Burnout: 'Sick and tired of feeling sick and tired'

Re:Burnout: 'Sick and tired of feeling sick and tired' by abacadaba on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @08:32AM (#22117353)

Yes but slaves were expensive. You'd go broke if you just murdered all of them.

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Re:Burnout: 'Sick and tired of feeling sick and tired' by Impossible on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @09:14AM (#22117661)

Ok torture them into submission then. Still significantly worse than burning someone out in a modern corporate job.

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Re:Burnout: 'Sick and tired of feeling sick and tired' by bryanrasmussen on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @09:41AM (#22117887)

Read Huckelberry Finn, Jim was treated relatively well, however his family was sold away from him, he did not get to see his wife or daughter because it was valuable to the Widow to sell them. Finally he was going to be sold anyway, to somewhere where he would have the high probability of not being treated relatively well. To be treated relatively well as a slave was a living hell, or as it is generally called, slavery.

Damn, I suppose now someone is going to complain about long working hours meaning you never get to see your family anyway.

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Re:Burnout: 'Sick and tired of feeling sick and tired' by trevyn on Thursday January 23, 2020 @12:45AM (#22125146)

I couldn’t easily find info on how accurate a portrayal this particular work is, but I think using a work of fiction as historical reference requires a bit of extra care.

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Re:Burnout: 'Sick and tired of feeling sick and tired' by sameerds on Thursday January 23, 2020 @11:34AM (#22128908)

I know this adds nothing to the discussion, but the level of restraint and politeness in the parent comment caused me to pause and reflect a bit.

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