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[-] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 48 points 6 months ago

I don't understand why it never occurred to anyone that they could just change the times they do things instead of changing the clock

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 25 points 6 months ago

Pretty sure it did, and would lead to conversations like "Oh by the way boss, for the next 6 months I'll be coming in an hour late. You guys are cool with flex time, right?"

[-] ShakeThatYam@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Me: As long as you leave an hour later why do I give a shit.

Probably why I'm not the boss of anything.

[-] Bashnagdul@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

Technically, that's sorta what we do... We all agree to make everything one hour off, including the clock.

[-] Lesrid@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

DST was established in the context of anemic government trying to show extensive reach/control over the economy at a time where it had very little (arguably it still does today but only because most governments have matured to represent their most powerful class). As if to say "We determine the clocks that industry schedules by"

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 points 6 months ago

You clearly have never been a farmer

[-] nublug 26 points 6 months ago

farmers? the people who have to do things by daylight hours regardless what any authority around them counts as the time? they're the ones that need daylight saved?

what?

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago

Like I said, you clearly have never been a farmer

[-] nublug 7 points 6 months ago

very convincing and condescending. now everyone reading is wholly swayed in favor of daylight savings. job well done. farmers need it because people who don't want it clearly aren't farmers. brilliant.

[-] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 15 points 6 months ago

In Canada, one of the biggest farming provinces is also the only one that doesn't have DST, and they seem to be ok. I think.

[-] John_McMurray@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

That province tried it for one year when it was a new idea, decided it was stupid, and stopped.

[-] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

One of the few based things Sask has done. Add to the list: producing Diefenbaker, who appointed the first Indigenous Senator and gave all Indigenous people in Canada the right to vote, and Tommy Douglas, who instituted the first ever single payer universal healthcare program in ALL OF NORTH AMERICA in Sask. That then became the basis of the universal health care program we see in Canada today.

Too bad their current government is super regressive and like taking AmeriPol talking points instead of actual effective governance.

[-] John_McMurray@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah unfortunately none of that stuff was sustainable and that's why we're kinda fucked economically. They won't grow some balls and end it, but they won't fund it properly either, cause they can't without making everyone even poorer.

[-] nublug 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

indigenous right to vote and universal healthcare are unsustainable and making everyone poor, and they need the balls to end it? what the fuck dude?

edit: just perused and yeah that's a full blown nazi. nevermind to whatever they were going to reply with. blocked.

[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

It was never about farming, it's bad for farmers. The farming lobby fought it off for years before the Chamber of Commerce rammed it through, with big assists from the golf and bbq industries. Then Big Candy successfully lobbied to get it extended to include Halloween.

https://qz.com/daylight-savings-time-origin-business-farmers-bbq-golf-1851320679

[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

It would cause disruptions because of business hours inconsistently changing.

You know your suppliers business hours, they don't change. The clock changes, but your supplier still opens at 9am, you know when you're working they're open.

If it were trivial to accomplish individually, then you could tell your boss that after the time change you'll be coming into the office at 10am instead of 9am and negate any ill effects from the time change. If place of employment is cool with this, then you make this change right now. But most people have to conform to what the rest of their industry is doing.

[-] rekabis@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

…Right? Like, if you want daylight at the end of your work day, just start work earlier in the day.

Instead, we have the tyranny of night owls who cannot wake up at a decent hour wanting to move clock noon wildly away from solar noon just to pamper their solipsistic needs.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 6 months ago

Potato tomato.

You wouldn't doing the same thing either way so what difference does it make?

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