I think the point is that people’s routine isn’t tied to sunrise. For example, in the summertime I start work about 4 hours after sunrise, and in the winter I start work 20mins after sunrise. The difference would actually be more dramatic without daylight savings With timezones and modern internet you don’t need to look up the offset at all, you just look up the current time in that zone and decide if that’s an appropriate time to call. Speaking as someone who deals with timezones a fair bit, both in work and personal life. And as someone who understands the headache of dealing with them in international computer systems, the time zone system is a very nice compromise. Though daylight savings need to die

Oh, I’ve several. Irish people love a good curse.

Go mbrise an diabhal do dhá chois May the devil break your legs

Go ndéana an diabhal dréimire do chnámh do dhroma May the devil make a ladder out of your spine

Go n-imí an droch aimsir leat That the bad weather leaves with you

Go n-ithe an cat thú is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat May the cat eat you and may the devil eat the cat

And my personal favourite: Lá breá ag do chairde, dod adhlacadh May your friends have a fine day, burying you