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question everything

(52,738 posts)
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 12:12 AM 5 hrs ago

If you object to daylight time year around, and please read the finding how unhealthy it is

https://media.mercola.com/ImageServer/Public/2025/November/PDF/permanent-standard-time-health-benefits-pdf.pdf

Research Shows Permanent Standard Time Is Healthier
Than Daylight Saving Time

Please let your rep know.

When Florida Scott suggested it he said that he “heard from his constituents.” Might be OK for Floridians but not for many of us in the north when sunrise will be at 9:00 am at the dead of winter. Also our summers are hot - expecting mid 90s this week - so many prefer to have their chores early in the morning. And having more daylight in the morning than sunset after 9:00.

(If you do support daylight saving year around please ignore this post.)
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If you object to daylight time year around, and please read the finding how unhealthy it is (Original Post) question everything 5 hrs ago OP
Here in AZ, we don't do daylight savings. Coventina 5 hrs ago #1
I am jealous. Perhaps Minnesota can follow though. question everything 5 hrs ago #2
AZ is in the middle of a zone FHRRK1 3 hrs ago #10
They need to pick one and leave it, end the switching of clocks sarisataka 5 hrs ago #3
No, that doesn't make any sense Blues Heron 4 hrs ago #7
The hours of sunlight on a given day is fixed sarisataka 4 hrs ago #8
THANK YOU Skittles 2 hrs ago #12
People fly all the time and don''t get traumatized by a time change of an hour. pnwmom 2 hrs ago #14
I am on the extreme sarisataka 2 hrs ago #18
What's wrong with changing the clocks a couple times a year? We in Seattle don't need pnwmom 1 hr ago #19
Mexico and Canada will have fits. LeftInTX 5 hrs ago #4
I read that states could opt out of permanent daylight savings time dweller 5 hrs ago #5
Thanks. Will contact Klobuchar, our next governor question everything 5 hrs ago #6
These people act like we don't have any light but the sun Wifes husband 4 hrs ago #9
Why? Don't you ever fly from east to west or the reverse? What's the big deal pnwmom 1 hr ago #20
Changing a wrist watch is one thing Wifes husband 1 hr ago #22
It's not stupid if you're living in a northern part of the country where pnwmom 2 min ago #23
If Mercola says it... dpibel 3 hrs ago #11
Yeah... progressoid 2 hrs ago #15
I don't mind the time changes, which are no worse than taking an airplane flight pnwmom 2 hrs ago #13
Neither daylight savings time or standard time have any magical properties ToxMarz 2 hrs ago #16
You might want to find another source. Mercola is a quack website. progressoid 2 hrs ago #17
ewwwww Stacey Grove 1 hr ago #21

FHRRK1

(222 posts)
10. AZ is in the middle of a zone
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 01:44 AM
3 hrs ago

Grew up in Phx, where we didn't have Day Light Saving and never understood the need. Understood that an extra hour of 100 degree plus isn't good.

Moved to CA and partially got why most states switch. School kids walking in the dark, sundown at 4:50 PM during rush hour. Understood the argument from farm States.

But now most seem minor, just stick with Std. Time, bit of an impact on certain area, farmers are plowing and seeding fields using GPS and headlights. With that, we should have terabytes of data on impact of accidents between Standard and Daylight time. (Understanding the days after the switch are likely the most variable) If it is wash, it seems silly not to make the switch.

sarisataka

(23,257 posts)
3. They need to pick one and leave it, end the switching of clocks
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 12:17 AM
5 hrs ago

My preference would be standard time but I think we can adjust.

Blues Heron

(9,215 posts)
7. No, that doesn't make any sense
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 12:39 AM
4 hrs ago

We do summer time for summer because there’s more hours of light, then, we do winter time for winter because there’s no point whatsoever in hustling out the door an hour early when it’s dark and cold out.

sarisataka

(23,257 posts)
8. The hours of sunlight on a given day is fixed
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 12:54 AM
4 hrs ago

regardless of what our clocks say. A person's job says they have to be there at a certain time and it doesn't matter if it is light or dark; I have even seen farmers working at night by the lights on their vehicles.

Skittles

(173,949 posts)
12. THANK YOU
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 02:50 AM
2 hrs ago

as someone who worked 12 hour night shifts for decades, I found the chronic whining about time change to be over-the-top ridiculous

pnwmom

(110,355 posts)
14. People fly all the time and don''t get traumatized by a time change of an hour.
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 03:08 AM
2 hrs ago

Why is changing the clocks twice a year such a big deal?

People who are in favor of this don't consider the effects on people who live on the extremes. As far north as Seattle, the winter mornings are already dark. We don't need to add an extra hour of darkness.

sarisataka

(23,257 posts)
18. I am on the extreme
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 03:34 AM
2 hrs ago

Darkness lasts a long time on Minnesota winter days. The is why my preference would be for standard time.
I know however that there are going to be days I go to work when it is dark and when I head home it is also already dark.

pnwmom

(110,355 posts)
19. What's wrong with changing the clocks a couple times a year? We in Seattle don't need
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 04:12 AM
1 hr ago

it to be light at 4 am either.

LeftInTX

(35,222 posts)
4. Mexico and Canada will have fits.
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 12:22 AM
5 hrs ago

Only Mexico's border areas are on DST. They will really have a cow if it's 24/7. Likewise, Canada will likely swtich to all DST just so everything is synchronized with the US.

Most fo the world is getting away from it! We're regressing! Light gray is where they used to have it. Dark grey is where it never was.



Orange is DST in the southern hemisphere.

dweller

(29,062 posts)
5. I read that states could opt out of permanent daylight savings time
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 12:25 AM
5 hrs ago

That should be fun …



✌🏻

pnwmom

(110,355 posts)
20. Why? Don't you ever fly from east to west or the reverse? What's the big deal
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 04:14 AM
1 hr ago

of adapting to an hour change?

Wifes husband

(805 posts)
22. Changing a wrist watch is one thing
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 04:23 AM
1 hr ago

Changing clocks for an entire society is another.
I understand we can do it. We already in fact do it. Just stupid, that's all.

pnwmom

(110,355 posts)
23. It's not stupid if you're living in a northern part of the country where
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 05:36 AM
2 min ago

kids have to go to school in the dark and sun doesn't rise till almost 9.

That's what would happen here if we went on all year daylight savings time. .

pnwmom

(110,355 posts)
13. I don't mind the time changes, which are no worse than taking an airplane flight
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 03:06 AM
2 hrs ago

across a time zone. No big deal.

Being here in Seattle, I don't like the idea of winter mornings even later than they are now.

ToxMarz

(3,238 posts)
16. Neither daylight savings time or standard time have any magical properties
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 03:18 AM
2 hrs ago

The problem is constantly changing it implying time is flawed and we are changing it because it is the problem.

We are the problem in constantly trying to bend time for our convenience and then the argument is just about who's convenience is most important.

SET TIME FREE!!!

progressoid

(53,638 posts)
17. You might want to find another source. Mercola is a quack website.
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 03:21 AM
2 hrs ago

One of my faves is that he has decided that carbon dioxide will feed the bacteria in his gut and is blowing the gas up his bum regularly, one and a half liters at a time, claiming that it creates a force field around him.

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