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Re:A growing number of young Americans are leaving desk jobs... by userbinator on Friday November 24, 2017 @08:27PM (#15773938)
I grew up working on farms. It's not romantic to me in any way. Being outside is nice, but there's a reason the kids doing this grew up in suburbs and cities: they have no idea what agriculture really involves when you have to achieve economies of scale to make it remotely profitable.

I suspect it's a "the grass is always greener in the neighbour's lawn... or in this case pasture" effect.

Re:A growing number of young Americans are leaving desk jobs... by Pica_soO on Saturday November 25, 2017 @05:53AM (#15775437)
Beeing outside for long stretches might sound healthy, but at the end of day gives you skin-cancer. Source of Information: Scar over my eye, where the doctor cut out the summers harvest of pesticide resistant weeds in uv-rays.
Re:A growing number of young Americans are leaving desk jobs... by pdfernhout on Saturday November 25, 2017 @11:07AM (#15776492)
Skin cancer is generally much easier to treat though than all the other internal cancers people can get from vitamin D deficiency... Also, something to think about: http://dermatologytimes.modernmedicine.com/dermatology-times... "Researchers at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) have revealed that they are finding more instances of melanoma in office workers than people who work outdoors..."
Re:A growing number of young Americans are leaving desk jobs... by plessthanpt05 on Saturday November 25, 2017 @10:39PM (#15779306)
I might have missed it from just quickly looking at that source, but what do they think is causing this increase of melanoma in office workers?
Re:A growing number of young Americans are leaving desk jobs... by pdfernhout on Sunday November 26, 2017 @10:14PM (#15784554)
From other things I've read, probably vitamin D deficiency form lack of sunlight is a factor. Of course, there can be too much of a good thing too...

Intermittent sun exposure has also been blamed rather than frequent to promote tanning.

Lack of exercise and stress from indoor jobs may play a part as well in increased cancer risk in general.