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Neurologists Warn of Dangers of Daylight Saving Time
New American ^ | 3/16/2022 | Raven Clabough

Posted on 03/16/2022 6:18:17 AM PDT by Bon of Babble

Not only is daylight saving time (DST) a burden to many Americans, but scientists are now saying it could have negative long-term consequences on the human brain.

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To: Pollard

I’m trying to give my fellow Americans the benefit of the doubt. But quotes like that make me wonder if Brandon was elected with the majority of the vote.


21 posted on 03/16/2022 6:44:30 AM PDT by stevio
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To: OttawaFreeper

The point of moving the clock one half hour ahead permanently is lost upon me. The original rationalization for “Daylight Saving Time” was for factory workers, whose shift ended at four PM, would have time to get home and work in their home garden plots for an extra hour before dark. This pretty much went away with flextime, and even more so in regards to remote working schedules.

Making it “year around” is even more bizarre, as during the month of December, school children boarding school buses would have to be ready two hours, or more, before the sun rises in the morning. This very scheme of making DST year around was tried back during the Jimmy Carter administration, and it was quickly abandoned after only one season, if I recall correctly.

But for Democrats, bad ideas never go away.....


22 posted on 03/16/2022 6:45:33 AM PDT by alloysteel (There are folks running the government who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches - Will Rogers)
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To: JBW1949

I would bet real money that if Trumps runs in 2024 against Harris, if Harris promised to get rid of DST there would many Freepers would vote for her.


23 posted on 03/16/2022 6:46:00 AM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: j.havenfarm; Sans-Culotte
I agree with you. I was dismayed that the Senate apparently voted to keep DST permanent. I’d much rather make Standard Time permanent

It certainly would make more sense.

Which is probably why Congress isn’t even considering it.

24 posted on 03/16/2022 6:46:04 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: glennaro

Next we will tackle the dangers of traveling too far East or West.


25 posted on 03/16/2022 6:47:33 AM PDT by Farmerbob
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To: JBW1949

It’s the “Look squirrel!” syndrome.


26 posted on 03/16/2022 6:49:06 AM PDT by stevio
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To: Pollard
and the dumbest saying ever.

“We’ll get an extra hour of daylight starting tomorrow.”

I once read of someone advocating moving the extra day in Leap Year to June so we'd have one more day of summer instead of one more day of winter.

27 posted on 03/16/2022 6:50:22 AM PDT by NJRighty ("It's sick out there and getting sicker" - Bob Grant)
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To: GingisK

It shows that it is logistically possible.


28 posted on 03/16/2022 6:51:38 AM PDT by beef (Let’s go Baizuo!)
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To: Bon of Babble

Yeah, it’s like all the millions falling over dead when they drive/fly to a different time zone. Millions, I tell you. Every day.


29 posted on 03/16/2022 6:53:16 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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To: Bon of Babble

It is the twice a year change that is detrimental to us. Let’s stop changing the clocks!


30 posted on 03/16/2022 6:54:29 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I wish “smart resume” would work for the real world so I could FF through the Biden admin BS.)
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To: Bon of Babble

Gee whiz... I wonder then how come we don’t see a difference in animals or humans where they get 24 hours a day of sunlight(seasonal) and where the northern lights are frequent... Light polution neear major cities etc...

As I stated on another thread peddling this crap. I’d bet all I own that the time it took to read this thread took more time off my life span than sleeping with a light on


31 posted on 03/16/2022 6:55:33 AM PDT by sit-rep ( )
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To: NJRighty
I once read of someone advocating moving the extra day in Leap Year to June so we'd have one more day of summer instead of one more day of winter.

I think I can beat that. I was once standing at the edge of Niagara Falls (Canadian side) watching water pouring over the falls. Some guy next to me commented "What a waste of water".

32 posted on 03/16/2022 6:56:20 AM PDT by Living Free in NH (now in Florida and loving life)
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To: xenia

The thing that amazed me the most about that vote was that it was unanimous! Has there ever been a unanimous vote since Washington was elected President?


33 posted on 03/16/2022 6:56:20 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I wish “smart resume” would work for the real world so I could FF through the Biden admin BS.)
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To: GingisK

I’d prefer if they randomly added or subtracted anywhere from 3 to 17 minutes every day.

And every state and county had their own random adjustment.


34 posted on 03/16/2022 6:58:44 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The forces of fascism and oppression are on the move in North America. We cannot let tyranny stand!)
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To: Lazamataz
Interesting idea.

Civilization might have been better off when there were no clocks. After all, navigation brought those pesky Vikings.

35 posted on 03/16/2022 7:00:26 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: Bon of Babble

My dad always told customers he worked “Dark-Thirty to Dark-Thirty.” The clock had no stay in that deal.


36 posted on 03/16/2022 7:02:10 AM PDT by devane617 (RUN FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE! COUNCIL,SCHOOL BOARD, ETC.)
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To: qam1

Maybe some trolls, but not real FReepers...


37 posted on 03/16/2022 7:04:19 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: Bon of Babble

Mandating a shift of the hour hand of everybody’s clock is unnatural. I’m glad this twice-a-year exercise in delusion will end.


38 posted on 03/16/2022 7:04:46 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Government is to be feared much more than the chicom virus.)
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To: Sans-Culotte
I prefer standard time. I don’t need it to be daylight at night time and I don’t like driving to work in utter darkness. But most of all, I don’t like the changing back and forth. It takes too long for my circadian rhythm to adjust to the changes.

I do. I suffer from extreme Seasonal Affected Depression and the longer daylight lasts into the evening the BETTER I feel. I actually feel a mood change for the BETTER when we switch to Daylight Savings Time each other and just the OPPOSITE when we go from Daylight Savings Time to Standard Time each autumn.

39 posted on 03/16/2022 7:09:21 AM PDT by PJ-Comix (The Mask Has Become a Liberal Virtue Signal)
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To: Bon of Babble

Time is a lie, lunchtime doubly so…


40 posted on 03/16/2022 7:10:22 AM PDT by The Louiswu (The times they are a changin. )
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