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Who are these people that only work 3.8 hr per day and get 8.8 hr of sleep. I am lucky to get more than 5.5 hr of sleep and I work far more than 3.8 hr per day.
by dustfinger 9y ago
Who are these people that only work 3.8 hr per day and get 8.8 hr of sleep. I am lucky to get more than 5.5 hr of sleep and I work far more than 3.8 hr per day. Sounds like the average joe has it made. Oh where did I go wrong :-P
- leggomylibro 9y agoMaybe they live near the families which have 2.5 children, but the article does cite its sources such as: https://www.bls.gov/tus/tables.htm https://www.bls.gov/tus/tables.htm
- haZard_OS 9y agoThis is pretty clearly a case of the mean conveying little useful information. Children, elderly, and the unemployed skew the data way too much for the average to be a meaningful summary.
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- Maultasche 9y agoI suspect that's an average of people who work full-time, people who work part-time, and people who don't work at all, such as unemployed, retirees, and children.
- OtterCoder 9y agoOne of the big factors is actually weekends. 40hrs/7days = 5.7hrs/day.
- abledon 9y agoThey're on Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14290518 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14290518