With younger labor in short supply, aging workers often find themselves pulling double—or triple—duty to keep towns afloat

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    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      The town? Yes, they’re usually pretty boring.

      But if you can’t find something to do out in nature then I’d argue it is you who is the boring one.

      Then again, I like boring so YMMV

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        We have nature in the cities. Or I could drive 45 minutes and be in nature, I don’t need to live in some rundown crack village with a bunch of alcoholics and backwards KKK people to experience nature.

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          4 months ago

          We have nature in the cities.

          With all due respect to the pigeons, rats, and carefully manicured parks: No, you don’t.

          If you did people wouldn’t call 911 during a blackout because they finally see the stars.

          I don’t need to live in some rundown crack village with a bunch of alcoholics and backwards KKK people to experience nature.

          There’s your problem, you’re living in the town instead of way outside it.

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        Essentially tells Lemmy, who are 90% terminally online, to touch grass

        Even if you didn’t mean it that way, that seems to be how people are taking it. You’re right tho, people who can’t entertain themselves outside are boring…

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      4 months ago

      Sounds like a classist remark from some ignorant city dweller that cheats rural workers out of fruits of their labor.