Your Life Will Never Be The Same, At Least When Daylight Saving Time Arrives
Here’s a few things you may not know about Daylight Saving Time: 1) there is no ’s’ at the end of saving, so quit saying that 2) Ben Franklin didn’t create it, but for some reason people keep giving him credit 3) 70s capitalism is the cause of its implementation.
All that aside, the main reason DST is so annoying is how much it effects our sleep patterns, in particular: mine!Â
Um, what?! You’re telling me that I’m losing an hour of potential free-time off my weekend because of some wacky idea Ben Franklin had while living in France way back when, then got used on and off throughout both World Wars, and was finally officially adopted into United States culture for good in the 70s?! No thanks!
So, I’m supposed to get up an extra hour early on the worst day of the workweek just because Ben Franklin though it’d be a good idea to save money on candles when there was free sunlight available, but again, he didn’t necessarily invent the idea of Daylight Saving Time?! Nah, I’d rather sleep!
I’m still sleepy from the early morning yesterday, yet I’ve got to suffer through another early rise just because some people in the 70s decided this was a good idea, when in fact they probably never slept anyway because they were up all night disco dancing?! Yeah right!
Normally Wednesday would be a time to rejoice the gloriousness of making it half way through the week, but no: some ideology that even people willing to go to war with the entire world (it was tested out during World War I and II, but they thought it wouldn’t work) didn’t think was such a great idea has to come in and take away precious hours of sleep from me. Gee whiz–can I get a break DST, or what?!
#tbt to the time of Ben Franklin and when he literally was making a little joke about saving money on candles and additionally #tbt to the 70s when somehow we decided to make that an actual thing because of the energy crisis in America, although they seemed to have forgotten to consider how important the sleep schedule of a future citizen of the United States (me) is! UGH!
Well, at least by now I’ve made it through this hellacious week of early mornings just because, again, some bell bottom wearing policy makers in America chose to adopt Daylight Saving Time officially back in the 70s, but what’s that? It’s going to get dark super early? So, when I’m off work it’s already going to be dark, thus making me even more tired?! So, I’ll just go to bed instead of party the nigh away? C’mon!
And what do you know: I’m up at sunrise on a weekend, because of the time change! Thanks for nothing Daylight Saving Time! DST apparently stands for: Don’t Sleep Taylor!Â
*topic to be revisited in 4 months on the inverse stance on the situation*