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In 2022, the American Medical Association called for a permanent end to Daylight Savings Time, citing negative effects on health (www.ama-assn.org)

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I hope everyone who wants to be on permanent DST experiences an eternity of the first day of spring forward, never rested again

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[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

I'm trying to relate the daylight savings time change back to your example of jetlag.

I'm suggesting that, in a scenario where everyone in the US is compelled to take a plane ride that gives them all one hour's worth of jetlag (instead of changing the clocks by one hour), you'd probably take issue with that. It's an attempt to add some extra perspective and get you to think about your claim that it's stupid to argue from a health perspective, and how shallow that line is thinking is.

It doesn't matter if it's stupid or not, it's reasonable to want the practice to stop.