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It's time to mentally prepare yourselves for this (lemmy.world)
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[–] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (69 children)

i still think timezones were a mistake, and that they shouldn't exist period. I have a long thread about this from an earlier post about timezones as well amusingly enough.

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  • [–] 47 points 2 years ago (44 children)

    As a social construct, I like that I can be anywhere in the world and know that around noon is probably an appropriate time for lunch, etc.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Time is an illusion, lunch time doubly so.

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Imagine you're watching a movie, and the main character turns over to their bedside clock and it shows 4:13 am. With time zones we all understand what part of the day that is and instinctively can relate to the situation.

    Without timezones, every locality would have a different shorthand and cultural understanding of what times mean what. Or they'd adopt a second system that helps transcend that but that's just inventing timezones again...

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Are you thinking about daylight savings time? I'd agree there, but timezones absolutely make sense, and we've always used some version of it. "See you at noon" has a sort of built in timezone, as does sunrise and sunset. We (all human societies) relate hours to the day in a similar, albeit more regular way. If you did away with timezones, you'd replace a minor inconvenience with a monstrous one. Everyone uses what, GMT? Naah

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I like it when i miss the train because town A's time is way off from toen C's time

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I honestly can't tell if you are pro or anti time zones from this comment.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Nobody likes missing a train.
    In this scenario, missing a train is caused by timezones.
    It's sarcasm. So against timezones.
    Maybe, against more granular timezones, ok with status-quo, but would be happy if all official correspondence happened with UTC.
    Possibly completely against timezones.
    Maybe a mix of all of the above

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