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Re:On its 100th anniversary, the madness of Daylight Saving ... by Karunamon on Friday March 09, 2018 @12:31PM (#16553295)
"Skepticism" might apply more if we were dealing with clickbait, but when you compare the "benefits" that DST provides with the misery that it causes, eliminating it is a no-brainer.

http://www.sleep-journal.com/article/S1389-9457%2800%2900032...

https://www.gwern.net/docs/melatonin/1996-coren.pdf

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140329175108.h...

http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/apl/94/5/1305/?nl=nytnow&em_...

..and many more. You'll note a complete lack of sensationalist articles in the above links.

Keeping DST amounts to self-flagellation. Much like the existence of the penny, it's a thing that has few legitimate reasons to exist and many more legitimate reasons to be burned to the ground.

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