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[@herrkulor3771]

We should not manipulate the clock. If you want to work earlier or later, change the work hours.

[@ericmatthews8497]

Dumb.. In west Michigan if we didn't switch back to Standard Time, our children would be waiting at bus stops or walking to school in the dark. The time switch. .. saves lives.

[@RandomStuff-i4i]

​@@ericmatthews8497 Dumb answer. The world doesn't live in west Michigan.

[@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou]

@@ericmatthews8497 No, it is dumb that your school district is so full of ignorant bumpkins, that they cannot figure out how to schedule the hours to avoid children from waiting for their buses in the dark! Do yourself and society a favour and vote those governmental bureaucrazies out of the school board!

[@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou]

@@ericmatthews8497 What is actually dumb is permitting ignorant bumpkins that don't know how to schedule school to where children are not waiting for busses in the dark. If you can vote those lot out, then do yourself and society a favour by actually voting against the governmental bureaucrazies!

[@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou]

@@ericmatthews8497 No, you should be holding the governmental bureaucrazies responsible for setting a schedule that includes children waiting for busses in the dark. The rest of the country will thrive with one time standard.

[@Tammissa]

Yes! End it. Personally it just interferes with my body clock. We don’t need it anymore anyway.

[@sidneyvandykeii3169]

My alarm goes off at 2:30 am for work tomorrow. Too bad my body will think it's 1:30 am.

[@Vonraptor123]

I grew up without daylight savings in QLD, Aus. Living with it in NSW for 4 years really messed with my head.

[@carncats07]

That says more about you than DST. I loved living in QLD, but not having DST is ridiculous. I was fortunate to live on the Gold Coast during the couple of years DST was in place. But the hillbillies in the north west of the state ruined it for the rest of us.

[@carncats07]

@lcfgas Regular normal people don't want to wake up an hour earlier, because they're too busy having lives and enjoying their afternoons and evenings. Only people over 70 think your way.

[@carncats07]

@lcfgas Where do you live in the world that it is dark at 8 am during DST? On the first day of DST here in Sydney we go from 530am to 630am sunrise. The concept of DST waking up at 5 and pretending it's 6. It's waking up at 5 ant the time is 5. DST gives you the daylight at the optimal time of day. You don't need a sun rising at 430am.

[@carncats07]

@lcfgas No worries old timer. Everyone should go to bed nice and early to wake up at 430 in the summer. No parties or late nights for those young fun people.

[@carncats07]

@lcfgas Um, I think I'll end it here. Nothing you're typing is making any sense. I feel like I'm reading the ramblings of a madman. You get a permanent jet lag from noon-2pm, WTF does that even mean? Why are you happy that it's 9.10 am in Australia? Are you in eastern Australia, Adelaide or mid west America? You make no sense. Take your meds and enjoy being an hour late for things.

[@aarondrunk]

Mexico eliminated daylight saving time 2 years ago, but many people don´t like that in summers it gets dark at 7pm and in winters at 6pm, but they don´t understand that it´s due to their geographical location and we have between 11 and 13 hours of sun all year, we have no longer seen sunlight at 8pm

[@boohere2]

If I didn't work. I wouldn't do day light savings time. Nothing would be really messed up if I didn't follow in line.

[@Yvraadri1]

personally for me i find it easier to adjust when the clock goes back an hour, like i dont even notice it at all. when it goes forward an hour it can be a little tougher but otherwise i dont feel majorly affected. i can see why people dont like it though, this was quite informative

[@Sea-Dog5496]

In Michigan, the winter time is the standard time. Then, in March, here comes DST. It sucks, I hate it. Leave it alone. Don't change it. It serves no purpose to anyone. Debate it long enough and some idiot will come up with another excuse to do it.

[@jercasgav]

Whenever the time change comes up, usually the most resistant to not changing the time are old retired people that don't like it when things they are used to change. Or it is a corporation that for some reason wants the time to change for their specific preference that isn't good for the population as a whole. Then the people most affected that actually work jobs and need sleep want to stop changing back and forth. Yes I understand that I am generalizing, all will not obviously fit into this category, just a general observation!

[@patrisio3]

It mostly affects people who don't get enough sleep in the first place. The average amount of time that American adults are actually sleep (not lying in bed awoke) is 5.7 hours. One hour change in that case just adds to their already existing problems. But to most people who actually sleep 7.5 to 8 hours, they don't see what the fuss is all about. And from reading all of the comments, I see why we still change clocks. For those that want to stop changing time, it seems like a 3rd want DST permanent, another 3rd want ST permanent, and a 3rd doesn't care (probably cause they live in southerly locations that don't have as big of a difference in daylight hours between summer and winter like northern states).

