r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AnonymousTimewaster • 8d ago

Video Coal mining

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u/ColdCruise 8d ago

That's all thanks to regulations passed as lobbied for by unions. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the average voter to hate those rights.

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u/flactulantmonkey 8d ago

The original rednecks were striking miners, that sported red handkerchiefs. We’re losing so much.

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u/Talking_Head 8d ago

WV went from one of the most reliably Democratic voting states to one of the most reliably Republican voting states in my voting lifetime.

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u/vertigostereo 7d ago

They were told their coal mining jobs would come back in 2016. They still haven't.

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u/jimmywindows56 7d ago

Haha, just like lumberjacks are coming back and are going to replace the machine that cuts the tree, removes the branches and cuts the remainder of log into manageable lengths in about 45 seconds.

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u/DrakonILD 7d ago

I'm a lumberjack, I'm not okay. I sleep all night and I sleep all day. They cut down trees, they don't eat lunch, they're scary damn machines. On Wednesdays I go shopping, can't afford my scones for tea.

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u/Even-Rich985 6d ago

Uhhh Supposed to be Monty Python?

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u/gerbilshower 6d ago

yea that comment was a trip. lol.