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11-01-2014, 11:34 PM #1
I have too many damn clocks in my house
Damn daylight savings time! Doesn't save me any time. My day begins and ends with the sun regardless of what the hands on the clock say.
Five reasons why it's time to re-think daylight saving time clock change
Clocks will be “falling back” an hour this Sunday, marking the end of daylight saving time (DST) and the beginning of an old debate as to whether the practice should be continued.
Although some people relish the opportunity to gain an extra hour of sleep every fall, many Americans don’t see the necessity in adjusting their clocks — and their schedules — twice a year. With so much opposition to DST, here are a few reasons why it might be time to stop changing the clocks.
1. An unpopular tradition
The main argument against daylight saving time is simple: People don’t like to do it. According to a Rasmussen report from March of 2013, only 37 percent of Americans believe that DST should continue, while 45 percent said that the practice was pointless and was not “worth the hassle.”
2. Farmers
Much of the argument for maintaining DST lies in the belief that the practice is beneficial to farmers. However, the changing hours have little to no effect on the daily tasks required on a farm, according to Hillary Barile, partner at Rabbit Hill Farms, of Shiloh.
“There's still the same number of daylight hours, but I would say this time of year makes it even harder,” said Barile. “We don't have as many evening daylight hours left and you're still constrained by the clock, but now it just gets darker earlier.”
She added, “You don't always know until you get started in the morning what you need to do, so having morning daylight doesn't always make a difference.”
3. Safety concerns
Changing the clocks means waking up and going to bed at different hours, but it can also create a higher risk of traffic accidents for commuters who normally drive home during daylight hours.
A study published by the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that drivers unaccustomed to the time differences due to DST are more likely to get into accidents due to disrupted circadian rhythms and insufficient sleep.
"As a society we are chronically sleep-deprived and that small additional losses of sleep may have consequences for public and individual safety," said Dr. Stanley Coren in his report.
4. Health hazards
Changing an individual's schedule by a single hour might not just interrupt their day, but could also be hazardous to their health. Recent studies have linked the beginning and end of DST to a variety of health problems, including an increased risk of heart attacks and a rise in suicide rates.
According to Dr. Sean Duffy, an associate professor of Psychology at Rutgers-Camden, DST is not only a risk to physical health, but it could negatively affect a person's mood. “Falling back” in the winter marks the beginning of early nights, sometimes leading to symptoms of depression.
“The change in DST in fall is also a marker of the end of the summer season and the beginning of winter,” said Duffy. “This can be depressing for those longing for the extravagances of summer.”
5. Interrupted sleeping schedules
Setting clocks back an hour means gaining an extra hour of sleep time. For others who might be more sensitive to time changes, however, going to bed an hour later could cause anything but sweet dreams.
According to Dr. Sean Duffy, an associate professor of Psychology at Rutgers-Camden, time changes could upset a person’s natural sleeping schedule. In some cases, the process of adjusting to “springing forward” and “falling back” can affect learning and memory processes by changing the way that the brain functions.
“Sleep is a critical process for the whole body, helping it repair damage, but particularly for the brain, which consolidates memory and helps us learn,” said Duffy. “Most people can handle the one hour switch of daylight saving time but if you are prone to sleep disorders or insomnia, the change in timing can take some adjustment.”
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11-01-2014, 11:42 PM #2
i just keep an atomic clock with temp and moon cycles.....it changes itself, so i really never notice... cell phones also change themselves..
Terje was right.
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11-01-2014, 11:44 PM #3
Time is not what you think it is.
Zone Controller
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11-01-2014, 11:45 PM #4
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11-01-2014, 11:50 PM #5
Father Time: Sir Sandford Fleming
Inventor of worldwide standard time
After missing a train in 1876 in Ireland because its printed schedule listed p.m. instead of a.m., he proposed a single 24-hour clock for the entire world, located at the centre of the Earth and not linked to any surface meridian.[8] At a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute on February 8, 1879 he linked it to the anti-meridian of Greenwich (now 180°). He suggested that standard time zones could be used locally, but they were subordinate to his single world time, which he called Cosmic Time. He continued to promote his system at major international conferences[9] including the International Meridian Conference of 1884. That conference accepted a different version of Universal Time, but refused to accept his zones, stating that they were a local issue outside its purview. Nevertheless, by 1929 all of the major countries of the world had accepted time zones.
