I hope everyone who wants to be on permanent DST experiences an eternity of the first day of spring forward, never rested again

  • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    Because a single news story about a single child being hit by a car on the walk to school was blown out of proportion and played on everyone’s fears. Kids don’t walk to school anymore.

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      15 hours ago

      Kids don’t walk to school anymore

      What am I passing when I drive home every afternoon? Geese?

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        5 hours ago

        my wife and i only have one car because y’know poverty and i drive her to and from work once or twice a week because it’s nice. we’re going to start calling any pedestrian children Geese now because of you I love it.

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          OP didn’t back up their assertion with data. They don’t see kids; I do see kids. It’s all anecdotal.

          Quick searching shows a CDC survey from 2017 estimating that a little over 15% of American kids walk to school. More recent data would require more time to find than I have right now, but even if it’s as low as 1 in 10 now, that’s still not nothing.