If we switch to metric, I’m firebombing [insert government building that would get me a Secret Service visit]. If we adopt Celsius, I’m blowing up the Sears Tower. If we switch to permanent DST, I’m stealing the nuclear codes.

Very bad idea. It’s out of sync with human biology and a switch to permanent standard time is far preferable. Just because some people are vampires and stay up all hours of the night doesn’t mean people who prefer morning light should get shafted. Everything else is oriented around night owls, throw us a fucking bone. At your latitude, the sun’s going to be coming up in the dark months at what, ten o’clock?

There have been a bunch of trigger laws that automatically switch to permanent DST (not DEAD DST, BTW, but forever DST) if a number of things happen. Thank God a number of states are holding the line. Better switching the clocks twice a year than to have our circadian rhythm permanently fucked with And do you really want a world where gunfights are at high one o’clock?

We tried permanent DST in the ’70s. It didn’t go well.