Oh my state passed a law abolishing it but the federal government stopped it. You want to know why? You want to know the stupid reason why the federal government won't abolish daylight savings? Because polling indicates that half of the people want it gone forever and everybody else wants it there forever.

They literally can't decide whether to always have the clock one way or the other, so we get to split the difference. I don't fucking care. Just pick one and stick with it. Everybody has electric lights anyway, it's the 21st century, we need to move on from this 1700s bullshit.

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 week ago

Counterpoint: the people who want it there forever should just be told that's what we're doing, they'll be back to licking windows before they realize the difference.

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I'd settle for the half hour

[–] insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Exactly, most of us don't care but there are jobs where it matters, so go with what's best for them. Construction maybe? Either way, we don't need majority opinion here.

[–] HamsterRage@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Then change the hours of the jobs, not the clocks.

[–] insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

That fucks with everything else though, eg childcare.