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Re:The gig economy of the 18th Century by TheSpiceIsLife on Monday July 24, 2017 @01:27PM (#14840584)
Just out of interest, how many consecutive 60 hour weeks have you worked?

If I recall correctly, the longest stretch I've done of 60+ hour weeks in a metal fabrication workshop is 12.

The longest stretch of 50+ hr weeks I've done is in my current job in a metal fabrication workshop is about 5 months.

I genuinely cannot understand your argument in favour of 60 hour weeks.

Re:The gig economy of the 18th Century by conanbatt on Monday July 24, 2017 @02:05PM (#14841029)
Not many, even though I had the opportunity to do so multiple times, I chose (and still choose) not to work those kind of times.

> I genuinely cannot understand your argument in favour of 60 hour weeks.

This phrase implies that you are comparing mandatory 40-hours to mandatory 60-hours, which is not the line of argumentation.

The line of questioning is that people should be forced to never work 60 hours. It is a proposal of restriction, with the argument that the lives of workers would be better if so. And I argue that is not true.