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0 pointscromulent10y ago0 comments

Exactly. Here's one I cherry-picked showing the opposite:

http://www.degruyter.com/dg/viewarticle/j$002fbejeap.2007.7....

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AnthonyMouse10y ago· 4 in thread

Right, so you found a study that shows there are more accidents at the end of winter when the roads are more icy than they are at the start of spring.

How about we forget the statistics and stop changing our clocks because people don't like losing an hour of sleep and disrupting their sleep schedule?

ghaff10y ago

Or keep changing them because people like more light on summer evenings. :-)

[EDIT: And I would be perfectly fine with DST year-round but I understand why people in northern cities have issues with an extra hour of morning darkness for kids going to school and people driving to work.]

AnthonyMouse10y ago

You don't have to change your clock for that. Just leave it on DST the whole year.

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cromulentOP10y ago

I think that some people feel that way, but certainly not all, and the arguments against are not compelling enough.

I don't mind losing / gaining an hour of sleep. My sleep patterns have never been very precise, certainly not since having kids. I do like DST. That's just my opinion. I get that some people feel the opposite, no matter what your latitude.

I like that the Earth's axis is inclined and that summer is different to winter.

noobermin10y ago

>My sleep patterns have never been very precise, certainly not since having kids. I do like DST.

And because it doesn't affect you it is your reason for imposing it on everyone else? I'm sure a majority of people dislike it. Supposing that everyone else be accustomed to imprecise sleep patterns as you are (which are most likely atypical) is not very fair.

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AnthonyMouse10y ago· 4 in thread

Right, so you found a study that shows there are more accidents at the end of winter when the roads are more icy than they are at the start of spring.

How about we forget the statistics and stop changing our clocks because people don't like losing an hour of sleep and disrupting their sleep schedule?

ghaff10y ago

Or keep changing them because people like more light on summer evenings. :-)

[EDIT: And I would be perfectly fine with DST year-round but I understand why people in northern cities have issues with an extra hour of morning darkness for kids going to school and people driving to work.]

AnthonyMouse10y ago

You don't have to change your clock for that. Just leave it on DST the whole year.

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cromulentOP10y ago

I think that some people feel that way, but certainly not all, and the arguments against are not compelling enough.

I don't mind losing / gaining an hour of sleep. My sleep patterns have never been very precise, certainly not since having kids. I do like DST. That's just my opinion. I get that some people feel the opposite, no matter what your latitude.

I like that the Earth's axis is inclined and that summer is different to winter.

noobermin10y ago

>My sleep patterns have never been very precise, certainly not since having kids. I do like DST.

And because it doesn't affect you it is your reason for imposing it on everyone else? I'm sure a majority of people dislike it. Supposing that everyone else be accustomed to imprecise sleep patterns as you are (which are most likely atypical) is not very fair.

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