Beevee's Owner/Giant Slayer
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Thank God. It baffles me why some simple things that are so vexing take so long to change. You can't take a 3-meter rug, then cut 1 meter from the bottom, then sew it on the top, and say the length of the rug has changed. Now if America could finally man up and permanently change to metric, then we would be on our way to being taken seriously.
America’s most polarizing timekeeping traditions: daylight saving time.In a series of social media posts over the past week, the
Tesla and
SpaceX CEO has strongly suggested that the Department of Government Efficiency, or
DOGE, will end the semiannual clock changes. "Looks like the people want to abolish the annoying time changes!" Musk wrote on his platform, X, linking to an online poll that showed most respondents favored eliminating the clock changes. Ramaswamy responded, “It’s inefficient & easy to change.” Musk later affirmed his stance by replying “Yes” to Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) when asked if he wanted to end the time shifts.
Daylight savings could actually come to an end if Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s new government efficiency board has its way