Topic: How do you explain the time change to animals who rudely expect to eat at the old time?
Anonymous A started this discussion 6 years ago #93,267
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #1,056,266
Very carefully.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 43 minutes later, 45 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,056,268
Just change the clocks before you feed them and then change the time back when they are finished. That should help avoid any confusion.
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 6 hours later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,056,290
You say "Fido, twice a year we must give an annoying handout to the retail industry, so get used to it".
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 49 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,056,298
Feed them at the old new time
chill dog !!81dzJNNYL joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 2 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,056,326
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U replied with this 6 years ago, 32 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,056,340
@previous (chill dog !!81dzJNNYL)
> How is daylight savings a handout to the retail industry
Well to be clear I was being a little facetious, because the fact is that daylight savings time no longer suits its initial purpose (the retail industry doesn't need it anymore), but this covers the basics of how and why the Western world has it:
https://qz.com/1120488/daylight-saving-time-as-americans-know-it-was-instituted-by-corporate-lobbies-not-farmers/
> How is daylight savings a handout to the retail industry
Well to be clear I was being a little facetious, because the fact is that daylight savings time no longer suits its initial purpose (the retail industry doesn't need it anymore), but this covers the basics of how and why the Western world has it:
https://qz.com/1120488/daylight-saving-time-as-americans-know-it-was-instituted-by-corporate-lobbies-not-farmers/
chill dog !!81dzJNNYL replied with this 6 years ago, 20 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,056,361
@previous (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U)
I quite like it tbh. I can work during the daytime during the winter. :) if it's too dark then the schedule will be adjusted to accomodate but without dst we'd finish late during the day and everything would be closed by the time we finished.
I quite like it tbh. I can work during the daytime during the winter. :) if it's too dark then the schedule will be adjusted to accomodate but without dst we'd finish late during the day and everything would be closed by the time we finished.
Anonymous C replied with this 6 years ago, 11 hours later, 23 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,056,509
@1,056,340 (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U)
I'm going to bookmark that piece so I can send it people when I need an example of how only telling part of a story can go horribly wrong.
As fun as it is to believe that companies that sell golf balls and barbecue supplies tricked us into DST out of their sheer avarice, that piece really skips over all the arguments about electricity consumption, crime, and traffic accidents that have been put forward year after year as well. I'm sure a lot retailers are thrilled at the prospect of people being out later. That doesn't exactly add up to corporate conspiracy by "Big Golf" and "Big Candy" though. For a piece that sets out to debunk a myth about DST, it really goes off the rails.
I'm going to bookmark that piece so I can send it people when I need an example of how only telling part of a story can go horribly wrong.
As fun as it is to believe that companies that sell golf balls and barbecue supplies tricked us into DST out of their sheer avarice, that piece really skips over all the arguments about electricity consumption, crime, and traffic accidents that have been put forward year after year as well. I'm sure a lot retailers are thrilled at the prospect of people being out later. That doesn't exactly add up to corporate conspiracy by "Big Golf" and "Big Candy" though. For a piece that sets out to debunk a myth about DST, it really goes off the rails.