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My annual rant about Daylight Savings Time
March 08, 2026, 06:12 PM
KrazeehorseMy annual rant about Daylight Savings Time
quote:
Originally posted by Patriot:
I like it…
I wish they’d stay in DST, if we had to pick.
One more vote for extra light later.
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March 08, 2026, 06:53 PM
vthokyquote:
Originally posted by cparktd:
If it is made year around it will be normalized and in a few years becomes irrelevant.
Pffft. In
a week it’ll be irrelevant.
Politicians seem to have forgotten that they work for us, not the other way around.
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God bless America. March 08, 2026, 09:47 PM
vthokyHey, here’s something I should have asked long ago: people who work third shift on the “spring forward” night… do you get shortchanged an hour’s worth on your paycheck?
What happens later in the year when we “fall back?”
I’ve never worked third, so I honestly don’t know how that works.
Politicians seem to have forgotten that they work for us, not the other way around.
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God bless America. March 08, 2026, 10:20 PM
Johnny 3eaglesWe were paid for 8 hours on the 7 hour night and 9 on the 8 hour night (1 hour overtime).
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March 08, 2026, 10:49 PM
airsoft guyquote:
Originally posted by vthoky:
Hey, here’s something I should have asked long ago: people who work third shift on the “spring forward” night… do you get shortchanged an hour’s worth on your paycheck?
What happens later in the year when we “fall back?”
I’ve never worked third, so I honestly don’t know how that works.
I'm always out the hour, but then in fall I get an extra hour.
In any case, these fuckers need to knock it off. Just pick a time and stick with it. This back and forth twice a year is retarded and doesn't do anything useful besides fuck people up.
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Originally posted by Will938:
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March 08, 2026, 11:16 PM
mcrimmHo Hum. I’m in the great state of Arizona where we don’t change our clocks twice a year. Although, In the summer, it gets pretty light in the early morning.
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vthokyquote:
Originally posted by airsoft guy:
I'm always out the hour, but then in fall I get an extra hour.
quote:
Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
We were paid for 8 hours on the 7 hour night and 9 on the 8 hour night (1 hour overtime).
This just about covers the span of what I thought the answers would be.
Looks to me like airsoft guy gets shorted an hour (and works an hour shorter shift) in the spring, and then works an hour longer shift in the fall for which he gets paid at normal rate.
Johnny, however, gets a way better deal, working 7 in the spring and getting paid for 8, then getting an hour's worth of overtime pay in the fall.
Politicians seem to have forgotten that they work for us, not the other way around.
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God bless America. March 09, 2026, 11:23 AM
6gunsWe worked 12 hour shifts, so we got paid the same, but my watch partner and I would split the hour time-wise.
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March 09, 2026, 11:44 AM
trapper189quote:
Originally posted by V-Tail:
Daylight Saving Time isn’t about farmers. The farmer story stuck because no one asks follow-up questions once livestock are involved. The real purpose is daylight redistribution. Surplus daylight is stored in secret underground federal reserve facilities through winter. In spring, the illumination is loaded onto tanker trucks overnight and delivered to dispersion depots disguised as gas stations. The “fuel pumps” are mostly for appearances but they double as pressurized daylight regulators. This allows municipal utility crews to safely load the unpressurized light into the buckets on their trucks and release it into the sky evenly across neighborhoods. From the street it mostly looks like routine line work. So, if your evenings suddenly feel longer over the next week or so, your area is probably receiving its first deliveries.
(Additional note: Ever wonder why “Trucks Entering Highway” signs sit at oddly specific highway entrances? They mark access portals where tanker trucks surface from the underground tunnels nightly. DOT has never formally confirmed it, but the signage pattern is fairly obvious once you start looking for it.)
Well I questioned the first part while driving my son to school in the dark again this morning and he remarked it was the farmers. I asked him what work on the farm changes based on the clock time and he decided nothing on the farm cares about clock time.
We didn’t come up with the second part though. I’ll bring that up to him on the drive to school tomorrow. I’ll tell him I saw it on the internet so it must be true.
March 09, 2026, 12:58 PM
Pipe SmokerI’m good with the DST/ST switch. Especially now that my microwave clock is showing the right time. I leave it at a DST setting. There’s about 8 months of that, but only about 4 months of ST.
Serious about crackers. March 09, 2026, 01:10 PM
ruger357DST all year long for me!!!
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March 10, 2026, 05:22 AM
Georgeairquote:
Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
Especially now that my microwave clock is showing the right time. I leave it at a DST setting. There’s about 8 months of that, but only about 4 months of ST.
I really don't understand how some of you can sleep with this level of chaos underway in your homes.
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March 10, 2026, 09:09 AM
BB61After the first week, I don’t mind it as I prefer the extra daylight after work.
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March 10, 2026, 10:07 AM
BytesWhen I was working I wanted to stay on DST so I could get at least 9 holes in after work. Now that I'm retired, I don't sleep by a clock. I go to bed shortly after it gets dark and wake up when it gets light.
March 10, 2026, 11:25 AM
PASigquote:
Originally posted by cparktd:
It's ONE HOUR guys! An hour either way is nothing.
Easy for you to say that
You don't have kids waking up an hour early now and/or not falling asleep when they should, often awake for hours.
It sucks for parents with young kids, it throws them off for a good week or longer, it's almost like a jet lag.
Politicians seem to have forgotten that they work for us, not the other way around.
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God bless America. March 10, 2026, 03:57 PM
oddballquote:
Originally posted by BB61:
After the first week, I don’t mind it as I prefer the extra daylight after work.
I prefer some daylight when I wake up at 6am.
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March 10, 2026, 04:29 PM
ScooterXFor me it’s no different than staying up late to watch a movie or go out. Same for rising earlier for a more distant work location. It helps usher in Spring to me, grass is greening up. Forsythia blooming, all for changing just an hour.
March 10, 2026, 05:08 PM
V-TailMy lawn seems to grow faster, and requires cutting more often, when Daylight Savings Time is in effect.
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egregoreDepending on the school's schedule, the first month or two of DST may have the kids walking/bicycling to school or waiting for/boarding/exiting school buses in semi-darkness.
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