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by dirtybirdnj 932 days ago
DST is social terrorism at this point. "We" keep it that way because the herd is too scared to change. Never underestimate the awful raw power of herd thinking, it's the worlds greatest cancer.
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Really? Perhaps you should checkout https://www.timeanddate.com/ to see when the sun rises/sets in the summer in various places. I.e. June 21st Stockholm - 03:30 and 22:08 with DST. The vast majority of people simply prefer evening sun to "useless" night sun.
So we should re-adjust timezones in places where it's not a problem because some different people have chosen to settle in places where the sun isn't as optimal... and their comfort outweighs the experience of the people who don't need timezone adjustment?

Because they made a bad choice on where to live and now they don't care about the unintended consequence on others?

Help me understand why "your" problem on the other side of the earth deserves to override what is best for me locally.

DST is not natural. Animals do not set their watches back and forth. It's a human construct. We only do it "because we've done it" for years and the general population is too herdmind to even consider changing it.

I simply gave you an example of why lots of people like DST, as a counter to your "hivemind" claim. Perhaps my example was too extreme, so consider southern Europe - June sunrise at around 04:30 and sunset at 19:50 without DST. I bet plenty of Italians rather have the sun set at 20:50 since very few get up before 05:30 anyway.

It seems that you also made a bad choice of where to live, since apparently it's a place on the other side of the earth where Europe has the power to imposed DST.

I do feel sorry for you, that you are so sensitive to these timezone changes, especially since it limits your holiday travels to mostly going north/south. Do be careful if venturing too far in either of those direction, as the sudden change in hours of daylight might also affect you negatively.