Pre-industrial workers had a shorter workweek than today's (1991)

Re:Pre-industrial workers had a shorter workweek than today'... by new_guy on Saturday October 30, 2021 @02:26PM (#29051118)

> And I think the best evidence we have that we are overrating the quality of pre-industrial leisure time is that people developed almost no leisure activities

Dude, what? This is quite possibly the dumbest most ignorant ill-informed take I've seen today.

https://victorianweb.org/history/leisure1.html

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Re:Pre-industrial workers had a shorter workweek than today'... by dang on Saturday October 30, 2021 @03:33PM (#29051657)

Please make your substantive points thoughtfully, without name-calling or personal attack.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:Pre-industrial workers had a shorter workweek than today'... by kingkawn on Saturday October 30, 2021 @03:09PM (#29051472)

Robbing him of his strawman

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Re:Pre-industrial workers had a shorter workweek than today'... by dang on Saturday October 30, 2021 @03:34PM (#29051663)

Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments to Hacker News? You've been doing it repeatedly, unfortunately, and we're trying for something different here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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