What to do about DST?

Discussion in 'The Red Room' started by Kommander, Mar 13, 2023.

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DST?

  1. Keep things the way they are

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  2. Permanent Standard Time

    31.6%
  3. Permanent Daylight Saving Time

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  4. UTC for everyone

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  5. UTC for everyone, and switch to metric time

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  6. My timezone for everyone because my personal convienience is the most important thing ever

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  7. Keep things they way they are, but go forward/back two hours instead of one hour

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  8. Abolish clocks and timekeeping all together and just wing it

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  9. Baba knows what time it is

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  1. Uncle Albert

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    Why the fuck are you so married to time changes? Does it give you jollies to inflict unnecessary aggravation on others? Are you the sort of dickbag who yells at customer service employees because they are the only ones forced to listen to you?
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  2. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    what makes you so special and unique so as to think you're entitled to compensation?
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  3. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    this may be the most ironic post, ever...
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  4. Uncle Albert

    Uncle Albert Part beard. Part machine.

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    I don't let strangers impose on me for free.
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  5. Uncle Albert

    Uncle Albert Part beard. Part machine.

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    That's because you deal in :strawman: .

    If you think I mistreat service people, you are leaping to ignorant conclusions.
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  6. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    yup... it's all about you princess
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  7. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    only when I'm dealing with you, a strawman...

    and how would you know if you did? you've repeatedly claimed that there is no such thing as verbal or emotional abuse...
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  8. Uncle Albert

    Uncle Albert Part beard. Part machine.

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    Pivot and insult. You might as well state outright that you've got nothing, because both amount to the same.
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  9. Uncle Albert

    Uncle Albert Part beard. Part machine.

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    Doesn't mean I'm unaware of difference between "nice" and "not nice." Just that I refuse to accept someone being offended amounts to them being a victim. Both can be true.
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  10. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    oh no no no...
    let's stick to the point of why you're entitled to be paid for a change in schedule that effects everyone.

    you're the one claiming he's being imposed upon by strangers.
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  11. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    meh.. it was your example of abusing customer service reps.
    you've also long stated that you get to decide how much your actions affect others, not them.

    try to be consistent, m'kay?
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  12. Uncle Albert

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    Resenting my sleep schedule being arbitrarily fucked with for no goddamn reason is not claiming entitlement to anything. Stop attributing sentiments I never expressed.
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  13. Uncle Albert

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    I'm consistent when you aren't dishonestly putting words in my mouth.
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  14. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    I did nothing of the sort... I'm literally quoting you

    those are your words there, cupcake.

    your boss or whoever is paying you has to deal with it, so do you. nobody is getting shit.

    so why are you so special as to expect to be paid?
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  15. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    It's like his yap and his long term memory are compartmentalized from each other with soundproof walls. :chris:
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  16. Tererune

    Tererune Troll princess and Magical Girl

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    He would have to get @Jenee out of it.

    Sounds like a sequel to 2 girls 1 cup.
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  17. Tererune

    Tererune Troll princess and Magical Girl

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    It is more likely that he simply cannot form a coherent argument with all those contradictions roaming in the space we all occupy in his head.
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  18. Uncle Albert

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    So my boss is working for free now? God, you're dumb. :bang:
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  19. Bickendan

    Bickendan Custom Title Administrator Faceless Mook Writer

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    If he's an intern, yeah... :ramen:
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  20. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    where the hell do you get that from?

    follow the dots here...

    DST exists

    DST affects everyone's schedule

    DST is hardly arbitrary... we've been doing it for over a century, the same time, every year.

    that's the opposite of arbitrary, you drama queen

    nobody gets special treatment

    you seem to be claiming to be entitled to financial compensation.
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  21. Uncle Albert

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    Appeal to convention. It being that way already does nothing to justify it.

    And you're still failing to follow the goddamn conversation. I wasn't saying "Pay me for living in a country with time changes," you fucking slack jawed mongoloid. I was saying an individual will pay me to live by their schedule.
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  22. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    That's the irritating thing about inter-subjective reality.
    It doesn't vanish when you stop believing in it.
    You have to get everyone else to stop believing along with you, and that requires a mass movement, and that requires a new belief structure to motivate its followers.
    And then you're right back in an inter-subjective reality bubble.
    But no one need worry though, you're a miserable malcontent with no leadership ability, so no mass movement for change is coming out of you.
  23. Lanzman

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    Not the same time every year. DST has been lengthened several times.
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  24. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    in our lifetimes?
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  25. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    no matter, it still affects everyone, so ain't nobody getting inconvenience entitlements
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  26. MikeH92467

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    Funny how minorities wanting to be treated like everyone else provokes UA into outrage, but UA being treated like everyone else provokes outrage:whacko:
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  27. Lanzman

    Lanzman Vast, Cool and Unsympathetic Formerly Important

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    Outrage? No. Plain rage. His default setting, much like mine is contempt.
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  28. shootER

    shootER Insubordinate...and churlish Administrator

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    Certainly.

    From your link:

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  29. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    fair enough... although the fact that it happens on a saturday/sunday still negates princess's claims of an arbitrary inconvenience and oppression.

    I, for one, am glad to see the sun when I leave work at 4pm.
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