[@TheCarlqian]

Does it really make sense to add one extra hour during middle of summer, which the daytime is already long enough!

[@patrisio3]

@@TheCarlqian In modern times, not really. It was started in 1918 to save energy and get the most out of natural daylight. I don't know how it would save energy now (if it even does), but maybe it did back in 1918. Businesses like the extra hour because people stay out later after work to go to stores, restaurants, etc.

[@johnrobert2148]

If you want to move the clock forward 1 hour and move it back again in the same year, why not just move the clock 30mins forward permanently?

[@TashaRoose]

Even without daylight savings where I live in winter the sun rises ca. 9am,while everybody should already be at school and work. The problem is not only in daylight savings time but also in timetables, that should be reorganised completely imho

[@joewoodchuck3824]

DST is the best part of the year with a later sunset to enjoy daylight in. It doesn't matter what time sunrise is since most of us are asleep at dawn anyway. We should have DST year round instead of only 8 months.

[@jercasgav]

Exactly! I swear it is little old people that go to bed at 4pm and some corporations that insist the most on changing the time back and forth.

[@robbie_stanton]

33 more days until we go back to Standard Time (real time) and hopefully we’ll stay there. I doubt there will be a day it happens but what if we were to spring forward on a work night? With the hour jump ahead there’s some people who get up for work in the middle of the night and let’s say you have to wake up at 2am your alarm won’t have the chance to go off.

[@GraniteStateVictoria]

I'd love to have year-round standard time. Unfortunately some people want year round daylight savings time (which means kids going to school in darkness in December and January).

[@camilleferland9773]

I support year long daylight saving time and stopping the switch every 6 months. We already have DST 65% of the time so switching to only Standard time would be drastic! The fall back in the fall increases depression (myself included!), and myself and a lot of people have a hard time with our moods because we aren’t having any sunlight after work lol maybe keep on DST and that will be reduced…

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Fully agree. Most people aren't awake at dawn anyway.

[@christopherbaird4952]

People die in the spring, when we switch to DST. Death rates do not go up in the fall, when we switch to Standard Time. The change is about 3% for a week after the change in the spring, or about 2,000 people every year in the US. Another argument against permanent Standard Time is school start time in the dark, which could be fixed by starting school at 9 instead of 8.

[@RebeccaTaylorTillery]

Our bodies prefer permanent standard time as opposed to daylight saving time. Plus, the kids are trying to walk to school and they are walking in the dark if we stay on permanent daylight saving time.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

@@RebeccaTaylorTillery It amazes me that it occurs to no one that if the kids are going to school in a.m. darkness that school is simply opening too damn early. Please explain in medical terms exactly how our bodies prefer standard time. Be specific.

[@RebeccaTaylorTillery]

@@joewoodchuck3824 our circadian rhythm is more in tune with standard time. Long before we had clocks, the world functioned based upon when the sun rose and set. Our bodies are used to that timing. Setting the clock forward an hour puts our bodies out of wack with our natural circadian rhythm. By putting more daylight later in the day, it is harder to fall asleep at night. It is also harder to get up in the morning when it is dark outside. As for school children, starting school at 8 am is not too early. It is a reasonable start time.

[@Celina_WW]

I love spring foward! It needs to stay that way. Come on spring and longer days.

[@Ryuujinv01]

"thousands more getting heart attacks, nah i like my spring mornings in my routine! human lives are an easy trade for my personal comfort."

[@albedougnut]

@@Ryuujinv01 I find that people who have this mentality are ironically the most likely to end up hating permanent DST, since they are bound to have a hell of a time when they discover dark winter mornings.

[@thepinkmenace4875]

I would rather have more light in the evening than in the morning.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Exactly. Most people are sleeping at dawn anyway so we don't care when sunrise is. Better to utilize more daylight when we're awake.

[@RebeccaTaylorTillery]

​​@@joewoodchuck3824most people are up and getting ready for work and school at dawn. You might not have kids in your neighborhood, but I do. It is difficult to see them in the dark. It is safer to stay on standard time.

[@carncats07]

@@RebeccaTaylorTillery On the day of the 1 hour forward the sun rises where I live at 630. That's early enough to see my kids. How do you cope in the winter time?

[@RebeccaTaylorTillery]

@@carncats07 if we kept permanent dst, the sun wouldn't come up in the winter until 8 or 8:30. Right now, before turning the clock forward, the sun is up before 7 so I can see the kids walking to school.

