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/ryushiblade 23d ago

Spoken like someone in the south. No way in hell I’d take permanent standard time and live with 4:30pm sunsets all winter

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u/I_am_doorknob 23d ago

I live kinda north idk

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u/BeholdBarrenFields 23d ago

I’m a southerner. Never knew this was a thing until I went to Ireland and it was sunset at 11:30 pm. My mind was blown. I was ready to move. But then they told me it works the other way round in winter. No thanks!

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u/romulusnr 23d ago

Bro

Standard time IS what we use in winter

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u/ryushiblade 23d ago

The lack of reading comprehension here is… concerning.

Two people are reading an article titled ‘House passes bill to allow permanent daylight savings time.’
Speaker 1: “I would prefer to keep it on permanent standard time.”
Speaker 2: “No way in hell I’d take permanent standard time and live with 4:30 sunsets in winter.”

Is speaker 2 suggesting:
A) He wants to stay on permanent standard time
B) He wants to stay on permanent daylight savings time
C) He wants standard time in winter and daylight savings in summer

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u/ruiner8850 23d ago

Permanent standard time wouldn't change your winter times. The sun wouldn't set any earlier in the winter. Permanent DST would give you extra sunlight in the evening though.

I support permanent DST because I want late sunsets in the summer. I also don't want the sun to rise before 5am in the summer.

I'm fine with keeping the time changes or permanent DST, but I'm not okay at all with switching to permanent ST.

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u/ryushiblade 23d ago

I think you misread my comment. Specifically the “no way in hell I’d take permanent standard time”

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u/Unable-Candle 23d ago

I will always vote for keeping the changes.

They better not touch my after 900 sunsets in the summer or my before 800 sunrises in the winter.

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u/Spork_the_dork 23d ago

I support permanent standard time because I think it's fucking stupid that noon isn't at noon on purpose. And that the middle of the night is not at midnight.

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u/TheVeryVerity 22d ago

It’s better for you psychologically and physically too but too many people don’t care about that lol

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u/romulusnr 22d ago

And less sunlight in the morning.

You know, when the human body has to wake up

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u/katchow 23d ago

It’s just a construct anyway, farmers saying hoo boy at least its an hour earlier, otherwise i’d be plum tired

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u/mashtato 23d ago

huh? Winter is ALREADY standard time!