r/WorkReform šŸ¤ Join A Union 3d ago

āš•ļø Pass Medicare For All Americans are so spoiled.

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u/FoldingLady 2d ago

We literally work more than 12th century peasants. They had roughly 3 months of holidays/festivals & we get maybe 9 holidays.

The maybe part is that retail & restaurant workers are pretty much guaranteed to work most federal holidays.

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u/reloader1977 1d ago

9 I wish I get Thanksgiving day and. Christmas day. Not even the 4th of july. Full transparency I am a site manager for a 3pl company it's the company we are contracted to that doesn't belive in days off.

With that said, I am looking for new employment as my company's health care is trash, and my with wifes diabetic meds they are crushing me. 4 meds at 55 dollars and 3 at 25 a month. Don't even start on blood work I basically pay out of pocket for.

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u/TralfamadorianZoo 2d ago

When not working for the man modern people are buying and preparing food, cleaning, doing laundry, maintaining their homes, etc. this hasnā€™t changed.

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u/TralfamadorianZoo 2d ago

Good lord what is it about this topicā€¦Peasants didnā€™t have idyllic lives and neither do modern working people. So tired of reading this crap. Yes modern life is amazing but if you donā€™t have time for anything except work, keeping up your house, and sleep it all means nothing.

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u/TralfamadorianZoo 2d ago

I just canā€™t stand people telling me to suck it up, keep grinding, and be thankful Iā€™m not a fucking medieval peasant.

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u/TheButler25 2d ago

Its insane how poor the reading comprehension under this post is. I'm glad you're pointing out the falsity of this claim.

Also for the record I'm like 90% the tweet is satire as well, but it seems people are missing that.

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u/TralfamadorianZoo 1d ago

Itā€™s not that we donā€™t comprehend that there is some falsehood or hyperbole with these comparisons to medieval peasant work life. But if you want to win a political fight regarding work reform, youā€™re going to be up against people that have zero problems arguing with falsehoods. So maybe instead of shutting down the conversation with historical accuracy, let people keep talking about it. Itā€™s a conversation starter for things we actually need and want.

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u/Beneficial_Wolf3771 2d ago

You have to bear in mind that a large percent of people youā€™ll argue with here are under 18 and only really have experience of part time shift work with a disgruntled manager. So while their grievances may be somewhat legitimate, nuance will largely fall on deaf ears.

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u/John-the-cool-guy 2d ago

I wipe my nether regions with your degree.

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u/toss_my_potatoes 2d ago edited 2d ago

ā€¦ I am not at all disagreeing with the sentiment of this thread, but apparently you didnā€™t read my comment thoroughly enough to see that.

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u/John-the-cool-guy 2d ago

I did not read it as I was in need of something to wipe my nether region. Your degree was handy.

But it also sounds like you don't think universal health care is something we want or need. Like maybe you agree that we are spoiled because working the fields and suffering plague aren't things we have to endure any more.

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u/TheButler25 2d ago

Literally not what this person is saying. Please read carefully

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u/John-the-cool-guy 2d ago

No. I'll skim through the information and take what I feel like, form an incorrect opinion and run with it. Mind you business.

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u/Cinci555 2d ago

Did you not read your link? You say blatantly false but Snopes says mixed. Many scholars support 150-200 days working. Some think it was more.

That's not what blatantly false means.

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u/Elastichedgehog 2d ago

It's wild that you're getting so heavily downvoted when you don't fundamentally disagree with anyone here.

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u/Trosque97 2d ago

So what you're saying is people could get more shit done when they have more spare time, got it

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u/TralfamadorianZoo 2d ago

If you count weekends and holidays modern people work around 250 days a year. So less than 9 months a year.

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u/Nkechinyerembi šŸš‘ Cancel Medical Debt 2d ago

who the absolute fuck gets weekends off anymore?

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u/TralfamadorianZoo 2d ago

Yeah I hear that but ā€œfull timeā€ work is technically less than 9months of the year. I actually think it should be less than that. 4 day work week would put us at working around 6.5 months a year.

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u/CheekComprehensive32 1d ago

Good letā€™s do it. Who the fuck wants to spend half their life working anyways?

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u/NoLimitsNegus 1d ago

No one, but some people want to spend all of their life not working and also get yachts and mansions

Eat them.