r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AnonymousTimewaster • 8d ago

Video Coal mining

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u/FeetballFan 8d ago

No masks?

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u/Moosplauze 8d ago

No, these people work hard in extremely unsafe work environments for less money per month than we in the west spend for 1 meal in a restaurant. That's how effed up this world is, everything is designed so that 10% can live in luxury while the other 90% live in poverty although they work twice as hard as the 10%.

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u/Tornfalk_ 8d ago

"twice as hard as the 10%" is putting it mildly.

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u/No-Mail-8565 8d ago

What this guy is doing is much more than twice as hard of what I'm doing.

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u/Competitive-Lion2039 8d ago

yeah this kind of shit makes me feel really guilty. in my own respects, I feel like a slave some time, I work two software engineering jobs and work 13+ hours a day plus weekends, the only difference is I'm pulling in 350k+ a year, but seeing shit like this just makes me feel guilty

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u/kermitDE 8d ago

Maybe drop one of those two, if your expenses allow it. Would still make a lot and you have a lot more of your free time, which is much more valuable than anything you can buy.

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u/ApropoUsername 8d ago

Money is pointless if you don't have any time to spend it.

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u/Competitive-Lion2039 8d ago edited 7d ago

Thanks for the solid advice, my plan is to do this for 2 or 3 years, save and invest as much as possible, and then just cruise through the rest of my career in low power mode.

I also am doing this because I'm honestly not sure what impact AI is going to have on my career. it may not even exist in 10 years so if I can save and buy a nice plot of land and get a small homestead going, when the robots take my job I'll just live like an actual peasant, and hope my investments are enough to last me until I retire and can cash out my 401k

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u/MrDyl4n 8d ago

and chances are he works twice as many hours per week as you

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u/wanton_newt 8d ago

Right? I work from home taking easy phone calls. I sit under a heated blanket with any drink or snack in my home available. My life is easy and very good comparatively