You know, I don’t really think that raising a concern about the possibility of kids getting hit by cars that I hadn’t heard discussed much before really falls into the same category as religious wingnuts scaremongering about “subversive” books or drag queens or whatever.

I didn’t even present it as some sort of urgent, insurmountable problem, I just didn’t have any rebuttal for it in the moment when I heard it. The other replies have brought up good points that could help make it work. Was that really warranted?

I actually heard an argument against permanent DST that I still haven’t really been able to refute. The reasoning was that darker conditions in the mornings during winter could make things more hazardous for kids walking to school. In places with properly pedestrian-friendly infrastructure, it probably wouldn’t be an issue, but at least in more suburban areas, I can’t say I disagree. Changing back and forth twice a year is still silly, but I feel like I might prefer permanent standard time over permanent DST in a lot of places.

Sure, probably, but it definitely would’ve been a surprise.

I came pretty close to putting sour cream on my bagel once on a particularly groggy morning.