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I might be missing some context due to your curt response. Are you implying that mines were once considered a high-class "cool" job to have, like working at Go
by DANmode 3y ago
I might be missing some context due to your curt response.
Are you implying that mines were once considered a high-class "cool" job to have, like working at Google, Uber, SpaceX, or Twitter was a decade+ ago (and still is today for many?)?
What is the connection here, exactly?
- dukeyukey 3y agoYou're taking it too literally. The phrase "the children yearn for the mines" is a sarcastic meme phrase.
- DANmode 3y agoYeah, I figured. This community tries not to do that, but instead of just downvoting, I was hoping to retain some value in their contribution, keep the conversation on topic.
- kelnos 3y agoIt was sarcasm. The poster was referring to child-labor laws, that prohibit children from working in many conditions. Many of these laws are rooted in times when children would work in factories, mines, etc. in order to help their families make enough to survive, but, being children, were of course exploited. "The children yearn for the mines!" is a hyperbolic response that a caricature of a human might give if they were against the elimination of (legal) child labor.
- silisili 3y agoImportant missing context here: the original saying was regarding Minecraft being among the most the popular games for children.