We were so close a few years ago when the senate passed a bill with unanimous consent, only for the house to say fuck you and refuse to even consider it (can’t have anything useful getting done).
No one could agree on what the permanent time should be, that’s why it failed.
Nope, standard time to sync with the rest of the world. Just align work and school days to an hour earlier. Same work/school day length, just start at 6 instead of 7 year round and you’ll get your extra hour of daylight without making weird “American” time zones.
We did that in the '70s. Everyone hated it so much that they switched back to DST.
Just go back to normal time and be done with it. Oh, and for you specifically, just ask your work to let you start an hour earlier.
This is any group decision making in a nutshell. All the arguing over the thing that matters least.
They could’ve picked either and everyone would just adjust.
Tbh, the US already uses imperial instead of metric, regardless of the difficulty coordinating with other countries. We could have just split the difference and been 30 minutes offset from other countries in the same time zones.
I thought it failed because Rs in the senate said “wait no, we passed it by mistake, don’t vote on it please”, and democrats in the house have them what they wanted. A favor that would never be repaid, because they are stupid
Set the damn clock to noon at noon on summer solstice and leave it the fuck alone.
I’m all for getting rid of DST, but the idea of making it permanent is beyond ridiculous.
There is not a valid argument for it. Your solution is the only sensible one.
Me, in Arizona:
Though honestly, my thought is if the rest of the country gets rid of DST, I feel like Pacific should go to PDT because it’s incredibly nice when that part of the country aligns with Arizona’s time. Granted, that might be weirder for the eastern Mountain time states.
I’m convinced at this point that it’s kept around at least in part because it’s disruptive and disorienting.
Its 5am and I’m cranky because I known it’s 4am!
