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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by irrational on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @05:56PM (#30692349)
Each of our car clocks have to be changed manually. The clocks on the stove and microwave have to be changed manually. We have 7 wall clocks in the house that have to be changed manually. Our kids have alarm clocks that all have to be changed manually. The sprinkler system has a clock that has to be set manually. Even our garage door opener has a clock that has to be set manually. It is a huge pain every six months.
Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by tbrownaw on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @01:08AM (#30695527)
> alarm clocks that all have to be changed manually

Those are still a thing? We just use cell phones for alarms, and the only clocks that need to be changed are the decorative analog wall clock and the microwave which has to be reset after power outages way more often anyway (when we're not just leaving it blank).

Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by devmunchies on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @02:39AM (#30695966)
We have a red digital clock on the bedroom dresser. Much nicer to glance at without blasting my face with blue light, especially if I see it’s 4:30am and want to go back to sleep.

We try to limit smart phones in the bedroom in general, spend less time in bed in the mornings.

Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by montag on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @09:48PM (#30694320)
Or maybe you’re one of us whose car and microwave clock is an hour behind for 6 months every year…
Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by bruce511 on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @01:01AM (#30695501)
Not 6 months. Standard time is already only 4 months long.
Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by MiddleEndian on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @10:51PM (#30694785)
Yeah I have my microwave set to one time and my stove set to another, so one of them is always correct. However someone else set both of them, I was content to leave them at random times lol
Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by giantg2 on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @07:33PM (#30693358)
Why do you have 7 wall clocks? How big is your house? Might be time to just wear a watch.
Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by _Nat_ on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @09:23PM (#30694155)
It was common to have at least one clock per room.

Wall-clocks were convenient, cheap, and provided comfort in the form of not needing to wear a watch around the house.

Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by giantg2 on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @09:35PM (#30694236)
Interesting. I guess maybe in a different geographic location than me since I've never seen the 1 per room thing around here.
Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by replygirl on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @10:05PM (#30694431)
living room, kitchen, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, garage?
Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by giantg2 on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @10:57PM (#30694832)
My question is more so around the need for that many clocks. That isn't common where I'm from. Is it normal to have wall clocks in bathrooms?
Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by mbg721 on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @11:00PM (#30694850)
People keep their bathrooms in weird ways. The most memorable one I saw had side-by-side photos of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and John Paul II, with little votive candles underneath each one.
Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by ziml77 on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @12:18AM (#30695269)
It's not typical to have them in bathrooms, but I actually do have a clock that requires manual setting in mine. It's a waterproof clock/radio and it's handy to have in there. Can keep track of what time it is while I'm getting ready in the morning.
Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by ghaff on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @09:27AM (#30698512)
It's probably more common to have an alarm clock in a bedroom that you can just glance at. It's also a loud backup for early morning flights.
Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by replygirl on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @10:43PM (#30707046)
how do you know how long you been shitting?
Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by lovich on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @06:09PM (#30692527)
Do what normal people do and never update those clocks. It’s not like +1/-1 math is hard, and I can’t imagine trusting a manually adjusted clock if I actually cared about the time
Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by mynameisvlad on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @06:15PM (#30692606)
> Do what normal people do

[citation needed]

I would think that changing clocks is actually the more "normal" thing to do.

Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by yurishimo on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @06:30PM (#30692793)
Yea, most people change the clock.

The only clock I don’t change is my motorcycle because I can’t be bothered to use the archaic menu system to update something I never rely on.

That said, it does take me a few weeks usually to update all the clocks as I’ll only do it when it starts to bother me or if that specific clock contributes to me being late/early.

Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by chockablock on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @07:57PM (#30693540)
I run around the house updating every clock I can find early on the Sunday morning. I update the clocks on rental cars if they're wrong. I'm not otherwise a super detail-oriented person. Clearly this is some kind of personality test.
Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by Johnny555 on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @06:24PM (#30692734)
That's what I do, and that's a more viable solution than it used to be since I carry a pocket watch (i.e. a phone) with me everywhere I go, and I usually use Android Auto while driving, so my phone's clock is displayed in my car.

But I used to rely on my car's clock to know what time it is, and kept it updated for DST.

Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by IncRnd on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @07:19PM (#30693238)
I don't change the clocks either. I just add or subtract an hour for half of the year, depending on when I first set the clock.
Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by scbrg on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @02:24AM (#30695895)
So now you "just" need to memorize a lookup table holding information about time when your clocks was first set. And share said lookup table with any visitors. It sounds super convenient :-)
Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by IncRnd on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @08:09AM (#30697768)
It is convenient. As you can see on this page, I was simply responding to someone else that I also don't change the clocks - like them. Other sibling posters commented similarly.

I'm sure you remember passwords, next to which the number 1 is quite easy to recall immediately. Don't make it complicated when it is easy.

Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by alophawen on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @10:22PM (#30694567)
That's just a workaround.
Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by IncRnd on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @11:40PM (#30695064)
Yes, it's a workaround instead of changing the clocks, but you say that like it is bad. Adding or subtracting 1 over the course of 6 months takes less time than changing the clocks a single time.
Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by alophawen on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @06:20AM (#30697084)
In the context of discussion about permanent DST, then the solution would be permanent DST rather than change the clock or adjust time in your head for 6 months.
Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by IncRnd on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @04:39PM (#30703773)
In the context of this discussion I was stating I perform the same behaviour in the current environment as the GP who stated they do not change their clocks.