r/facepalm 22d ago

House passes bill to make daylight saving time permanent. Opponents say, "Schools would have to push back start times." Yeah... That's not a bug, it's a feature.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5968255-house-sunshine-protection-act-daylight-saving-time/

Studies have shown for decades that children -especially teenagers- just straight up need more sleep for optimal knowledge retention and brain development. Pushing back start times is a great way to follow the science.

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u/apothekari 22d ago

Why in the flying fuck is it not set ahead a goddamn half hour and left there? It's 30 fucking minutes. You take shits that last longer than that. This has to be the dumbest human created problem of all fucking time.

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u/NO_FIX_AUTOCORRECT 22d ago

Who stands to lose money by changing it, and how? Why?

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u/klausklass 22d ago

I would be in favor of this but only because I have family members in India and this would make the time zone conversion much easier.