Daylight Savings Time -- Why is this still a thing? (John Oliver)

[Mr. Analog]

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a14457/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-daylight-saving-time/

[Lazybones]

Exactly!

[Mr. Analog]

[Thorin]

I had to laugh at the example they gave of people still using electricity in the middle of the night...

[Melbosa]

Stupid Cows...

[Darren Dirt]

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a14457/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-daylight-saving-time/

official YT channel @ https://www.youtube.com/user/LastWeekTonight/videos

I was completely caught up a month ago. Was now getting the twitching for more brilliant comedic content... welcome back Oliver & Co.!

[Darren Dirt]

DAYUM, John Oliver needs to do a follow-up with the "shocking truth" revealed by these maps of sunrise/sunset with vs. without DST...

http://www.citylab.com/weather/2015/11/the-maps-that-prove-daylight-saving-is-ruining-our-lives/417600/



CURRENT:



vs.


GET RID OF THIS BULL@%&#:



...sure it's just 'Merica, but it's still pretty damn revealing. And upsetting. (who benefits from the status quo anyway? Especially nowadays.)


^ the SOURCE for these maps is actually this INTERACTIVE site, quite cool (but again, only YOU! ESS! AY!)
http://andywoodruff.com/blog/where-to-hate-daylight-saving-time-and-where-to-love-it/