• Makeitstop@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    We were so close a few years ago when the senate passed a bill with unanimous consent, only for the house to say fuck you and refuse to even consider it (can’t have anything useful getting done).

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      11 hours ago

      No one could agree on what the permanent time should be, that’s why it failed.

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        8 hours ago

        I thought it failed because Rs in the senate said “wait no, we passed it by mistake, don’t vote on it please”, and democrats in the house have them what they wanted. A favor that would never be repaid, because they are stupid

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        11 hours ago

        This is any group decision making in a nutshell. All the arguing over the thing that matters least.

        They could’ve picked either and everyone would just adjust.

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          11 hours ago

          Tbh, the US already uses imperial instead of metric, regardless of the difficulty coordinating with other countries. We could have just split the difference and been 30 minutes offset from other countries in the same time zones.

        • NegativeNull@lemmy.worldOPM
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          11 hours ago

          Exactly this. I don’t care where the permanent time lands. Just make it permanent and we’ll adjust.