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Time changes cause measurable harm. We should have gotten rid of this a long time ago.
Then make it Standard time. Not DST.
I honestly don't care which is picked. I just want the change to go away.
Fair. When the railroads in the US pushed for time zones we moved away from noon being the time when the sun was directly overhead to more of an average time when the sun was over essentially the middle of the zone. Now Congress is saying that noon is 1 hour before when the sun is overhead. That was true for half the year. Now it will always be true. We're abstracting what noon is even further.
What's so special about the sun being at its highest point at noon? It doesn't correspond to most people's mid of the day these days anyway (that would need them to get up at 4 am and sleep at 8 pm); according to https://neurolaunch.com/when-do-most-people-go-to-sleep/ "Most adults go to sleep somewhere between 10:00 PM and midnight" meaning the middle of their day is between 2 and 4 pm (assuming 8 hours of sleep).
It's literally the definition. Cowboys can no longer have gun fights at high noon because if no longer exists.
My biggest problem with this change is not ending the biannual time change. But moving to perminent DST. All that is doing is moving the goal post. Eventually everyone will get used to it and start moving store hours to matches what the sun is actually doing. We'll adjust to the sun, not the other way around.
I am not too worried about it being abstract, and just because something used to be one way isn't a very convincing argument for it to stay that way. And extra sunlight in the evening doesn't seem terrible.
I'm aware different people have different preferences though. And I am not going to tell someone they are wrong on something that as far as I can tell is purely subjective.
That or split the difference.
That's always seemed like a reasonable solution to me as well
Try to pick sides on this time permanence is like someone saying "No thanks, that life vests color doesn't jive with my outfit" while they stand on a sinking Titanic.
Current data seems to suggest standard time is better aligned with circadian rhythm for most people. https://www.daylightsavingtime.info/dst-vs-standard-time
Eventually the people who make the schedules will adapt to this new normal and the people who spent so much to push this on us will realize how dumb they are.
If 'measurable harm' is what your aiming to prevent, abolishing the time change is pissing in the wind. Let's start with something like gun violence, child poverty, homelessness, holy fuck, any number of issues. "Boohoo, my phone adjusted the time twice a year, I'm so hard done by. 😭"
Ummmm...does abolishing twice yearly time changes get in the way of working on gun violence, child poverty, homelessness, or any of the other issues? No? Then why be such an asshole about it?
We can only seem to work on one thing at a time, so how about we meet in the middle and do fuck all about anything but whinge about mild inconveniences?
Who is this we? I'm pretty positive most people are capable of more than just one thing. And since the current US congress is fucking worthless for anything other than enabling blatant corruption, I'm going to enjoy not having time changes if this actually makes it into law.
Also it isn't just an inconvenience. It literally kills people.