Yesterday morning I was standing on the platform waiting for my morning train and noticing several unfamiliar faces and thought, these poor bastards forgot to change their clocks. And then I looked at my phone (AKA my alarm clock) which had failed to automatically change the time like it was supposed to have done. Who's the poor bastard now, I was forced to ask myself. Who's the poor bastard now.
― Ape Wipes (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 13 March 2018 15:50 (six years ago) link
I mean, it'll be ok in a month or so but still
― silverfish, Tuesday, March 13, 2018 10:37 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I mean, maybe they should move the big change to April? What would that hurt?
― pplains, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 17:18 (six years ago) link
it used to be in april (and the same date as in europe) until this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Policy_Act_of_2005#Change_to_daylight_saving_time
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 13 March 2018 17:27 (six years ago) link
(I know that.)
― pplains, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 18:16 (six years ago) link
this has been the easiest adjustment of my life tbh
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2018 18:18 (six years ago) link
(Didn't you read this post of mine that I made 13 years ago?)
That's neither here nor there. I'm just mad that the line in "Celebrated Summer" about how sometime in April they add another hour isn't going to be relevant anymore.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, August 8, 2005 3:11 PM
― pplains, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 18:18 (six years ago) link
no but i'm going to read it now!!
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 13 March 2018 18:21 (six years ago) link
I THOUGHT THIS SHIT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, NOT IN TWO DAYS!
― pplains, Saturday, 9 March 2019 05:13 (five years ago) link
it is a nightmare
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 March 2019 05:18 (five years ago) link
https://media.giphy.com/media/XtjHZkms6nuEM/giphy.gif
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 March 2019 05:24 (five years ago) link
fucking hate this bullshit
motherfuck
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 9 March 2019 13:09 (five years ago) link
What the fuck?
― ☮ (peace, man), Saturday, 9 March 2019 13:52 (five years ago) link
too soon
― brownie, Saturday, 9 March 2019 14:01 (five years ago) link
can we just spring ahead 30 minutes and then end this whole charade
― brownie, Saturday, 9 March 2019 14:02 (five years ago) link
the greatest day of the year, finally some respite from the suffocating darkness of winter
y'all are crazy
― heinrich boll weevil (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 9 March 2019 15:34 (five years ago) link
real question: do you guys sleep so consistently from nigh to night that a single hour is that big a deal?
I get an hour less sleep on any random weeknight
― heinrich boll weevil (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 9 March 2019 15:35 (five years ago) link
“I’m mad because there is light now in the evening” whaaaat ppl
― alomar lines, Saturday, 9 March 2019 15:41 (five years ago) link
Shortest weekend of the year, kill me now
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 9 March 2019 16:17 (five years ago) link
really can't imagine getting worked up over this
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Saturday, 9 March 2019 16:20 (five years ago) link
i bet you love summer toohippies
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 March 2019 16:37 (five years ago) link
tbh, getting our early-rising pets re-situated is more of a hassle than our own schedules
― 27 Discounts ILXors Get Only If They Know (WmC), Saturday, 9 March 2019 16:42 (five years ago) link
brad the government is stealing time from me
also now the sun’s gonna be all in my eyes in the morning again
also we have to deal with all the people writing EST when they mean EDT
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 March 2019 20:15 (five years ago) link
last i heard california passed a plebiscite to make it always daylight savings time and because oregon has to copy everything from california we're trying to do it too
can we just pass a law to make time irrelevant, because that's what i really want
― the scientology of mountains (rushomancy), Saturday, 9 March 2019 20:17 (five years ago) link
you all just copying hawaii.
― Yerac, Saturday, 9 March 2019 20:36 (five years ago) link
But Hawaii is always standard time, right?
Some legislator tried to abolish DST again here. Keep in mind that we're at least 400 miles away from the nearest time zone boundary.
― pplains, Saturday, 9 March 2019 21:17 (five years ago) link
this basically means having to get up while it's still dark for the next couple of weeks. The worst time the year.
