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Almost old enough to send into the mines and start paying rent!
by bicx 3y ago
Almost old enough to send into the mines and start paying rent!
- bombcar 3y agoMinecraft has definitely proved that the children yearn for the mines.
- organsnyder 3y agoFor my kids, at least (ages 5-12), "clicker" games are all the rage right now, as well as repetitive mining and harvesting in Minecraft.
- dharmab 3y agoI mean, when were we their age, we were playing lots of Diablo...
- giraffe_lady 3y agoThis joke is funny because no one currently living has to make this choice.
- aslfjiasf 3y agohttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/unaccompanied-migrant-...
- dns_snek 3y agoOh they do, but now it's in the name of electrification . https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/03/child-labour-toxic-leaks-the-price-we-could-pay-for-a-greener-future https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/03/child-la...
- giraffe_lady 3y agoLet me assure you that child labor still exists for all of the traditional reasons as well.
- s0rce 3y agoI was going to post the same example of cobalt in the Congo.
- aaronbrethorst 3y ago::cough:: https://www.epi.org/blog/iowa-governor-signs-one-of-the-most-dangerous-rollbacks-of-child-labor-laws-in-the-country-14-states-have-now-introduced-bills-putting-children-at-risk/ https://www.epi.org/blog/iowa-governor-signs-one-of-the-most...