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Re:Visualizing Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @10:06AM (#17134264)
Plus 52 weeks of weekends. Funny how we always leave that out when accounting work. So its 26 days + 10 federal holidays (in the US) plus 104 weekend days == 140 days off work a year.

Somebody posted about how medieval peasants had way more days off than us today - but it turns out it was about equal, considering everything.

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Re:Visualizing Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration by Retric on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @10:09AM (#17134283)
365-144 = 225 which is far more than the 150 for medieval peasants quoted here: https://nypost.com/2013/09/04/medieval-peasants-got-a-lot-mo...

The other half of the US equation is many people don't take their full vacation days either though direct pressure or informal social norms. Working weekends are also very common.

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Re:Visualizing Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration by toasterlovin on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @10:41AM (#17134546)
That figure for medieval peasants is for a very short period of time after the plague when labor was in short supply. Not at all indicative of the quality of life you could expect as a peasant.
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