28-hour days.

Messy · Post by **Messy** » 25-10-2005 23:48

http://www.dbeat.com/28/

Though some 'facts' presented on this site are disputable, 28-hour days sound quite attractive to me.
(http://www.dbeat.com/28/benefit3.htm gives you a quick idea why. The whole site tries to make a point however, and it's not a lot to read).

So far, problems to me seemed to be:

- This would need an entire, or at least a substantial part of, society to change in order for it to work;
- Some industries might not be able to function properly, and create less profit, having to raise prices;
- Nineteen hours of being awake and nine hours to sleep seems insufficient considering 10 to 12 of those 19 hours will have been relevant to work (including travelling to work);
- More activity during the night creates a need for more energy to fuel articifial lighting;
- Man is by nature a diurnal creature, and our hormones agree. We would probably still feel sleepy working during the 'night', regardless of how much we slept (seeing as according to the chart displayed on the site about 3 sessions of sleep seem to largely take place during the daytime)

Still, reduced frequency of daily chores, long and sunny weekends, more time to sleep or spend free time, and the effective increase of hours 'being at work' but the decrease of hours spent travelling and times you'll have to go to work seem worth it to me!

Unfortunately though, due to non-conformity this will probably only be a possibility for people like writers, musicians, strippers, part-time workers and the workless ;p

Post by **The_One** » 26-10-2005 00:29

Nah. Bring on metric time.

cY|riCo · Post by **cY|riCo** » 26-10-2005 03:55

i like the idea. dunno if it will ever happen so

speedy · Post by **speedy** » 26-10-2005 11:45

fuck sleeping in the day, that sucks

NoSexualFreak · Post by **NoSexualFreak** » 26-10-2005 12:08

interesting. but im too fat, and wouldnt probably last the whole day on a challenging job

`Ghost` · Post by **`Ghost`** » 26-10-2005 12:18

Whats wrong with the way things are

NoSexualFreak · Post by **NoSexualFreak** » 26-10-2005 13:30

opposite to the benefits?

Post by **DavidM** » 26-10-2005 14:30

its bullshit, because you would have to work 2-3 hours longer each day to compensate for the missing day.
how would you like that?
and only one free day? nah

and it would end up in a fucking mess anyway because of our beloved sun

Messy · Post by **Messy** » 26-10-2005 15:28

One free day? o_O
56-hour weekend ahoy $\o/$

I'd personally love to work longer, if that means I'll eventually waste less time travelling to work, and will have a longer night and more free time.
"Yay".

As for the sun part: Yeah, that's what I believe /o\

NoSexualFreak · Post by **NoSexualFreak** » 26-10-2005 21:19

and when you get 'delivered within 2-3 working days', you have to wait fucking ages.

fro · Post by **fro** » 27-10-2005 18:59

i didnt read the linked article but voted no anyway. its a dumb idea, if it aint broke, dont fucking fix it hippies

Post by **DavidM** » 27-10-2005 22:57

it's a little broke imo

i hate 24hour days
its just too short. i dont wanna go to bed, too early..but then again i dont get up next morning...tired

but i think, if its changed, it wont improve. the human organism will adept to that and the same problem will be there again. sleeping a lot longer, still tired after being up so long etc

and the sun-issue will totally confuse your body

NoSexualFreak · Post by **NoSexualFreak** » 27-10-2005 23:06

but i think, if its changed, it wont improve. the human orgasm will adept to that and the same problem will be there again. sleeping a lot longer, still tired after being up so long etc

and the sun-issue will totally confuse your body

idd. poor pen0r

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