Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time
Alan <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | can.politics,can.general,ab.general,ab.politics,edm.general |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 2026-04-17 18:27, The Doctor wrote: > In article <[email protected]>, Alan <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 2026-04-17 07:53, Dhu on Gate wrote: >>> On Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:14:04 -0700, Alan wrote: >>> >>>> On 2026-03-25 19:36, The Doctor wrote: >>>>> In article <[email protected]>, Alan <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> On 2026-03-25 16:45, The Doctor wrote: >>>>>>> In article <[email protected]>, Alan <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> On 2026-03-03 08:24, The Doctor wrote: >>>>>>>>> SO BC and the Yukon wants their populations to be jetlagged zombies. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> We said no to permanent DST in Alberta >>>>>>>>> and that referendum must be honoured. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Sign >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> https://www.change.org/p/the-voters-of-alberta-make-the-alberta-canada-time-zone-permanent-mountain-standard-time-zone?recruiter=5018939&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&recruited_by_id=8c88060d-1250-4636-951a-2606169a41e1 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> And tell the premier to honour the refendum >>>>>>>>> that said no to permanent DST in Alberta! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> There's no magic that makes DST deleterious to health, doofus. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> They are just numbers and changing the number we use to represent a time >>>>>>>> of day does NOTHING. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> WRong you are. >>>>>> >>>>>> Really? >>>>>> >>>>>> Why? >>>>>> >>>>>> Does my body know if the clock reads 8am or 9am? >>>>> >>>>> Your body follows the sun. high noon is no 1 p.m. ! >>>> >>>> Your body doesn't KNOW how to read a clock. >>>> >>>> And given that the natural variability of daylight hours in different >>>> latitudes of the world is FAR greater than the one hour shift imposed by >>>> DST, the body is clearly capable of adjusting to waking up while it is >>>> darker than the clock would suggest. >>> >>> You _stupid machine_: a "one hour shift" never happens in the analog reality >>> humans physically inhabit: it takes 6 MONTHS to go from "high noon to >>> midnight" even in the Arctic. >> The "shift" is only in which number we use to describe a particular time >> of day, doofus. > > Do some Cricardian research. 1. The word is "circadian" and is NOT capitalized. 2. Your circadian rhythm isn't affected by what number is shown on a clock.