[@carncats07]

@@RebeccaTaylorTillery No one's asking for permanent DST so an 830 am sunrise in winter is not an issue. Also what time are these kids starting school that they have to leave home to walk there before 7am? In Australia we start school at 9am, some exceptions being 830. Light enough all year round.

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

Can one make use of ADA accommodations to not observe daylight savings and ask for different work hours?

[@naudianeels1328]

They'll never end it. We go through this every friggin year 🙄😡

[@albedougnut]

I like all the people ignoring the scientific consensus noted by this video because they would prefer to have a sunny summertime barbeque over preserving public health and safety.

[@GERRaze]

Millions of years lifeforms created a biorhythm and studying stars to create accurate calendars... Then the human created daylight savings.

[@Anitajonse]

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[@Semper_Iratus]

Get rid of it already.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Why? Be specific with details.

[@dotmurphy7279]

Yes end it. Doesn't which we keep. Just pick one and keep it. Its really hard on school children. Animals are not paying the least attention.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Keep DST year round. We made an advancement for it years ago when DST went from 6 months to 8 months. Just fill in the remaining 4 months of dismal early winter sunsets so we can have the extra daylight during a part of the day when most of us can make use of it.

[@alsimanche]

I didn't even know this was a thing lol

[@scottdickson8734]

Sorry. Not buying it. lol.

[@maitland1007]

Daylight saving time is the best thing for my health, because it allows me to go play sports after work. That's so much more important than the adjustment it takes at the switch.

[@Laz3rCat95]

Then you should be in favor of keeping it year round. You eliminate the annoying switch, AND you get to keep playing sports after work.

[@maitland1007]

Nope.. it's too dark in the morning with DST in the winter, and the extra hour of light doesn't help much when they days are so short anyway.

[@Laz3rCat95]

@@maitland1007 I feel like most people wouldn't mind darker mornings if school and work times were changed.

[@kennethphillips253]

Yet our politicians do not do anything!

[@EngineeredChannel]

We need to end Standard Time. I hate it being dark at 4 pm in the Winter.

[@Fire-Queen]

Standard time... The regular, standard time... It should not be ended. It is needed for regulating our internal clocks and bodies, as this video explains...

[@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou]

@@Fire-Queen There is no internal clock. Time is a manmade construct, and humans easily adapt to the conditions of their surroundings. Regularly changing back and forth is the actual issue, not the time metric assigned by a governing body. The amount of daylight naturally changes over the course of the year and is only mostly neutral around the equator. If our species is going to make it outside of Earth, that internal clock mumbojumbo pseudoscience will need to cease.

[@albedougnut]

We did end standard time in the 1970s, and people despised permanent DST so much that it was quickly reverted back to what we have now. If you think you hate dark evenings, wait until you discover dark mornings.

[@EngineeredChannel]

@jennosyde709 I already have plenty of dark mornings in the winter, at least i'd get some daylight after work. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@EngineeredChannel]

@@Fire-Queen you adjust, except it'd be one last time instead of 2x a year.

[@SeeTheWholeTruth]

They care about your hormone levels.. unless it involves a corporation. PFT.

[@Phlegethon]

No you need to keep people on daylight savings time so that people don’t drive home in the dark. People aren’t driving to work in the dark in the morning wtf

[@daxxk100]

most people drive to work in the dark

[@johnnywadd7960]

6:41 minutes shot....

[@bigslinking]

❤💯%👍 This should have been #1 comment and pinned to top of comments.

[@EducationalChannel28349]

Someone create a petition to end daylight savings!

[@carncats07]

There's enough idiots who vote for Trump, so there'd be enough idiots that would vote for that.

[@beckymccue8852]

I loved not having it in Arizona. We never missed them, ever.

[@RaySmith79]

No

[@andrewbourcier8428]

Daylights savings has to go

[@carncats07]

Queensland Australia doesn't have DST and in the middle of summer the sun is coming up at 4.30am. Ridiculous. Push your clocks forward like the rest of the country.

[@ermv]

Thank God we don't have it anymore in Brazil!

[@SuferCowboys]

This is dumb, daylight saving is the best I love having long days

[@albedougnut]

The length of days is based on seasonal differences, not DST. DST does not extend the length of sunlight in the day; it merely forces people to change their schedules to wake up an hour earlier.

[@SuferCowboys]

@@albedougnut I guess I meant to say I like long evenings 😁. Maybe a solution is to always have daylight savings year round - not for a morning person though

[@albedougnut]

@@SuferCowboys I am personally a proponent for introducing recreational centers in cities and towns, containing indoor parks with lighting that emulates natural sunlight. It would be a great solution for people with winter time SAD, and it would be less disruptive to the public's natural circadian rhythm.

