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fragmede on Oct 12, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Railroad "Time Zones" of the United States (1868)

China is one giant timezone, despite being 20% wider than the US. Imagine going to work at 6 am or coming home from work at 8 pm as the normal thing, depending on where you lived, not adjusted for local sun times.

kawhah on Oct 12, 2023 [–]

Sounds fine.

humanrebar on Oct 12, 2023 | [–]

"So you wake up at 14:00 over there?"

"Yep!"

"Huh. Weird. So how did Grandma's test results turn out?"

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