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Sitting is pretty bad, yes. And it's also incredibly common - which is why it gets the press it does. Combined with a sedentary lifestyle, it's a recipe for ser
by switchbak 3y ago
Sitting is pretty bad, yes. And it's also incredibly common - which is why it gets the press it does. Combined with a sedentary lifestyle, it's a recipe for serious and predictably poor health outcomes.
But it isn't half as hard as extended periods of hard physical labour, day after day, especially as you grow older. Doubly so if you don't have proper medical care, and your employer doesn't tolerate sick days.
These folks have it _much_ harder than we do.
- Clubber 3y agoI dunno, is getting exercise all day at work better or worse for your health than sitting down all day at work? Naturally hazardous jobs like coal mines excluded.
- bluefirebrand 3y agoIt's not just "getting exercise all day" Manual labor jobs overtax people's bodies. They get older and break down hard. They commonly turn to substance abuse to try and help themselves get through it all.
- Clubber 3y agoSome jobs do, but the substance abuse part can be said for chair jobs as well.