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by zeveb 3020 days ago
> I sincerely do not understand the problem people have with changing a single hour in a single day during a weekend in the year.

Other than the fact that it's a colossal waste of time for everyone who has to do it, and it kills people? Every year, people will be dead the Tuesday after the time change who would have been alive had the time not changed. Also, of course, it's not a single day — it's twice a year.
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tzar 3020 days ago
It only kills people in autumn; in spring many live to see another day.
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zeveb 3010 days ago
Not true, according to an NIH study:

> There was a significant increase in accidents for the Monday immediately following the spring shift to DST (t=1.92, P=0.034). There was also a significant increase in number of accidents on the Sunday of the fall shift from DST (P<0.002). No significant changes were observed for the other days. A significant negative correlation with the year was found between the number of accidents on the Saturdays and Sundays but not Mondays.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/11152980/

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spraak 3020 days ago
I think you're being silly, but I don't quite get it.
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zeveb 3010 days ago
No, I'm not being silly: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/11152980/

> There was a significant increase in accidents for the Monday immediately following the spring shift to DST (t=1.92, P=0.034).

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