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[โ€“] nf999@lemm.ee -1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Really don't get the issue about keeping it? Its just a small adaptation, which should not bother anyone? A simple change every now and then keeps you flexible right, just go with the flow, and stop being bothered about such a small thing ๐Ÿ˜‰

[โ€“] arsCynic@beehaw.org 1 points 3 days ago

"Small"? It's literally changing the time, one of the most significant variables in our lives.

[โ€“] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It causes a lot of unnecessary costs, it causes a lot of unnecessary stress (literally kills a bunch of people every year), ...

Why keep it?

[โ€“] nf999@lemm.ee -3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What are these costs? And how come shifting an hour kills people?? Stress?? Cant be just that??Having these discussions every year possibly causes more stress than just following the clock shifting? I don't recall my parents ever having issues with dst or complain about dst more than the first morning when the clock shifted forward? Just trolling a bit, but for myself I really dont see the issue, except for the discussions every half year.

[โ€“] Distractor@lemm.ee 0 points 4 days ago

It's basically subjecting the entire population to 1 hour jetlag twice a year. The problematic switch is to summer time (losing an hour), which causes many people to be tired for most of the week following the change.

Lots of tired people means more accidents on the road and at work. There is also a definite uptick in heart attacks.

Then there is the longer term impact of late evening light on people's sleep. Whilst it is more social to have more light at night, it's better for our sleep for darkness to come earlier and to have more light in the mornings. There are tons of studies on the health impacts of insufficient sleep and / or misaligned body circadian rhythms. Summer time is particularly problematic for night owls (which includes all teenagers), who already struggle to fall asleep at a reasonable time.

The economic costs arise from things like loss of productivity due to tiredness, accidents, and higher health costs.

[โ€“] Haarukkateroitin@sopuli.xyz -1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Your argumentation structure is similar to holocaust denier: โ€Iโ€™m not personally affected by it so it must not have affected others.โ€

[โ€“] nf999@lemm.ee -1 points 4 days ago
[โ€“] elrecoal19_1@lemmy.world -1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yeah, thing is it's not small, and it bothers almost everyone. People with kids having to change their kid's schedule twice a year, programmers having to adapt apps that use times, devices without internet connection having to be updated, unconsistent sleep schedule for everyone...