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		dutchbookmaker on Jan 29, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Our phones are killing our ability to feel sexy (2... Or as if people use to work 12 hours in a coal mine and have all this energy for dancing and piano practice after. Modern people are just spoiled and largely delusional. I had a bad work day yesterday but compared to anything else I would have been doing 50 years ago it was absolutely nothing in terms of stress or energy.

BriggyDwiggs42 on Jan 29, 2025 [–]

A 12 hour work day is probably not at all the historical norm, and only existed broadly after the industrial revolution.

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