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There has been a "daylight savings is the worst thing since Hitler" type post every time change for as long as I can remember, it's the ultimate bike shedding topic. It actually has a lot of parallels to most covid posts, there are a lot of competing benefits and many are angry their preference isn't given the most weight.

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I agree that the debate about 'permanent daylight savings' vs 'permanent standard time' is bikeshedding, but the idea of changing the clocks twice a year is patently absurd.

Switching makes sense because the length of day varies by 3-4 hours for a lot of the population over a year. Switching means about a week of unpleasantness twice a year, where not switching would be 30-60 days around the summer or winter solstice are miserable.

But then why is the Senate not busy bikeshedding this?

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