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Re:No one expects young men to do anything and they are resp... by fzeroracer on Sunday April 24, 2022 @01:41PM (#31146285)
> Nobody goes into the trades because the trades will "destroy your body before you're 35" yet all the thin healthy tradesmen around here are mid-50s boomers.

I just wanted to point out that this is quite literally textbook survivorship bias. Instead of looking around and talking to the people that made it that far, you should try talking to those that didn't.

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Re:No one expects young men to do anything and they are resp... by giantg2 on Sunday April 24, 2022 @02:16PM (#31146652)
To be fair, I feel that the sedentary lifestyle of being a dev is just as damaging. Heart surgery vs joint replacement basically.
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Re:No one expects young men to do anything and they are resp... by burntoutfire on Monday April 25, 2022 @06:43AM (#31152732)
You can't replace your back.
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Re:No one expects young men to do anything and they are resp... by giantg2 on Monday April 25, 2022 @06:47AM (#31152762)
And if you become obese from a sedentary job, it is easy to herniate the disks in your back doing ordinary things.
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Re:No one expects young men to do anything and they are resp... by burntoutfire on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @03:36AM (#31164962)
People doing manual labor are just as obese as us office workers.
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