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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Except people massively overstate how much they want or actually “use” afternoon/evening light.
Does the sun going down at 430 vs 530 really make much of a difference in how people live their lives in the winter? I doubt there is any appreciable difference in how active people are.
Even in the summer, except for things like golf, it’s mostly BS. No one doesn’t go out for supper or go for a walk or whatever just because it’s dark at 9 instead of 10. It certainly doesn’t affect people who live closer to the equator.
There’s nothing wrong with people wanting to get off work when it’s light out. I don’t know why they don’t just say that. But they aren’t more active in that extra hour.
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Fair enough. I can only speak for myself, who lives alone with way too much time on my hands after work, but I always go for an hour or two walk once I get home from work (certainly not during this deep freeze week though). When it's already black out like this, I feel forced to stick to the same main, well lit area, as opposed to the usual exploring sessions I like to do. And it frankly just feels depressing when you leave work and it's already dark.
I think the other part is what's already been mentioned from the other side, with those who prefer the morning light: how it affects my mentals. I'm a nighthawk so am a sleepy person in the morning, I find the darkness much more manageable than the bright sun hitting you first thing in the morning, I actually find that intrusive when I'm still waking up. I can feel the mental dip leaving work when it's already dark outside and I'm finally free. That's just my thoughts on it.