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Clocks set to ‘fall back’ Sunday as daylight time ends for most Canadians (www.winnipegfreepress.com)
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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Why can't the workplaces change to 8-4 instead?

It's not the fifties anymore, 9-5 isn't even the norm anyways. Only about 30% of the workforce are in offices.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If it's anything like school, having people start work earlier will result in lower productivity. Maybe.

    It still wouldn't solve the fact that summer daylight would be cut short.

    Seems far more difficult to replace work hours than to keep daylight savings...

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    No daylight is cut short, jfc. There's exactly the same amount of daylight either way.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The number of hours of daylight is irrelevant, since I'm sure most people would benefit from later sunsets than earlier sunrises.

    Kids especially, who you wouldn't expect to be waking up at 5am just to catch more daylight hours.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You mean waking up at a regular time relative to the sun?

    Why does the clock saying the number 5 matter? Why is it so important the clock says a certain number when you wake up?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's not about when you wake up, but when you go to sleep.

    As I mentioned previously, fewer hours of daylight at the end of the day negatively impacts a lot of people, summer community events, leisure activities, pedestrian safety, etc.

    What benefit would we gain by getting rid of daylight savings?

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So go to bed earlier, genius!

    Good Lord.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm not sure if you even understand what you're writing.

    Can you explain how going to bed earlier gives you more daylight at the end of the day?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Because you wake up earlier, start work earlier, and get home earlier.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You can keep repeating that, but waking up earlier doesn't change what time the sun goes down at night.

    Very few people have the option to "start work earlier", or start school earlier. They work when they work.

    It really seems like a lot of effort to compensate, when it requires no effort the way it is.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Very few people have the option to "start work earlier", or start school earlier ... It really seems like a lot of effort to compensate

    We literally do it twice a year already! Holy fuck

    What I'm proposing is to do it ONCE and then nobody ever has to worry about it ever again!

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    We literally do it twice a year already! Holy fuck

    No, we change the time on our clocks to collectively benefit from a later sunset. Business hours don't change.

    What I'm proposing is to do it ONCE and then nobody ever has to worry about it ever again!

    You're proposing that everyone suffer through earlier sunsets in the summer, but haven't explained why it would be a good thing.

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