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The Daylight Fraud

This week I've been struck by how late it's been staying light outside. Sometimes a feeling of amazement begins to well up inside of me until I remember...daylight savings time kicked in. Once again, I've been tricked. Decieved. It's not really 7:30, it's 6:30 and we just pretend it's 7:30.

It's funny how we categorically redefine time twice a year. But what's more funny is that this seems normal and we all go along with it. Not just the US, but countries all over the world.

Not everyone is enamored with this giant social experiment. Take Indiana for example. Being practicle people, they keep things simple. The state remains on Eastern Standard Time all year long. Unfortunately some fringe counties observered the time-change frivolity of their neighbors and chose to adopt daylight savings time. So, 5 counties on the south-eastern side follow eastern daylight savings time. Not to be outdone by their neighbors, and probably as a result of a drinking game, 6 counties in the north-west and 5 counties in the south-west, decided to adopt daylight savings time AND an entirely different time zone! So, Indiana observes four different time zones: EST, EDT, CST, and CDT. Yes, even their children make websites to help understand the madness. Somewhere I can hear an Amish mother explaining to her child that this time zone insanity is a product of following the ways of the "English."

So, don't be fooled. Tricked. Taken advantage of. Don't set your watch to the wrong time and then systematically accept it. Better yet, when people ask you the time, take the opportunity to give them the "correct" time. I bet they'll be surprised you did.