Two quandaries:
What is up with the Transformers Go-Bots? Showing my age here, but isn't that mutually exclusive of each other? Is it such that the Transformers have so utterly destroyed the Go-Bots that they now use the name in their product line?
What is the point of this time shift we go through? I was thinking on this today, and I realized that it would make more sense if we were changing our clocks an hour ahead in October. This way, we get sunset at 7pm during the winter as opposed to 5pm. This, to me, makes far more sense. Why do we even bother changing the clocks such that sunrise is as close to 5am as possible? Is there point? If it's so that farmer's could have their kids get work done before school: 1)is this really a relevant issue anymore. 2) couldn't they just start school later??? So, you wake up at 7, get two hours of work, then start school at 9 - would that really have made that much of a difference in their lives? Time itself is arbitrary, so what difference would it have made?
I personally find it much more desireable to go to work when it's dark, and get home while it's still light. In this sense, I don't go home with a feeling that the day is already over. This totally saps any motivation I would have in getting anything done, as I now feel that since it's dark, it's bed time already.
Oh, and semi-(maybe not)relatedly, when did the work day become 8 - 5?? Growing up, it was always described as 9-5 - even had a movie and everything. Not that I adhere to this arbitrary corporation rule, but was curious when the work day became redefined.
Posted by haglund at October 28, 2002 7:19 PM