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1002 points genericlemon24 | 1 comments | 06 Sep 25 13:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.218s | source
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petermcneeley ◴[06 Sep 25 14:41 UTC] No.45149679[source]▶
If I spend my Saturday in the summer sun planting trees all day in my yard I feel liberated.

If I spend my Saturday toiling for wages digging with my hands, sweating for hours, just please some land owner I feel exploited.

It is not the work or the hours that is the core problem.

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jeremyjh ◴[06 Sep 25 14:46 UTC] No.45149728[source]▶
You aren't going to spend 12 hours a day, 6 days a week working in your garden. When you get hot and tired, you'll stop. I think that is the more relevant difference in this particular topic.
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1. moregrist ◴[07 Sep 25 02:53 UTC] No.45154983[source]▶
Growing up on a small farm, I can assure you that people do work 12 hour days for multiple days on end in their fields. You can’t always stop even when you’re tired; farm animals break out, rain will destroy cut hay, etc.

It’s a hard job, and not one that tends to pay well.