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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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