Early evening darkness after the daylight saving change sparks jokes online
Summary
- Darkness arrives earlier in the evening with shorter fall days and the end of daylight saving time.
- Social media users have joked for years, from 2015 through 2025, about dusk falling before 5 p.m. and the loss of long summer evenings.
Reactions
- jonny sun tweeted that darkness arrived like an old friend already there at 4 p.m.
- Rodney Lacroix joked that the sun now sets at 11 a.m., and another year asked his wife if she was ready for bed at 4 p.m.
- Nina Parker told readers their next task was not to mention how dark it is at 5 p.m. for the next three months.
- Ella Cerón wrote she knew in theory it would get dark so early but was still not emotionally prepared.
- Kevin Farzad answered praise for the extra hour of sleep by noting it is always dark now.
- A user posting as 'your other mom' called the 5 p.m. darkness 'these are dark times,' a thought said to come daily.
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- Funny-Yet-Sad Tweets About It Getting Dark Outside So Early
huffpost.com· 9h
HuffPost rounds up 20 funny-yet-sad tweets about early darkness as shorter fall days and the daylight saving change push nightfall into the afternoon. Tweeting voices like Rodney Lacroix, jonny sun, and Abby Heugel lament 4 p.m. dusk and lost summer evenings, while Nina Parker urges readers not to mention the 5 p.m. dark for three months.
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