― silverfish, Sunday, 10 March 2019 01:21 (five years ago) link
grow up y'all
go to bed early
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 10 March 2019 01:35 (five years ago) link
but it's hard to fall asleep early when it's light later!
― petey v, Sunday, 10 March 2019 01:45 (five years ago) link
chile went permanent with daylight savings for a year or two a couple of years ago, but it caused problems so now they do the time changes again, but they change dates. It's really confusing.
― Yerac, Sunday, 10 March 2019 02:09 (five years ago) link
I can barely keep track of when I am two hours ahead of EST (like right now) and then it goes to one hour ahead (tomorrow) and then eventually the same time. I think.
― Yerac, Sunday, 10 March 2019 02:11 (five years ago) link
hey i have an idea why don’t all you sunlight loving school marms go on over to the yay march thread and let the vampires commiserate
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 10 March 2019 02:17 (five years ago) link
Yerac, and you don't have to answer, but where are you? Greenland or Brazil?
― pplains, Sunday, 10 March 2019 02:48 (five years ago) link
man we still got like 4 feet of snow on the ground here
― j., Sunday, 10 March 2019 03:03 (five years ago) link
Chill out, it’ll be fine, just roll wid it
― calstars, Sunday, 10 March 2019 03:06 (five years ago) link
Chile. It's summer here right now.
― Yerac, Sunday, 10 March 2019 03:12 (five years ago) link
May as well be summer here.
― pplains, Sunday, 10 March 2019 03:22 (five years ago) link
The day is going by so fast and everyone is still asleep. Grrrrrr...
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 10 March 2019 16:05 (five years ago) link
We get direct, super bright light in our apt from about 5pm to 8:30pm. It's not the best part of your day that you want to be sweating your ass off.
― Yerac, Sunday, 10 March 2019 16:49 (five years ago) link
Oh God it’s as bad as predicted! I lost 1 hour of sleep last night — how will I ever recover?!
― Je55e, Sunday, 10 March 2019 17:01 (five years ago) link
I hate the idea of brunch, but my friend and I walked in without reservations at 10:30 to a normally booming spot #daylightsavingsproblems
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 10 March 2019 17:02 (five years ago) link
how will I ever recover?!
there are studies that show societal effects, like increases in traffic accidents and illnesses, so it's not entirely about you.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 10 March 2019 17:58 (five years ago) link
I'm fine with Jesse speaking for me.
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Sunday, 10 March 2019 18:15 (five years ago) link
This could be a thing where we have red-hot needles driven into our genitals twice a year and there would still be people all like 'wah wah wah, it's just a couple of needles, what's the big deal you dumb crybabies, three cheers for the people making these arbitrary decisions which slowly erode the quality of our lives'.
Guess which side I come down on wrt this debate. Just guess.
― Goody Rickels on the Dime (Old Lunch), Sunday, 10 March 2019 18:40 (five years ago) link
twice a year
oh I'm 100% against returning to standard time
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Sunday, 10 March 2019 19:02 (five years ago) link
I was shooting for “humor,” but this is a good article challenging the statistics about DST https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-daylight-saving-20190309-story.html
― Je55e, Sunday, 10 March 2019 19:14 (five years ago) link
I too would prefer no time changes, as long as we stuck with DST.
― Je55e, Sunday, 10 March 2019 19:19 (five years ago) link
^otm. DST year-round works for me.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 10 March 2019 19:28 (five years ago) link
When the fall change to standard time comes, I complain as loudly as anyone. Or at least as loudly as most people do about springing forward. That extra hour means nothing to me compared with looking forward to sunset at 4:15 (and dusk at 2:30-3:00 PM on cloudy days). Chicago is geographically screwed when it comes to time zones.
― Je55e, Sunday, 10 March 2019 19:36 (five years ago) link
― mookieproof, Saturday, March 9, 2019 1:15 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ok fine admittedly these are all terrible things
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 10 March 2019 19:38 (five years ago) link