@canada Residents of #canada, would you be in favour of your province or territory abolishing annual clock changes and moving to a consistent, year round time?

If yes, what would you prefer: year round daylight savings time (an extra hour of sunlight in the evening) or standard time (an extra hour of sunlight in the morning)?

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[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No. The time changes show us how time is a construct and how we as a society can make collective decisions that alter our reality.

All of the alternatives to our current system have their own problems, there is no perfect solution. Design is about finding a compromise that works the least ungood and I think the time change is that.

[–] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, could we collectively decide to stop fucking with the construction of time?

GST is a societal construct. Should it be 4.5% during the summer and 5.5% during the winter to show us we can make collective decisions?

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How do you feel about leap years? They drive me nuts. We should add the 1/4 day throughout the year to do away with the burden of having an extra day of February. Leap year is a social construct that only benefits Big Mitten by having a longer winter.

[–] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

But the leap year doesn't make the coldness of winter any longer, it just makes sure our seasons don't drift out of alignment with our expectation of the name of the months.

A leap year actually is a great example of how our construct of time is met with an indifferent natural law and how we need to adapt for consistency