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Re:Most of What We Read on the Internet is Written by Insane... by closeparen on Friday January 11, 2019 @01:16PM (#18885507)
80% of US workers are in the service sector, 12.6% in manufacturing, 1.5% in agriculture. 60% spend the entire workday sitting.

The notion that manufacturing workers are the real America and desk jobs are held by privileged outliers may have been true at one time, but today it is a myth. The right model for “average working stiff” today works in a hospital, restaurant, or government office building.

Stats per BLS: https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/employment-by-major-industry-...

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Re:Most of What We Read on the Internet is Written by Insane... by pseudalopex on Friday January 11, 2019 @02:46PM (#18886258)
Desk jobs are common. Jobs that let someone spend much time editing Wikipedia are not.
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