WTF is Daylight Saving Time? ⏰

Morning Daylight Savers!

If you live in a country that has some form of Daylight Saving time, I'm sure this feels familiar to you:

Your alarm goes off, and you wake up.

But then you realize…

Or

What the heck is this daylight saving time thing anyway?

So, every year, some countries in places like North America, Europe, and a bit of Australia move their clocks forward in the springtime and back in the Autumn.

Why?

Well, because of this guy:

George Hudson.

He originally proposes this idea to give people more sunlight in the summer.

Hows that work?

Well, by moving the clocks forward an hour, like this:

It allows working people to enjoy another hour of sunlight after work.

Basically, it sacrifices a little bit of morning sunlight for more evening sunlight.

George wants this extra sunlight so he can spend more time tending to his insect collection.

That's not weird at all…

Anyway, this sounds like a good idea, right?

Wrong!

Many people HATE daylight saving…

They say:

Which is true, yeah.

But there's other reasons why Daylight Saving Time… kinda sucks.

For example:

Humans just aren't meant to do it.

Our brains have an internal clock.

It's called the Circadian rhythm, which controls our sleep, metabolism, hormones, and a bunch of other important stuff.

And our brain needs more sunlight in the morning, or else we get out of sync with the actual 24-hour day.

Plus, extra light too late in the day keeps our brains from shutting off, hence we get a worse night's sleep.

Just this one hour difference can really affect our bodies.

I mean, just look at these health effects we see on the Daylight Saving switch days:

24% increase in heart attacks.

11% spike in depression.

8% more strokes.

6% rise in fatal car accidents.

Yeah…

Maybe we shouldn't get our ideas from people who like collecting insects…

Thanks George…

Stay Cute,
Reece, Henry & Dylan 🌈

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