Great, we could sleep one hour more, but suddenly, it’s getting dark at 18.

Great we have one hour more of sun on the morning, but instead of being pitch black when starting to commute to work it’s just still dark and by the end of November it’ll be pitch black anyway.

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        Yes it would. I, like most 21st century humans, wake up for work and have free time after work.

        In practice for my relatively northern latitude this means I get a little bit of daylight before work (except perhaps around december/january), but winter time is very specifically designed so that today the sun will set exactly 6 minutes before I end my work day.

        Were we to keep permanent DST I would get an hour of free time in the daylight today, and at least a little bit of light outside for all winter except perhaps for a month around December. As it stands, I do not get any free time in sunlight for 5 days a week for the entire duration of ST. The switch to ST means “bye-bye sun” and I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I FUCKING HATE IT.

        The 24 hour clock is a made up construct. So are business hours. But if we already agreed to change one of these twice a year, can we make it so that it is not optimized to trap me inside for the entire duration of daytime???

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          I interpreted “I despise getting ready in the dark and getting home in the dark” as you hating both equally. As an adult, I agree I’d rather get up and drive to work in darkness to gain a little daytime after work. But I recall as a child being miserable going to school in darkness.

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            Kids finish school around 3 pm where I live. They have time to do their extracurricular activities (partially) during daytime even in the dead of winter. So of course it’s the mornings they find dreadful. If school finished around 5-6 pm I think they’d be miserable then as well.

            Speaking of which, I’m about to end my work day and the sun is setting right now. FML.

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    I like the winter. I moved to where I live now specifically so I could experience seasons (Southern California has one season all the time)

    Also, your post reminded me of this Smashing Pumpkins song.

    We only come out at night

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    I am of the opposite opinion, I LOVE winter for the exact reasons you’re describing!

    I have some inherited photosensitivity, so nighttime’s my favourite time! I also handle the cold waaay better than I handle heat, and my organism just feels like it starts coming back to life once autumn shows up!

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    No, literally zero other people hate wintertime.

    Some people.love taking things literally despite obvious context though.

    Winter time is standard time with the sun at the highest being noon. If we all want more sun in the evening then we should shave an hour off the workday and stop whining that the sun comes up earlier in the summer.

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    I hate summer and daylight saving more.

    If you’re too cold, you can always do something. If you’re too hot, you can only do so much then be miserable.

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      daylight saving is awesome. the only good part about summer.

      i get to leave my grey office to sunlight still!

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    My 2,5yo has been refusing to sleep earlier than 21:00 on the dot for months now so I’m hoping winter time will finally get us back to a somewhat sane schedule. So far it’s working, she just fell asleep at 19:30.

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    Moving towards the equator made me hate winter a lot less. Having more consistent daylight throughout the year made a big difference for me.

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    Nope. I love Autumn and Winter the most! 🍁❄️I actually can’t stand warm/hot weather 😭

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    Average winter enjoyer here, just chiming in to say “fuck summer!” We may be few in number, but we are large in spirit.