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Re:Life of a Chinese Gold Farmer by Goladus on Sunday June 17, 2007 @08:22PM (#28757)
Unskilled wage workers of all sorts have been wasting their days almost exactly in this manner since the industrial revolution. It's worth noting that when Karl Marx wrote "Estranged Labor" the working conditions were much worse.

Incidentally, pages 6 and 7 makes it sound as if working in a good RMT outfit is actually fun and challenging. Apart from the exaggerated description of the time and effort it takes to reach the "maximum number of experience points," it's a very accurate description of what it's like to play Warcraft. I'd certainly rather spend 12 hours a day as part of a 40 man team solving Warcraft raid encounters than spending 12 hours a day packing sneakers or something.

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