REgon [they/them]@hexbear.net to chat@hexbear.netEnglish · 16 hours agoDeath to daylight savings timemessage-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up190arrow-down1message-squareDeath to daylight savings timeREgon [they/them]@hexbear.net to chat@hexbear.netEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareimogen_underscore [it/its, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·15 hours 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-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 hours agoWe’re about to get off of dst. You want to stay on dst and eliminate standard time.
minus-squareGiorgioBoymoder [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-215 hours 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-up8·12 hours agoHeart attacks and strokes go up too iirc
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.
We’re about to get off of dst. You want to stay on dst and eliminate standard time.
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