[@MuftiMasala]

yes end this abomination

[@andiandi-qq1by]

Can I make a friend? I want to study

[@fourleafclover2377]

It makes me feel better ! I need it

[@roshanusa]

Everyfact they said sounds like speculations!

[@miahdavis8331]

YESSSS please do get rid of dst

[@randymoss4963]

Quit asking the question & just do it already!

[@punditgi]

Daylight Saving Time. No "s". Got it? 😮

[@joewoodchuck3824]

No. The no's to DST don't have it, and they're not getting it.

[@TheOne_6]

daylight aving time

[@amrishb4793]

Why does every sentence end like she's asking a question?

[@davidrichardson8906]

I’m a Paramedic for 20 years and I see more people having heart attacks and depression when the clock falls back to Standard time in the fall. My medical observation is DST needs to stay. More people are active with more daylight when getting home from school or work which means healthier people.

[@luisB_OG]

Yes

[@davebrunero5529]

I've considered running for president with two campaign promises: 1) Abolish daylight savings time 2) Do nothing else I'm thinking I should run under the Rational Human Party...

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

YOU WON'T BE GETTING MY VOTE!!!! There are three options we can do 1. Make DST permanent which stinks because we get late dark winter mornings 2. Make standard time permanent which stinks because we get early dark summer evenings 3. Change the clock twice a year The best option is clearly #3. Changing the clocks twice a year is a VERY SMALL PRICE TO PAY for late daylight summer evenings and no late dark winter mornings

[@Ryuujinv01]

@@vicepresidentmikepence889 The first 2 options are all relative, if we pick one and stick with it, it's no longer 'early' or 'late', it's just the amount that is. Keep in mind you're trading human lives for the convenience of the sun rising in your morning. The action of changing the clock is not the price that is paid.

[@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou]

​@@vicepresidentmikepence889 This looks familiar. Nope, there is a better fourth option. Split the difference and then leave the time alone. This pretty much achieves the goal of the time changes without actually requiring people to ever change their clocks.

[@kingpluto917]

I see something like this every single year

[@colehowe]

Twice a year if we’re lucky :’)

[@Pokeman_official1]

@@colehoweor unlucky

[@jameshuntsman6046]

I like changing things up. I love the daylight it gives in winter and then in spring. Get out of your comfort zone live life to the fullest and get off your phone and or tv sometimes. Addictions do way more damage to people than changing things up a little twice a year.

[@santyv9466]

Every year we watch a similar video but what's the use anyways

[@miahdavis8331]

Yeah gotta get congress on board not gonna happen this year

[@santyv9466]

@@miahdavis8331 lol

[@J3nniferLynn]

I literally just got used to the last time change. People think I’m kidding or exaggerating and it’s only 1 hour, but it is rough on me.

[@carncats07]

On the first day of DST where I live, the sun rises at 625am. And we're supposed to believe that causes more car accidents. Lets just abolish winter so people aren't driving to and from work in the dark.

[@sandgroper-ig9nk]

I love it keep it nothing changes it still the same amount of daylight etc it's like getting out of bed 1 hour earlier so what

[@coreysmith8140]

We should keep it in daylight savings.

[@juliana2379.]

Kinda random but whoever is drawing their writing is so nice

[@kerryljones8767]

Yes !

[@GlennJag]

My circadian rhythm watching this video at 1am

[@mecharoo]

Dear health editor: it’s daylight saving, not daylight savings.

[@RandomStuff-i4i]

I don't mess with it. I don't even change my clocks or my watch. And i still get to work on time.

[@Laz3rCat95]

Most devices that people check the time on will change automatically now anyway

[@RandomStuff-i4i]

@@Laz3rCat95 So they don't have to mess with it.

[@jakobporterz3211]

What damage. Really! I’m fine haven’t had any issue with my body.

[@ericmatthews8497]

People are wussies...

[@albedougnut]

Statistics are based in probability, not anecdotes.

[@djsanjoremix]

😮😮😮😮

[@carncats07]

It's one hour forward, one Sunday a year. It's not that hard to deal with.

[@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou]

If it is not hard to deal with, then why do it in the middle of the night when the majority of people are trying to sleep. It should be changed to 11:30a on Tuesday, when everyone is aware of what is happening, if it is so easy and not the least bit problematic!

