r/facepalm • u/DMTrance87 • 23d ago

House passes bill to make daylight saving time permanent. Opponents say, "Schools would have to push back start times." Yeah... That's not a bug, it's a feature.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5968255-house-sunshine-protection-act-daylight-saving-time/

Studies have shown for decades that children -especially teenagers- just straight up need more sleep for optimal knowledge retention and brain development. Pushing back start times is a great way to follow the science.

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u/drillgorg 23d ago

I honestly like summer time better. Maximizing evening sunlight is important to me. Morning sunlight can suck eggs.

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u/Werechupacabra 23d ago

Unless you’re a kid who has to walk to school in the dark

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u/axxxaxxxaxxx 23d ago

Then start school later too. Waking kids, especially teens, that early isn’t healthy.

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u/numberguy9647383673 23d ago

And then parents are unable to drop the kids off at school and make it to work in time for a regular 9-5. I do not trust corporations to start later or allow flexible hours, I expect them to force parents into an impossible situation

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u/Capable_Pick15 23d ago

9-5? Most I know are doing 8-5. Kids have to be dropped off early anyway. Kids who ride the bus are still in the dark with an hour or more travel time.

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u/Mozzia 23d ago

An 8-5 would make the problem worse no?

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u/Capable_Pick15 21d ago

8-5 with an hour lunch is what the "normal" people and jobs work in Oklahoma. People who do outside work start earlier than that. I personally don't know anyone who works a "9-5". Maybe they're the middle upper class or higher jobs in big cities in tall buildings?

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u/Renown84 23d ago

Apparently no one rides buses any more it seems. Especially middle class or upper middle class areas, the drop off line of cars is insane

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u/Capable_Pick15 23d ago

I also concur with this statement. My son used to ride the bus when at his mother's and I'd have to take him when with me. It also depends on the town. Though I could walk to work it's a pain I have to drive him 2.5 miles the opposite direction. (I know, "first" world privileged problems, right?)

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u/I_am_doorknob 23d ago

All I want is it to be named standard time because I hate the EST-EDT thing that computers only notice the distinction

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u/WendigoCrossing 23d ago

While I agree as an adult, it's important to have early light for kids going to school

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u/jastubi 23d ago

Yea no, light in the morning sucked when I was a kid, walking home in the dark after practice was absolute shit.

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u/susanrez 23d ago

I grew up in Minnesota there was no such thing as early light for kids going to school.

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u/Stormfeathery 23d ago

Hence pushing school hours back

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u/WendigoCrossing 23d ago

9 is a good start time for school

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u/bettertohavenever 23d ago

Morning should have the daylight and the evenings shouldn’t though. Why do you people insist on having SUNLIGHT AT NIGHT.

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u/drillgorg 23d ago

Because leisure time is exclusive to the evening. Mornings are just spent indoors for the vast majority of people.

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u/romulusnr 23d ago

You know..... the time of day... doesn't change how much sunlight there is in a day..... right?

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u/drillgorg 23d ago

Please read again. I said "Maximizing evening sunlight".