ARRRRGGGHHH DAYLIGHT SAVINGS!!!!

fucking insane, but apparently coincides with return of human temperatures to NYC

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can we make this a holiday yet?

Fortuna, N.D.:

March 6, 2015
Sunrise: 7:29am
Sunset: 6:45pm
Day length: 11h 16m

March 9, 2015
Sunrise: 8:22am
Sunset: 7:49pm
Day length: 11h 27m

June 22, 2015
Sunrise: 5:51am
Sunset: 10:03pm
Day length: 16h 11m

^^ This is why I still favor the Electoral College. Give the flyover yards some equal footing while you Mid-Atlantic Northeasterners monkey with everybody's time.

That's beautiful.

http://i.imgur.com/ckpibNg.jpg

"Fortuna, North Dakota, minutes before its Midnight Fourth of July Extravaganza."

Hahaha, yesss. YESSSSSS

http://i.imgur.com/UQS0IcK.png

"Welcome to Arkansas, home of Sen. Tom Cotton. Please turn your clock backward."

sun all in my eyes again in the mornings

That's where you save the light.

DST is an important milestone for us with extreme seasonal depression. It's something to look forward to, it gives us hope.

Since Sunday I've felt a marked change for the better. I had an immediate improvement in my outlook and I've been doing things I want/need to do each evening and day instead of barely hanging on. A lot of important and fun shit has gone undone since December.

I would be all for making DST the year-round standard. Standard time is needlessly difficult, especially for those of us on the very eastern edge of a time zone. Sunset at 4:15 is bad and if it's cloudy, it can get fully dark by 3:30. That's really hard for me.

Only 7 more days until the sun sets at 7:00 PM.

ugh I hate the waking up difficulty. I was popping out of bed no problem at 6:30, and now it is such a fucking chore even if I give myself until 7:30!

That said, I bought some pansies and today I'm gonna put those bitches in a pot, so gardening season begins today!

the number of car accidents climbs 17 percent during the first week after the clocks spring forward

DST is killing people!

I guess it there still being sunlight when I get home from work is fun, but that's more than offset by the fact that I have to wake up while it's still dark, which is a horrible way to start a day

If they waited another month, as they used to do, the dark mornings would be as pronounced.

Wow, I feel all that SAD just evaporating! Thanks, 7-11!

http://i.imgur.com/5SRjvij.jpg

I love going to work in the dark! So cozy. Wish they'd get rid of DST though. Especially the 2005 extended version. It's like a shitty time remix. I suspect folks in the extreme northern latitudes might hate winter DST hours though?

Poor Canada. Were they even consulted on that remix?

Rep. Meeks' proposal up there is a rarity for me as (1.) Something I endorse from a GOP lawmaker, (2.) Something I support even though I know it's a terrible, terrible idea, and (3.) Why in the world would we do such a thing, let's do this, I mean it.

I love going to work in the dark! So cozy.

Me too and I wish I could feel that way about evening darkness.

DST restores me so getting up in the morning is much easier, even if it's dark. That's not the norm, I know.

See, I don't mind leaving work in the dark. MY DAY IS DONE.

Going to work in the dark makes me feel like I'm rushing to the airport for an early flight or I'm being forced to go duck hunting again.

Going to work in the dark is fine with me. I can just sleepwalk through it, it's an extension of my sleeping.

Interesting to see the different takes on this. My wife is in the "I can't get up in the dark" camp (never mind that she's been doing it all winter) and I live for being able to come home from work, sit on my front step and have a beer in the sun.

She didn't wake up in daylight one day and darkness in the next all winter though. It was gradual, which was easier to get used to.

And again, wait another goddamm month. I'm glad everyone can sit on their stoops in 45-degree weather and drink a beer, but c'mon.

I'm with Jeff. Easier to get ready for work while pretending you are still asleep if it is still dark outside.

my mom:

"Politicians are the only people who think that if you cut the bottom off of a blanket and sew it to the top, you get a bigger blanket"

I live for being able to come home from work, sit on my front step and have a beer in the sun.

otmfm

i love the extra daylight in the evening but the converse of that is that shittiness in the fall of having to set the clocks back again, it might be easier just to have it at standard time year-round in terms of handling the transition

basically i just wonder sometimes why i live in northern latitudes, if i just moved somewhere sunny and further south i could have a beer in the sun any evening of the year

Be an adult and drink a beer on your porch before heading into work.

basically i just wonder sometimes why i live in northern latitudes

otmfm back atcha

better solution: mandate 30-hour work weeks!

See, I don't mind leaving work in the dark. MY DAY IS DONE.

That's what makes it hard for me - it feels like the day is over and it's time to get back to the nest. I guess it might be easier to handle if the weather didn't feel like it was trying to kill me.

I have a SAD lamp but I don't know that it does much for me.

got out of work and it was still light and i was sort of in a good mood? maybe it's working

Every evening this week has been active and felt like blessings. Like a reprieve.

TBPF, DST coincides with the weather going from 0/teens w/ blistering wind to 40s (57° today!!). Decent weather would make me the early dark feel more benign.

I've been waking up (without an alarm) at 6:30 every day this week instead of 7:30-8. I credit the remission of the long winter depression.

I support DST. I like both changes. Last night I took a long walk home and got pizza, then opened all of the living room windows and listened to music had a couple of beers and watched the block. When we switch back I'll dig that too. Sleeping in and the darkness of approaching winter.

the number of car accidents climbs 17 percent during the first week after the clocks spring forward

ban cars

It has rained and rained and rained this week. Haven't seen blue sky since last week. Plus, I was sick.

What I'm saying is, that extra hour of daylight in the evening is going to be like a prison break.

we don't need extra daylight in hawaii, so my tuesday-morning conference call to seattle's moving from 8 AM to 7 AM ugh

Aaaargh!!! My favorite event of every year!!!

:):):)

I dislike it, because it is the advent of a punishing six months of summer

^^^

also i have to re-do the sun being in my eyes in the morning

Oh it's going to suck. Going to be chasing shit until August and then I'll finally fall into a routine.

Toddler nightmare

Love you dst