Yesterday was movie night. Popcorn time. Old comedy movies. You know what I watched? Police Academy. Still funny, still worth watching, even after so many times. But hey, my memory sucks, so I forget a lot of the jokes anyway. Perfect excuse to laugh like it’s the first time!
I hadn’t watched it in a while, so this time I laughed extra hard. Pretty sure my neighbor heard me, but hey, it was Saturday...I’m allowed to be loud! I finally went to bed around 1 AM, thinking, "Wow, look at me, staying up late like a cool person!" (Which, let’s be honest, doesn’t happen often anymore. Adult life...pfff...)
But then… I woke up. Looked at the clock. 7 AM. Six hours of sleep! I was so proud of myself.
Made my coffee, told Alexa to play my radio station, and a few minutes later, they casually announce: "Today is the day we move the clocks forward!" Wait… WHAT?! That means I actually woke up at 6 AM. On a Sunday. What the hell is wrong with me?!
I thought, "Okay, fine, I’ll go back to sleep." But I already had my coffee. There was no going back. WHY are we still doing this clock-changing nonsense?! I was so happy about my six hours of sleep, and they just stole one from me. Rude... 🙁
So, what now? It’s Sunday, nothing to do, not in the mood to read. So, you know what? I started baking. Yes, at 8 AM on a Sunday. What is wrong with me?! My husband and my dog were still sleeping. I tried making noise so they’d wake up and I wouldn’t feel guilty about waking them.
Dog? Awake. One point for me.
Husband? Nope. Still sleeping like a bear in winter. No points for me.
Fine. Time to bring out the vacuum cleaner. Still didn’t wake up. Seriously?!
So, I did some digging. Turns out, Mr. Franklin came up with the idea first. Yeah, the same guy who played with lightning and keys. He wrote a letter saying people should wake up earlier to use more daylight and save candles. Sounds smart, right? But let’s be real...nobody back then had smartphones or Netflix keeping them up until 2 AM.
Then, in the early 1900s, some guy named George Hudson—an insect expert (yes, really), thought, "Hey, let’s move the clocks so I have more time to catch bugs after work!" And somehow, the government actually listened. One man came up with this idea, and they all said, "Yep, sounds good!" ONE man. What the hell?!
Then came World War I and II. Germany and Austria started using it, saying it saved energy. Less lightbulb time, more fuel for war. Okay, sure. But now? We use electricity, not candles, and studies show it doesn’t even save that much energy anymore. So… why are we still doing this?!
Spring forward? We lose an hour of sleep and walk around like zombies for a week.
Fall back? We get an extra hour, but now it’s dark at 4 PM, and everyone is depressed. No winners here.
And guess what? Not every country does this. Some places just said, "Nah, we’re good," and stopped changing their clocks. Meanwhile, the rest of us suffer.
People keep saying we should end it, but here we are every single year, changing our oven clocks, wondering why our phones did it automatically but our microwave is stuck in the past.
At least before smartphones, this whole thing was a little funny. Parents forgot to change the clocks, and boom! Kids were late for school… or worse, showed up an hour early. (Yeah, I still remember sitting outside the school doors, wondering why I was the only one there. Then some other kids showed up, looking just as confused. Good times. No phone to call my parents, just me, freezing outside, questioning my life choices. At least they bought me candy as an apology. Lucky them...otherwise, I would have boycotted school the next day. 😊)
So, what’s the point? Nobody knows. Will we stop? Probably not. But at least we can all complain about it together while drinking extra coffee and trying to figure out what time it really is.
And yes, I’ll spend the next week recovering from my stolen hour. Thanks a lot, daylight saving time.
And what do you think about that?
With love, @tinabrezpike ❤️
Like the long summer nights but would be totally cool with never having to do this change anymore
It doesnt make sense in this age anymore
I know, but I still don’t understand why this is so important. During winter, it’s driving me crazy. I have a 12-hour shift, which means I leave for work while it's still dark and come home when it’s dark again. 😂
You took the words right out of my mouth! Last year we decided not to put the kitchen clock forward, but by Wednesday we were so confused we had to relent. On a more serious note, studies have shown that DST has a measurable adverse effect upon our health. If I happened to be conspiracy minded I might even think it was a deliberate attempt to promote ill health.
I know, right? It’s wild how a tiny clock change can mess everything up. I haven’t dug deep into the health stuff, but now you got me interested 😂
Beautiful picture
Thank you. But I need to ask you something… why are you on Hive? Is it just to leave random comments on articles you haven't read? I’m really happy when someone comments on my post, and I know they read it. but I won't vote for a comment that lacks substance, especially if I'm certain the person didn't actually read it. I don't want to come across as rude…I respect everyone here. However, I dislike when people do this. We put in a lot of time and effort to make our articles worthwhile, so it's disappointing when someone is only here for votes. If you haven't read the article and are just writing something randomly, you won't receive my vote. I'm sorry. And please, don't delete your comment like you did last time when I asked this.
Very well said, and you shouldn't apologise to him, these people don't even deserve such a long comment back. It's probably more words than all his shit comments added together. And it's crazy how so many people still fall for these zero effort spam comments and reward it.
Look on the bright side, your extra hour resulted in such a beautiful tray of bake, they look delicious
He has been doing this for some time now, and I couldn't hold back anymore. I'm actually curious to see if he will write back or comment on my next post 😂
On the bright side of the time change, I had my after-lunch nap and enjoyed a whole plate of my fat, delicious dessert 😂 I don't know what the English word for this dessert is 🤔 Thanks for stopping by, your comment actually meant a lot!
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Very funny movie
This movie reminds me of my childhood. It's fun and has life lessons.
It also helps with discipline.
It's still an iconic movie, and worth to watch, yes ;)