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They tried going straight DST in the 70's it did not go well, people end up hating it, if your in the western part of your time zone sunrise is 8-9 am for several months....I am all for not switching back and forth but I am team standard time....
 
Downeastnc said:
They tried going straight DST in the 70's it did not go well, people end up hating it, if your in the western part of your time zone sunrise is 8-9 am for several months....I am all for not switching back and forth but I am team standard time....
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I'm probably one of the few that actually like the time change. If you leave it at standard some sunrises in June will be around 4 am or shortly after and of course DST leaves 8:30 am or later sunrises in Winter so I like shifting. I personally think too many have made a big deal about a 1 hour loss of time each year that has lead to this, like no one has ever traveled across a time zone and had to adapt
 
metwannabe said:
I'm probably one of the few that actually like the time change. If you leave it at standard some sunrises in June will be around 4 am or shortly after and of course DST leaves 8:30 am or later sunrises in Winter so I like shifting. I personally think too many have made a big deal about a 1 hour loss of time each year that has lead to this, like no one has ever traveled across a time zone and had to adapt
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I kinda see this POV, but the number of studies out there that show some relationship with time changes and health issues seems hard to ignore...

www.foxnews.com

Bad ticker: Does daylight saving time cause 'biological clock shock' to your heart?

Daylight Saving time may cause more than losing an hour of sleep; it may also have a negative impact on your heart and brain health, according to several studies.
www.foxnews.com www.foxnews.com
 
metwannabe said:
We've become soft
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People existed for literally 10's of thousands of years without needing to change the time, there is tons of actual science that shows abrupt changes to sleep patterns is bad for us.....so saying we are soft is a bit of a stretch....
 
Downeastnc said:
People existed for literally 10's of thousands of years without needing to change the time, there is tons of actual science that shows abrupt changes to sleep patterns is bad for us.....so saying we are soft is a bit of a stretch....
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People complaining that is dark later and the sun is out to late is soft.
 
NoSnowATL said:
People complaining that is dark later and the sun is out to late is soft.
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Tha'ts really not what the problem with it is, nor is it the reason the government is looking at ending the switching back and forth...The reasons they want to stop switching is its bad for health and productivity etc, not because people want the sunset to be earlier or later.
 
Downeastnc said:
Tha'ts really not what the problem with it is, nor is it the reason the government is looking at ending the switching back and forth...The reasons they want to stop switching is its bad for health and productivity etc, not because people want the sunset to be earlier or later.
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Yea I get that but I’m talking about what the avg Karen doesn’t want it. I agree tho, pick one and keep it. Switching is dumb.
 
metwannabe said:
Tiktok changing the world
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[Insert most prevalent social media platform in current year] is changing the world. The entire internet as a whole is, has been, and will keep doing this. The means of communications of ideas will keep growing as time goes on so there will be clashes of this all the time. You never heard of people being soft about this pre-internet because most people around you on a daily basis that you communicated with were all about the same as you or kept silly things to themselves. Now people just throw whatever they want out there and some over-sheltered people will react extremely and have similar people do the same. Those people are only amplified by the internet but in reality most people, even those who are overly vocal, won't care whatever happens and will adapt just fine to whatever.
 
ForsythSnow said:
[Insert most prevalent social media platform in current year] is changing the world. The entire internet as a whole is, has been, and will keep doing this. The means of communications of ideas will keep growing as time goes on so there will be clashes of this all the time. You never heard of people being soft about this pre-internet because most people around you on a daily basis that you communicated with were all about the same as you or kept silly things to themselves. Now people just throw whatever they want out there and some over-sheltered people will react extremely and have similar people do the same. Those people are only amplified by the internet but in reality most people, even those who are overly vocal, won't care whatever happens and will adapt just fine to whatever.
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Well many on here never heard about it before the internet for 2 reasons 1) they weren't around then 2) people were in fact tougher, more physical labor, long days working, survived off minimal wages. Technology is great but it has made us a softer people overall.
 
metwannabe said:
Well many on here never heard about it before the internet for 2 reasons 1) they weren't around then 2) people were in fact tougher, more physical labor, long days working, survived off minimal wages. Technology is great but it has made us a softer people overall.
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We never had 3rd place trophies back than. #Worldissoft
 
NCSNOW said:
www.thesun.co.uk

One dead after earthquake hits Japan nuke plant & triggers Tokyo blackout

ONE person has died and dozens have been left injured after a massive 7.3 earthquake hit the Fukushima nuclear plant and triggered a blackout in Tokyo. The tremor struck the same region where a maj…
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Been trying to get in touch with my son to get some 1st hand reports ... he lives in a big high rise slap dab in the middle of Tokyo, but it is a vacation week and he was (on Sunday) thinking of taking the train up to Mito ... and going to the beach ... :eek:
 
NCSNOW said:
www.thesun.co.uk

One dead after earthquake hits Japan nuke plant & triggers Tokyo blackout

ONE person has died and dozens have been left injured after a massive 7.3 earthquake hit the Fukushima nuclear plant and triggered a blackout in Tokyo. The tremor struck the same region where a maj…
www.thesun.co.uk www.thesun.co.uk
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They actually have a pretty advanced system that detects P waves which are 8-10 secs before the main waves and sends a crash stop command to all trains trying to slow or stop them before this happens....

 
China airlines 737-800 went down yesterday. Not to get on a conspiracy here but its rare planes just fall out of the sky while at cruising altitude. Either something horribly catastrophic happened or someone pointed the nose at the ground. This article claims to have caught the crash on video and its a straight vertical fall.

www.yahoo.com

Boeing 737 Was Plunging at 350MPH in Moments Before Crash in China with 132 Aboard

Radio Free AsiaA Boeing 737 airliner with 132 people aboard has crashed into a mountainous area in southern China in what looks set to be the country’s most deadly plane crash for decades. The aircraft, on a flight from the city of Kunming to Guangzhou, slammed into a thick forest of bamboo on a...
www.yahoo.com www.yahoo.com
 
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