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Should we also turn off computers in hospitals and in other important facilities? And then how can we qualify what's important?

Maybe you and I have the privilege to turn off computers for almost a week without a negative effect, but not the majority of the world, everything uses a computer to operate and coordinate.

Think about food production, aviation, shipping, sailing... And much more at both small and big scales.



You're going to take issue with that instead of Druid part?


I hereby announce my campaign for the role of Time Druid.


Your symbols of office shall be a blinking 12:00 and the date 01-01-1970.

Wait. In fact, if you weren't born on 01-01-1970, you can't be Time Druid. Sorry.


Do you mean 01-01-1970 or 01-01-1970?


ISO 8601 dammnit


Don't worry. The Druid will handle that.


I don't mess with druids.


How did you make it that far through the comment before choosing this issue to take seriously?


And why do only people born within them get special hats? Maybe you and I have the privilege of going about hatless, but not the majority of the world.


First they came for the Special Hats, but I did not speak out -- because I was hatless...


Grandpa, tell me a story about the Time Hat Wars

Well sonnie-boy, listen up... it all started on 01-01-1970...


Clearly ISO 8601 didn't win in the time hat wars.


Ah details, the Time Druids will sort that out probably.




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