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mooomba t1_j10dcxq wrote

Reply to comment by OfficialModAccount in It is 7:34 in the morning the day before the winter solstice. Look outside right now, and know that if we did “Daylight Saving” time year round, it would be 8:34. by factotvm

I agree. I keep reading people saying that a big reason is so the kids don't have to go to school in the dark? Forgive me for not giving a shit about that. I would rather have at least a couple ounces of light after I get home from work...

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technoferal t1_j10j3lu wrote

A problem more easily solved by changing school hours than clocks.

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rilo_cat t1_j10i5jp wrote

part of it for school is transportation; the roads are icy & unsafe before the sun is out in the winter

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Rocketgirl8097 t1_j129nyb wrote

Exactly. And those same kids will also want the daylight hours after work when they get older.

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doktorhladnjak t1_j115hp7 wrote

Fuck them kids. Who cares about their safety going to school /s

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mooomba t1_j116apj wrote

What do the kids in Alaska do? Just stop going to school all winter?

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CheckmateApostates t1_j12eayj wrote

Alaska doesn't count, apparently, especially when people start talking about cancer and daylight savings time as if some places in the world don't get more than 16 hours of sunlight a day.

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rilo_cat t1_j18xtcd wrote

google it if you want the answer, but they take snowmobiles

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rilo_cat t1_j18xrgl wrote

they literally take snowmobiles; you can watch videos of it on youtube

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