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minus-squareSludgeyy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoBecause compromise makes neither side truly happy We are already trying to compromise with switch back and forth. 30 minutes just makes it over complicated and satisfies neither side
minus-squareedric@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoI personally don’t even care which one, I just want either of them and make it permanent.
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoOkay, I’ll choose, keep the sun up later. Make the day last till at least 7 PM in the winter. That way I can still see it after work. I don’t give a shit when I’m driving to work.
minus-squareSludgeyy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThis would work great in some places, others might finish lunch as the sun rises.
minus-squareCephalotrocity@biglemmowski.winlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago 30 minutes just makes it over complicated and satisfies neither side What would be complicated?
minus-squarePhatalFlaw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoUhhh…the rest of the world being 30 minutes + however many hours different?
minus-squareotter@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoConverting times to other timezones would be extra annoying.
minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-22 months agoIt’s already too anoying to deal with. Splitting the difference would be slightly easier, since it stops changing at arbitrary days of the year.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIt would still change at arbitrary days, because other countries will still use it.
Because compromise makes neither side truly happy
We are already trying to compromise with switch back and forth.
30 minutes just makes it over complicated and satisfies neither side
I personally don’t even care which one, I just want either of them and make it permanent.
Okay, I’ll choose, keep the sun up later. Make the day last till at least 7 PM in the winter. That way I can still see it after work. I don’t give a shit when I’m driving to work.
This would work great in some places, others might finish lunch as the sun rises.
What would be complicated?
Uhhh…the rest of the world being 30 minutes + however many hours different?
Converting times to other timezones would be extra annoying.
It’s already too anoying to deal with.
Splitting the difference would be slightly easier, since it stops changing at arbitrary days of the year.
It would still change at arbitrary days, because other countries will still use it.