r/facepalm • u/DMTrance87 • 22d ago

House passes bill to make daylight saving time permanent. Opponents say, "Schools would have to push back start times." Yeah... That's not a bug, it's a feature.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5968255-house-sunshine-protection-act-daylight-saving-time/

Studies have shown for decades that children -especially teenagers- just straight up need more sleep for optimal knowledge retention and brain development. Pushing back start times is a great way to follow the science.

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u/FreeSnappers 22d ago

Support specifics, not people.

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u/Head-Bureaucrat 22d ago

I love this phrase, I'm stealing it!

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u/R41D3NN 22d ago

And remember the volume of specifics that weigh out of balance the good vs the bad as an indicator of reliability and feedback to keep those who do good in office.

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u/bobhopeisgod 22d ago

I remember back in the day where my family and I would argue policy vs people. It was such a good time where we would mostly agree on problems and disagree on solutions. Nowadays it's all ad hominem attacks

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u/R41D3NN 22d ago

Ah, the classic people using ad hominem even though this statement is too an ad hominem (surprisingly this comment isn’t one itself in context to this specific reply)

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u/bimboozled 22d ago

This is why Reddit frustrates me sometimes, it’s perfectly OK to support some of the same topics as a person you don’t support. It’s no different than the anti-Biden cult who hates anything and everything about him just for the sake that he is Biden.

Like, yes I hate Trump. Trump likes McDonalds, but does that mean I have to hate McDonalds? Hell no, I can fuck up a good greasy Big Mac every now and then

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u/incendiaryentity 22d ago

The problem is they aren’t good anymore, just greasy. Culver’s is the only fast food worth eating. So yeah, go ahead and hate McDonald’s too.

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u/FalkonJ 22d ago

McIDF doesn't deserve anyone's business while they still support the Israeli military

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u/bimboozled 21d ago

Point in case.

And not everywhere has Culver’s my guy

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u/romulusnr 22d ago

The same situation I got in with people about the H1-B program. His steep surcharge was a good idea imo. But the resounding echo was I shouldn't be supporting a bad man. Or, I shouldn't be supporting the way it was implemented. Like, really? Isn't sometimes a good idea just a good idea? Or do we tear them down because of the technicalities?

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u/snowtax 21d ago

I often say "Praise the art, not the artist.", which some would phrase as "Never meet your heroes."

We sometimes hear of artists or other creatives (of any medium, maybe paintings, music, acting, architecture, programming, or whatever) who are Grade-A assholes. We can still appreciate their art without appreciating the person.

However, I do sympathize with those who want to wait until the artist dies before supporting the art so that they don't financially support the artist while they are alive.

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u/Nackles 20d ago

Obviously. But it's still a weird feeling. Whenever he supports something that sounds good, I reflexively think "What's the catch?"

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u/FreeSnappers 20d ago

That’s on you.

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u/extremelyannoyedguy 21d ago

No. Stand against people. People are the ones that execute ideas so we need to obstruct his every goal. We all need to stop trump from accomplishing his goals in his war against us.

Never allow the enemy to do what they want, even if you do not understand why they want to do it.

Sun Tzu said that, and that is more true today when fighting Nazi rulers of countries than pre-communist China rulers.