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A Really Good Example Of How Angry Everybody Is About Everything In America These Days
Tirade of fury over Daylight Saving Time suddenly dominated our Twitter and Facebook feeds early this week
“Spring forward, fall back” always seemed to us a twice-a-year minor annoyance at most, made easier by the fact that most of us now use devices that reset themselves when there’s a change.
Yet this year, many people we follow, and follow us seemed genuinely angry they were getting an hour “stolen” from them last weekend. We know this is totally anecdotal, but it was definitely a louder chorus than anytime before. By far.
Even a publication as mild-mannered as Reader’s Digest called people in states that don’t do Daylight Saving Time “lucky ducks”. And health.com blames Daylight Saving Time for making it more difficult for couples to conceive, as well as causing heart attacks and strokes. One writer on CNN.com decrying it as “tyranny”.
Why? There’s a lot going on these days that’s a lot more infuriating than changing a clock. Is it that this is on top of all that? Or is it that people have come to expect so many conveniences, their patience for even minor inconveniences is a lot less?
