Originally Posted by ikillbux
Not a big deal, I don't really like DST, but again not a big deal. That being said, what is it that you like (if you're for DST)?
Does is just conveniently fit your lifestyle / job, or would you prefer DST regardless of any factors?

I prefer standard time because it fits a lot of ideals specific to me.
I'm a morning person anyway, I prefer it getting daylight at an earlier time. I do not sleep late, ever. Even on a Sunday morning, I'm up at 5:00-ish, and I just have to roam around the house waiting on daylight. Can't do crap.
I don't have a back-loaded daily schedule, I hit the ground running, and by the time I leave work, I'm mentally done...I don't want to "get busy" after I leave work. I hate "killing time" in the evenings waiting on it to get dark.
I go to bed relatively early (average around 9:30PM). Geez, in the Summer, it's barely dark at 8:30. By the time it gets dark, and you get inside and get cleaned up, you're only 2.5 (+,-) hours from midnight.
I like to turkey hunt before work in the mornings, and DST costs me an hour of daylight. Fortunately I can come in when I want to, but I don't need to be late nevertheless. I hate losing that hour.
I love it getting dark so early during deer season. I can hunt till total dark, and still be home by 6:00. I haven't pissed away my whole evening.
In the Summer when it don't even get dark till 8:30, I can't stand to go fishing.... by the time I get home it's 9:00 or later, and by the time you put the boat up and get a shower, it's dang near 10:00 and I ain't even eat yet.
Did I mention in the Summer it's only slightly more than 3 hours from midnight when it gets dark? That's weird as @#$#@!
Based on our latitude line, even without DST, you have an average of 15 hours of daylight in the Summer months (compared to 12 hours in the Winter months)


But I realize 90% of people don't live that way, so it makes sense to go DST and cater to the majority.


One of the more surprising realizations I've learned over the years is how late most people are oriented. I never realized how late most people stay up even on normal nights during the week, and honestly I don't know what they're doing LOL. We had an office discussion last week about DST, and my secretary (who is 30, a grown adult), huffily said, "I am NOT going to bed before midnight!" I asked why, and the only answer she had was "I'm just not!"

My daughter worked at Chick-fil-A for years, they closed at 9:00 and she would often come home talking about how they'd get slammed at 8:30-9:00 with families coming in to eat. She said people would come in at 8:55, and would get pissed when they told them they were closing the lobby....they'd say, "who closes a restaurant at dinner time??" Dinner time is 9:00 at night??

But I also pass ballfields at all hours of all nights and they're packed. I wonder how much of the fanfare for DST is driven by the youth ball phenomenon?

Heck, I see Facebook posts all hours of the night and wee early morning.

Last edited by ikillbux; 03/17/22 02:07 PM.
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