Frazz by Jef Mallett for November 07, 2023

Yes, but not necessarily in that order nor at the same time.

DST seems smart to me. It’s better to have more daylight in the summer evenings than early in the morning.

I’d go with the last 3 of the four. But the bottom one does sum it up accurately.

But that’s not why we change the clocks. It’s to shift daylight hours (hence the name), for whatever that’s worth.

Yes….

Dumb. Just plain dumb. I don’t know why Congress is not making any progress on this. They could easily pass it while continuing to do nothing about all the other bills waiting to die. This one’s a no-brainer.

Be one with nature. Embrace standard time.

Disordered.

Yes.

Definitely.

It is amazing that people were faced with the options of A: change the time we start/end work or B: change the clock that they went with option B.

I’ve never liked changing the clocks in the first place.

Actually, we’re realigning our clocks with solar time – where we should have left it last March.

DST is for office workers. Anyone who works outdoors for a living adjusts their hours to match the available sunlight.

The greatest disservice of DST is to school children, expecting them – in the early spring! – to get up in the dark and go to school while staying up until late attending sporting events. At least make DST June -September only.

I enjoyed the heck out of this cartoon today. Thx Jef

Because it totally makes more sense for all of western civilization to reset their clocks rather than post summer hours.

I go with 2 and 4.

Or does the government just think we are? Most people I know think it is stupid and wish it would go away. So whatever is intended, people are not falling for it.

DST is like the spinster who thought her blanket was too short, so she cut a foot off the bottom end and sewed it on the top.

There was a study that showed that switching back and forth from DST has a stultifying effect, so I suspect that it has something to do with politicians wanting to secure their incumbency.

“Only the white man thinks cutting the end off a rope and tying on the other end makes it longer!” A wise Indian. ( now known only as Native American)

A modest proposal: set our clocks forward 30 minutes next Spring, then just leave ‘em there.

Amerind saying. ‘Only white man would cut one end off blanket and sew it on the other end and think the blanket is longer.’

Yeah, I love how it’s now dark when I wake up and dark before I go to bed…

All of the above.

All of the above. Time to dump DST.

No we don’t. We make the days even SHORTER by shifting an hour of precious daylight into the useless early morning hours.

Smart kid!

The idea had been floated and actually practiced in many venues until it became semi-annual permanency in the US and elsewhere. Every year there are the complaints, the register of suicides, etc, that supposedly are the result. But the same is said of New Years day. And maybe even Mothers’ Day, for all I know.

I prefer sun time but, for many, the added daylight is their pleasure. Just wish Congress or somebody would get past the lagging and nagging and choose one or the other.

Daylight saving time is such a controversial practice.

I’d like to say it’s useful, but I don’t know what the fact is.

On most purported benefits, we do not all agree.

Does energy see greater use or less with DST?

It’s likely that the crime rate drops when few are out by dark,

But as for traffic safety, well, the figures aren’t so stark.

We spend more time outdoors, but is it better for our health?

And does it help or hinder overall the people’s wealth?

I understand it started with agrarians in mind.

Ironically, the farmers now are highly disinclined.

One thing’s for sure: It complicates, espec’ly in transition.

I see why folks suspect we keep it only for tradition.

A lot of countries dropped it; now it’s mainly in “the West,”

Whose nations mostly prosper, but that doesn’t mean it’s best.

—me

The sun moves the air every morning. Without DST the morning drive exhaust would remain all day!

Yes.

In Texas with DST it is still 95 at 8 too hot to be out or walk the dogs, meanwhile at 7am it is a reasonable 75.

Just change it all to GMT. And be done with it. Same-time wherever you go or where ever you are. Why DST or those Silly time zones? :-) :-D

All of them.

It’s hard to change, after doing something for so long.

It may be harder springing forward, but I am very much looking forward to springing forward next spring.

WoW..

Some of us more than others.

Stick with standard time; I really like it not being dark at 7:30 in the morning. And what kid wants to go to bed while it’s still light out? Some of us older people aren’t all that keen on it.

It’s like a tablecloth or a bedspread that’s too short. It doesn’t help to cut a foot off one end and sew it onto the other.

Yes

Daylight saving time needs to die.

Anyone that wants an extra hour of sunlight in the evening can get up an hour earlier every morning and let the rest of us sleep in.

as a high school baseball coach …having daylight saving time in the Spring is critical to being able to play games in March and April as without it the sun sets so early games cannot be completed….i know we all hate ‘springing forward’ but at least for high school sports it is truly appreciated…. how ‘bout we just keep DST as our time year round?….more daylight during the ‘day’ is a good thing….p

Part of the problem is our “day” doesn’t correspond to our daylight hours. We might have sunlight between say 7am and 5pm but for many our days go from 6am to 10pm. And of course those hours vary depending on one’s profession and inclination. It’s a fool’s errand to try and please everybody.