Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoWhat are the chancesslrpnk.netimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1779arrow-down135
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minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down5·8 days agoBe glad you weren’t born 100 years earlier with a 100 hour work week.
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-27 days agobe glad you weren’t born on a desolate island surrounded only by sharks and inhabited only by poisonous food point is, don’t compare yourself to the worst alternative. labor hours spiked around 1800-1900, but were significantly lower before and after that.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoI’m aware of that. I read referring to this particular period. Earlier times may have had fewer working hours but had their own drawbacks, not just cave bears.
Be glad you weren’t born 100 years earlier with a 100 hour work week.
be glad you weren’t born on a desolate island surrounded only by sharks and inhabited only by poisonous food
point is, don’t compare yourself to the worst alternative. labor hours spiked around 1800-1900, but were significantly lower before and after that.
I’m aware of that. I read referring to this particular period. Earlier times may have had fewer working hours but had their own drawbacks, not just cave bears.