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Hot take. Child labor can be a good thing.
The trick is to not exploit them. But a job, a couple hours a day, can build a whole lot of character and life skills. It feels good to accomplish things with tangible benefits.
I think the problem is that capitalism has no regard for child welfare, hence children in coal mines and meat packing plants. But a few hours after school, once or twice a week, in a job that won’t maim spirit or flesh? Hell ya.
One of the most rewarding jobs I had as a teenager was a “waiter” at an old folks home. Get them water, condiments, etc. just generally be around and helpful at meal times. Twas a perfect job for a teenager.
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Gaming@lemmy.ml•Which is your favorite Sid Meier's Civilization game? (Poll)
2·2 months agoIn retrospect civ games were just primers for factorio. The factory must grow.
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DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.ml•Here is another reason Google is terrible.
2·2 months agoScreen shot from Google maps just now.

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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•what are you reading nowadays that's not crap?
2·5 months agoJust hopped on the dcc train! Definitely recommend. It will never go down in history as a sublime piece of literature, but it sure is good. I would also recommend giving the audio book a try, the narration is hilarious.
That’s a lot of kielbasa!
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I’ve worked in more than a couple factories and fabrication shops. Everything was on XP.
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Science Memes@mander.xyz•We're just scanning for the bear...English
31·9 months agoMen are better at detecting motion. I would bet men are better at detecting motion in their perephiral vision too.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What do you think is the worst human invention?
4·9 months agoI’d rather they use headphones. Or take up cliff diving.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What do you think is the worst human invention?
31·9 months agoPortable speakers
The mc rib
Donald tr*mps spraytan
Sand has a lot of minerals in it. Probably the healthiest veggie of them all!
My buddy lives in a coop here in town, and he was given the job of investigating the odd smell from the chimney. They live in an old school building. He opens up the hatch to find a pile of (mostly) headless pigeons. They all thought they had a phyco serial killer in their midst. It turns out the peregrine falcons were catching the pigeons, eating only the heads, and dropping the bodies down the chimney.
Look into clover. Bugs love it, drought resistant, super low maintenance
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Science Memes@mander.xyz•Seriously babe, i can't if that pale monkey keep staring...English
13·1 year agoSteve Buscemi is a national treasure!
Children of time by Adrian Tchaikovsky is great. Really any of his are great.
You recommend me a book! I’m into privateer freighter scrapper books!
I’d second this. The perfect dryfus books are set in the same world/ of the series, but are also great standalones





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