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 Should we get rid of time zones and all use the same standard time?

https://nitter.net/ODELL/status/1619364204636672001 
 When is lunch? 
 when you get hungry sir 
 That’s a lot of personal responsibility 
 Yes 
 Sounds intriguing 
 Get rid of governments and nation-states next and we are talking 
 this would mess up 4:20 for millions, no 
 Only if it’s Moscow Time 
 Yes!!! We should all use INTERNET TIME!!!

https://www.timeanddate.com/time/internettime.html  
 ive found nitter.cz to be superior to the dot net instance. im indifferent to time zones 
 UTC exists. 
 Like UTC .. Universal Time Coordinated? 
 Oh wait… Americans. 

They still use ounces and furlongs. 
 UTC, you mean? 
 Time zones are useful as it tells us where the sun is relative to my sundial. 

But unfortunately is no standard time, it’s stretchy, there’s only a standard speed. Einstein says so. 
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 Yes. Really dislike time zones and especially the stupid seasonal time changes. But time and doing things at certain times is so ingrained in society. Don’t know if people could get used to waking up at like ~14:00 UTC and starting work at ~17:00 UTC. 
 UTC everywhere all the time, especially useful for distributed teams and global movements  
 I have been silently advocating for a universal time and 13 - 4 week months for years. 
 Remove daylight savings first, then we can talk about universal time zone.