REgon [they/them]@hexbear.net to chat@hexbear.netEnglish · 22 days agoDeath to daylight savings timemessage-squaremessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1101file-text
arrow-up1101message-squareDeath to daylight savings timeREgon [they/them]@hexbear.net to chat@hexbear.netEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareimogen_underscore [it/its, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·22 days agoDST sucks. i often think about how it probably kills a measurable number of people every year by slightly spiking car accidents and stuff in the morning when the time goes back.
minus-squareGiorgioBoymoder [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-222 days agoyou’re exactly right, it is measurable. pedestrian deaths: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001457503000150 deaths of despair: https://web.gc.cuny.edu/sites/default/files/2021-07/Saving-Light%2C-Losing-Lives-How-Daylight-Saving.pdf
minus-squareClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·22 days agoHeart attacks and strokes go up too iirc
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·22 days agoWe’re about to get off of dst. You want to stay on dst and eliminate standard time.
DST sucks. i often think about how it probably kills a measurable number of people every year by slightly spiking car accidents and stuff in the morning when the time goes back.
you’re exactly right, it is measurable.
pedestrian deaths: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001457503000150
deaths of despair: https://web.gc.cuny.edu/sites/default/files/2021-07/Saving-Light%2C-Losing-Lives-How-Daylight-Saving.pdf
Heart attacks and strokes go up too iirc
We’re about to get off of dst. You want to stay on dst and eliminate standard time.