OWH Memorial Undead Topic

im in cape san blas and no idea what time it is going on 2 days. Part is cst. Part est and we sprang forward so I went to get donuts at what I thought was 730 and it was actually 930 and they were closed.

 

See, it's even [uck fay]ing with our donuts. DST must go.

 

I will be tired from now until November. Give me my hour back, and stop the cycle.

 

Ah, more presidential bliss -

 

I’m pretty sure that’s an actual photo of George Washington

 

It's dumb as all [uck fay].

 

If you're on the west side of a time zone standard time makes sense. If you're on the eastern edge of a timezone DST is far superior. They really need to just redraw the timezones tbh.

 

I'm down with that as long as they align more closely with the sun cycle.

 

Are you proposing more, small timezones?

 

Same question as to him.

Assuming a sphere and 24 hour rotation, this is a math thing.

 

Surely you have this backwards? I'm a couple of hours drive or less from the eastern edge of the Central, and I have no use for it.

 

Ugh, this is tough. More time zones better aligned with the sun would likely be better from a human health perspective, but a practical nightmare which might cancel out any good.

 

I don't know just shift them by half or something. I'm on the eastern edge of the Central Time zone. Standard time is dog shit. Give me DST all day or move me to the eastern timezone with standard time all year.

 

Yeah, after re-reading I think it is backwards. The goal should be for the time zone be as closely aligned with sunrise as possible.

 

So you don't want true noon, you want late light. You can see how someone is going to miss out on that no matter how you shift things.

 

it never really bothered me at all either way. I’m kind of a night owl so I don’t like going forward as much

 

This is not a knock, JQK, but you might be the most unbothered person I know. There are so many similar comments from you on a number of topics. You are reliable.

 

It's why my sleep schedule is go to bed 2-3ish and wake up 9-10. Doesn't matter what time of year I go to sleep or wake up, the sun is always down when I go to sleep and it's always up when I wake up.

 

Here's the thing. Our circadian rhythms (along with most all other biologic life on the planet) are driven by the sun cycle. This means our waking and sleeping are driven by the sun. If we regularly wake when it's dark and sleep when it isn't, our internal clocks/functions are thrown off. This can lead to numerous health issues. Year round DST would be very bad from a health perspective.

 

Hardly anyone gets true noon as it is now. So no I don't want what I'm already not getting. I want an extra hour of light in the evening, in stead of leaving work at 530 in the dark.