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>“Not working” is obviously wrong because using brain is work, and it’s exhausting work in many cases. "Exhausting work," lol. The only people who say nonsens

by astura 2y ago

>“Not working” is obviously wrong because using brain is work, and it’s exhausting work in many cases. "Exhausting work," lol. The only people who say nonsense like this are the people who've never done manual labor for a living. I've done both and there's just no comparison of exhaustion levels.

HeyLaughingBoy 2y ago
Dude. I live on a horse farm. My day starts and ends with heavy manual labor working around animals that can kill me in an instant if they're in a bad mood or I have the misfortune to get in the middle of a beef between two of them. Most of yesterday, the temperature was in the single digits Fahrenheit with wind gusts to 50mph. I'm also a programmer. There are some days I couldn't tell you which of the two jobs is the more exhausting.
- 1832 2y ago
  Its the first one
  - astura 2y ago
    Indeed! Even though people who've never had to do manual labor for a living will downvote you. It doesn't make it untrue.
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munificent 2y ago
Is it so hard for you to respond with empathy instead of scorn? I've also done both and each can leave me profoundly exhausted in very different ways. Neither flavor of exhaustion is worse than the other, just different.
- astura 2y ago
  >Is it so hard for you to respond with empathy instead of scorn? When someone compares programing to manual labor implying that programming is more tiring or at least as tiring, yes, absolutely, 100%, it's incredibly difficult for me to respond with empathy. Impossible, even. It's clear that person has had an incredibly sheltered life. Thanks for asking? I guess???