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Re:America’s Fever of Workaholism Is Finally Breaking by dnissley on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @04:06PM (#34602101)
Interesting how this comment really brought out the "just be grateful you don't have to deal with the horrible things people did in the past" replies.

A reminder: the people in the past who went through these things and strived for something more (like the above commenter) are a big part of the reason we have it so easy today.

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Re:America’s Fever of Workaholism Is Finally Breaking by hgs3 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @04:18PM (#34602300)
> A reminder: the people in the past who went through these things and strived for something more (like the above commenter) are a big part of the reason we have it so easy today.

Agreed. Advancements happen because someone somewhere was dissatisfied with the status quo. It's a prerequisite.

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Re:America’s Fever of Workaholism Is Finally Breaking by Turing_Machine on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @05:07PM (#34602950)
> Advancements happen because someone somewhere was dissatisfied with the status quo.

Well, because someone was dissatisfied with the status quo and did something about it. Just complaining doesn't count.

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Re:America’s Fever of Workaholism Is Finally Breaking by brazzy on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @02:25AM (#34607533)
Except the above commenter shows absolutely no signs of striving, they're just complaining on a very abstract level how wrong it all is.
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