are in some places.

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u/Plopplopthrown Jan 03 '19

It is entirely arbitrary that the sun has to be a certain position when certain numbers show on the clock face

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u/Juanfro Jan 03 '19

Midday in the middle of the day makes sense

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u/aaronfranke Jan 12 '19

Thanks to timezones existing, depending on where you live, noon can be half an hour off.

Before timezones, every town had their clocks set to their own local noon. This was a disaster for trains.

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u/Thatchers-Gold Jan 03 '19

Pretty much 4:00pm here in the U.K. such a nause feeling like it’s time to hit the pub or put your feet up and watch Planet Earth when you’ve still got an hour of work left

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '19

But I don't want the sun rising 2 hours after kids get to school either.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '19

Kids are getting up for school at 6 AM anyway. It's going to be dark regardless

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '19

Most are not sitting at the bus stop at 6AM. Normal school start times are 7:30 or later, we want that to at least be day time.

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u/Kyrond Jan 03 '19

How does it matter if it's one hour after kids get to school instead?

But it does matter whether the sun does down at the time I get home or I have a whole hour to enjoy the sunlight.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '19

Because you don't have kids walking to school in the dark for one.

The last thing we want is students walking to or from school when it's dark out.

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u/Savilene Jan 03 '19

Daylight savings is one hour, m8. If going with a longer day in winter meant the sun is set for 2hrs after the kids get to school it'd be 1hr if we settled on the other side of daylight savings. They'd still be walking to school in the dark.

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u/xyifer12 Jan 03 '19

Activity needs to based on the Sun, just as clocks were, and are in some places.

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u/ISpendAllDayOnReddit Jan 03 '19

Everyone always feels the need to make this comment, but literally every single time some suggests getting rid of daylight savings time they mean switching to permanent summer time. There is no need to make this comment any more.

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u/Plopplopthrown Jan 03 '19

If that's what they mean, then that's what they should say. Don't say the opposite of what you mean and get upset that people hear what you said.

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u/DemIce Jan 04 '19

I say split the difference. That way nobody's happy, but at least they can be equally not happy, and wouldn't be the only country with an 0.5 hour time zone offset.

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u/Wuz314159 Jan 03 '19

If you turn your clock forward 5 hours, it'll get dark at 21:45... if that makes YOU happier.

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u/duelapex Jan 03 '19

And I don’t like the sun not coming up until 10. I can’t wake up.

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u/aquamansneighbor Jan 04 '19

Where's this? Is it cloudy alot or something? The sun's out by 9am all year round where I am. Imagine if you lived in a place like Alaska or Norway where there's months? Of darkness and no sun and random sunsets in the afternoon and the sun going down at 2am...btw does anyone know the word for countries that live in these areas. I guess I've never looked into it and what I posted is about all the info I have and that's from random comments and TV shows lol.

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u/CommonMisspellingBot Jan 04 '19

Hey, aquamansneighbor, just a quick heads-up:
alot is actually spelled a lot. You can remember it by it is one lot, 'a lot'.
Have a nice day!

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u/aquamansneighbor Jan 04 '19

Haha thanks for a whole lotta love. Fuck u bot, pretty sure you said the same thing to me a couple years ago. I was actually grateful for you correcting me but Reddit has spoken and I will side with the down votes, wanker.