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GamechaserBE on 11 August 2015

pretty sure that hitler did the same and some countries changed their time to allign with Nazi germany (think Spain). Infact DST (Daylight Saving Time) is still used by many European countries and that was introduced thanks to Nazi Germany.



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realsubzero on 11 August 2015
t3mporary_126 said:

So if the next ruler renames Pyongyang to Hammer, they will be living in "Hammer time"?


You my friend have just won the internet!



Conina on 11 August 2015
GamechaserBE said:
pretty sure that hitler did the same and some countries changed their time to allign with Nazi germany (think Spain). Infact DST (Daylight Saving Time) is still used by many European countries and that was introduced thanks to Nazi Germany.

Yeah, Germany even forced Britain, the USA and Russia into DST by losing the WW1... and then again by losing WW2... it's a conspiracy! ;)

DST was invented independently at opposites of the world by William Willett (England) and George Hudson (New Zealand) and proposed to their own governments as models to save energy.

It's hardly surprising that these models were tested when energy/coal/oil/resources were even more important than normal (both world wars and the oil crisis in the 1970s). And as much as I hate to change the time of my clocks two times per year... if it helps to reduce the waste of energy on a global scale, I'm okay with it.



GamechaserBE on 11 August 2015
Conina said:
GamechaserBE said:
pretty sure that hitler did the same and some countries changed their time to allign with Nazi germany (think Spain). Infact DST (Daylight Saving Time) is still used by many European countries and that was introduced thanks to Nazi Germany.

Yeah, Germany even forced Britain, the USA and Russia into DST by losing the WW1... and then again by losing WW2... it's a conspiracy! ;)

DST was invented independently at opposites of the world by William Willett (England) and George Hudson (New Zealand) and proposed to their own governments as models to save energy.

It's hardly surprising that these models were tested when energy/coal/oil/resources were even more important than normal (both world wars and the oil crisis in the 1970s). And as much as I hate to change the time of my clocks two times per year... if it helps to reduce the waste of energy on a global scale, I'm okay with it.

euhm that is why I said many European countries.  Occupied countries were forced to use what some consider the 'Hitler time'. Nazi Germany was the first country in the world using DST time. Before the world wars cities in countries were even having different timezones.  Basically it meant that when it was 5.30 in Marseille it was 6.00 in Paris/6.30 in Brussels and 7.00 in Amsterdam. After the wars their were debates to change it back but many felt that the change made sense even if it was forced by Nazi Germany..



The_Sony_Girl1 on 11 September 2015
AbbathTheGrim said:
The_Sony_Girl1 said:

Then my plan to confuse them for their attack on Sony worked? Yes!

Crazy throwing yourself in the middle online when North Korea could be watching.

Don't worry, I have super firewalls protecting my computer and stuff.



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sethnintendo on 11 September 2015

At least they don't have daylight savings times. Seriously... Fuck DST.



The_Sony_Girl1 on 11 September 2015
SamuelRSmith said:
WolfpackN64 said:

Then I wonder why it took them 70 years to realize this?

That's 70 Japanese years, you imperialist pig. In North Korean time, it barely took them 69 years, 264 days, 23 hours, and 30 minutes.

69 years. Lol!



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The_Sony_Girl1 on 11 September 2015
t3mporary_126 said:

So if the next ruler renames Pyongyang to Hammer, they will be living in "Hammer time"?

Wow. Please, next ruler, name your city Hammer!



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DonFerrari on 11 September 2015
mZuzek said:
AbbathTheGrim said:

"The wicked Japanese imperialists committed such unpardonable crimes as depriving Korea of even its standard time while mercilessly trampling down its land with 5,000-year-long history and culture and pursuing the unheard-of policy of obliterating the Korean nation,"

Is this supposed to be taken seriously by anyone?

By the people who lives there and the regime always need a foreign enemy that is the cause of all bad.



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