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You don't NEED a weekend. The concept is barely 100 years old. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The first and third lines are true.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The final one is only half true.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The concept of the Sabbath is not exactly a new idea.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

That was invented by Ozzie Osborne in 1968.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The second one is also true.

Pre-industrial revolution, most people worked about half of days. A shit tonne during harvest season, and as needed at other times, averaging out to about one in every two days of the year. No specific fixed weekend needed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

You are saying that weeks would not end?