Day 141: Daylight Savings Time is Stupid: A List About Why Daylight Savings Time is Stupid

I’m tired.

It screws with our equilibrium in which we naturally and gradually adapt without a sudden change of time.

It’s like the nation just got a little bit of jet lag for no reason.

It inconclusively affects the all-powerful economy.

There are more work-place injuries because of the lack of sleep.

We don’t need daylight to be outside until 10 pm. Just go outside and make a fire.

Changing the microwave and my car time is annoying and usually takes a month.

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So here is the most logical reason for Daylight Savings Time:

It saves people on energy costs because if it is daylight, people are theoretically more likely not to be at home using electricity for their lights. And if they are at home they don’t need to use their lights.

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A study done in Indiana showed that it actually cost the citizens more in electricity after they switched to DST. (Why? I don’t know.)

My thought is that Americans are tired from work all year-round. So, when they get off of work they are still going to go home and watch TV and play video games and use their computer and charge their mobile devices.

In a world where people would rather binge-watch a TV show than take a walk outside, there is little hope or proof that an extra dim hour of daylight at night has any significant effects on our lives or energy costs.

It doesn’t help farmers because the chickens don’t give a shit about clocks. They use the sun like the rest of Earth's animals.

Here’s a good website that helps with the ins and outs of the logic of Daylight Savings Time. http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/k.html

Everyone loves the extra hour in the fall, but everyone hates the “stolen” hour in the spring. Let's get rid of it and call it a wash.

If there was a political candidate that said they were going to fight to abolish Daylight Savings Time, I’d vote for them.

In one sentence, the perceived benefits of Daylight Savings Time do not outweigh the worldwide annoyance of forcing the body to adjust to a different sleep cycle twice a year.

Good night. I will now stare at the ceiling for an hour before falling asleep.

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Author’s Note #1: Even without Daylight Savings, I still woke up early this morning. GDI.

Author’s Note #2: Wouldn’t it be funny if one person decided not to follow Daylight Savings? They’d show up late for work every day, but would always stay later.