[@albedougnut]

The 24% uptick in heart attacks, substantial increase in traffic accidents, and $433 million dollars in economic losses due to DST would be inclined to disagree.

[@carncats07]

@@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou Are you gonna work an extra hour at the job on the day you've gotta give it back? Having it during the day is absolute nonsense.

[@carncats07]

@@albedougnut How does it increase traffic accidents?

[@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou]

@@carncats07 You do realise, that society is now 24/7 and people do work those phantom hours. Many corporations pay for it, and all most definitely pay the extra hour in the fall. Regulators didn't just fall off the turnip truck. My point is, the entire concept is obsolete and needs to be discontinued. It is not easy on the whole and should not be on Tuesday morning anymore than it is on Sunday morning, noon or night.

[@harramfatima4505]

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[@anoldranger1033]

News flash- everything is bad for us

[@user-zv8gd3jl7q]

Sometimes it’s night time 2-3 hours prior with daylight savings in California

[@tiffr5016]

you complain too much!!! stop talking this is offending me, this is so offensive

[@maryengels1828]

Amy altercation to your marural circadian rythm.

[@frankallen6459]

Daily savings time is just forcing people to get up an hour earlier. And it causes grade school children to have to stand waiting for the school bus in the dark, which is dangerous.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

If that's so, then it's obviously a case of opening school too early. Why should the entire population be limited by a few school kids anyway?

[@frankallen6459]

@joewoodchuck3824 When I was a kid there was no daylight savings time. Getting dark in the summer was 8pm, which was no problem for most people. Daylight savings time was some politicians great idea.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

@@frankallen6459 And a great idea it was. That's why when we went from 6 months of DST to 8 months it became even better.

[@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou]

The whole kids in the dark mumbojumbo is a local scheduling issue. Sure local yokels may not have been capable of something so mind numbingly complex, but these days, even an 11 year old could easily Google the sunrise-sunset charts for their school and figure out the optimal year round school open hours in less than an hour.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

@@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou 5-10 minutes to work it out.

[@theoldknowledge6778]

Not anymore in Brazil 🇧🇷

[@sandgroper-ig9nk]

The body adaptes to its environment doesn't it lol

[@RaymondEvans-mr7ck]

Your health is a little too fragile How can anyone ever work nightshift?

[@Laz3rCat95]

Some people are wired differently. That's why some people are "early birds" and others are "night owls". Having people awake at different times increased our chances of survival during the hunter-gatherer times because members of the tribe could take turns doing things and keeping an eye out for predators/enemies while others were asleep. And it's important even still today. Life doesn't stop happening just because the sun goes down. We need people to take care of emergencies at night, and do maintenance on things when most people are not active. So I for one am glad that night owls exist.

[@albedougnut]

Because some people's circadian rhythm differs from the norm. Hence why some people are night owls. This video is discussing the general affects of DST on the average person's health, not making a claim of absolutes.

[@tylercurrie3800]

Really. Omg 1 hour ...what should we do. Well for one it's brighter in the morning for all those hard working people that work outside in construction. Stop thinking about yourself for a minute

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Did it ever occur to you that early workers could simply be scheduled to work during daylight hours?

[@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou]

​@@joewoodchuck3824 There are really people out there that are totally out to lunch and accept whatever reality is chosen for them.

[@jercasgav]

@@joewoodchuck3824 Lol, people have a hard time thinking critically how construction workers and school kids would just start when number on clock say 8 or 9 instead of 7 or 8...kaboom!!!

[@tylercurrie3800]

wtf are you on. Did you just say that. Have you ever worked in construction! @@joewoodchuck3824

[@michaelfrench3396]

Correlation does not equal causation. So until there's a scientific study that shows that your hormone levels are drastically affected but waking up an hour early or going to bed an hour early that shows an increase in diabetes levels in people who live in countries that have daylight savings versus those that don't. I'm going to say that this is just a myth. Some people get affected some people don't. I've been waking up at 4:00 in the morning and going to bed at 8:00 since I was a kid. It doesn't matter what time the clock says I get 8 hours of sleep every night. So let's keep it. And it's probably not bad for the planet that we're not using as much electricity and therefore not producing as much carbon dioxide

[@Tomoraphor]

How many people lose their jobs because their clock lied to them?

[@carncats07]

They lose their job because they're an idiot, not because of DST

[@WhiteWashed-o3s]

We should make it permanent or change it to permanent standard time 👍

[@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou]

Splitting the difference will most probably be the most viable option for permanence

[@TheCarlqian]

End of DST now.

[@c87kim]

Yes

[@EngageYourFrontalLobe]

Yes