REgon [they/them]@hexbear.net to chat@hexbear.netEnglish · 14 days agoDeath to daylight savings timemessage-squaremessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1104arrow-down1message-squareDeath to daylight savings timeREgon [they/them]@hexbear.net to chat@hexbear.netEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square60fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareimogen_underscore [it/its, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·14 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-up18·edit-214 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-up9·13 days agoHeart attacks and strokes go up too iirc
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·13 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.