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11-01-2014, 11:54 PM #6
has nothing to do with your question but what the hell---
Something about the wrinkle in your forehead tells me there's a fit about to get thrown
And I never hear a single word you say when you tell me not to have my fun
It's the same old shit that I ain't gonna take off anyone.
and I never had a shortage of people tryin' to warn me about the dangers I pose to myself.
Patterson Hood of the DBT's
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11-02-2014, 12:19 AM #7
Nobody believes that. Nobody who's given it any thought, anyway.
Personally I like it. Except for a brief period in the summer it's dark when I drive to work anyway. I'd much rather have it stay late into the evening if given the choice. I'm willing to spend five minutes every six months to change the clocks in my house for this. It's not really a big deal.
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11-02-2014, 09:13 AM #8Funky But Chic
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I want a clock that wakes me up when the sun rises. The alarm time would change a little bit each day to go off at dawn (or a pre-set amount of time before or after dawn, like say 20 minutes after sunrise or whatever). This does not seem to be a product that is available. Anyone know of one, or else who wants to do a kickstarter with me?
(plenty of "sunrise alarms" out there but they don't work this way)
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11-02-2014, 09:17 AM #9
The first three responses to this thread lowered the collective forum IQ by around 40 points.
I'd be fine with DST if it was a summer-only thing like it used to be. Now that we have for around 7 months it is kind of aggravating and counter-productive per KQ's OP. There are a few states/areas that ignore DST and they seem to get along just fine.
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11-02-2014, 10:01 AM #10
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11-02-2014, 10:17 AM #11
I get the daylight and productivity arguments for having the damn change, and there was a time (heh) when the actual dates of the change made sense. But since our dumbfuck business politicos decided to follow the time change dates of our southern neighbours, it's just become stupid. At 51 latitude and above, having the change so far past the equinoxes makes no sense for anyone outside of the direct business of the NYSE (whose cubes are lit by fluorescents all day regardless of the natural light outside).
And most of our farming communities (BC's Peace R country, Saskatchewan, etc) don't change the clocks. When I lived in those locales, I much preferred their system.
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11-02-2014, 10:23 AM #12Registered User
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11-02-2014, 10:28 AM #13
I'll be pissed if we got rid of DST. I'd be fine if we kept DST all year long. I want to have daylight when my workday is done.
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11-02-2014, 10:45 AM #14
"Time is irrelevant. Lunch time doubly so."
I agree it is a constitutional right for Americans to be assholes...its just too bad that so many take the opportunity...iscariot
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11-02-2014, 10:52 AM #15Registered User
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3 pints?
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11-02-2014, 10:54 AM #16Banned
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DST, what is DST, all I know is my phone said 8am when I woke up but the 3 other clocks in my house said 9am and I began thinking the phone was broken.
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11-02-2014, 10:54 AM #17
Get rid of standard time, duh. DST is wayyy better than ST. Think how much better ski season would be.
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11-02-2014, 11:43 AM #18
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11-02-2014, 11:50 AM #20Banned
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11-02-2014, 12:52 PM #21
Clocks. I had to read the title twice.
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11-02-2014, 01:03 PM #22
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11-02-2014, 01:32 PM #23Registered User
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We have the technology, DST should be better, faster, stronger!
6 million deferent time zones is the ticket!
Greenwich reset to sunrise everyday, with north/south zones added to the east/west!
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11-02-2014, 02:56 PM #24"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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11-02-2014, 02:57 PM #25
Fuck, in winter I wouldn't mind one bit if it stayed dark until much later in teh morning, just so I could get some daylight outdoor recreation after work.
"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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