Young Chinese are sick of working long hours

Re:Young Chinese are sick of working long hours by freehunter on Thursday May 10, 2018 @02:21PM (#17041598)

Or adoption. Or I mean... it's not like people don't still abandon their babies if they really want to.

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Re:Young Chinese are sick of working long hours by philwelch on Thursday May 10, 2018 @08:15PM (#17043983)

You can even avoid legal consequences by abandoning them at a fire station: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe-haven_law

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Re:Young Chinese are sick of working long hours by emodendroket on Thursday May 10, 2018 @08:19PM (#17044000)

Yes, but in the Roman world they left them at trash dumps and if they didn't simply die of exposure they were free for anyone to take as slaves. So I think we're still doing a bit better.

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Re:Young Chinese are sick of working long hours by emodendroket on Thursday May 10, 2018 @03:12PM (#17042046)

So... you're saying that society provides a more humane option so that we no longer leave children to die of exposure. Unlike in the past.

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