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A Feel Good Capitalism Story (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 10 points 5 months ago (9 children)

I'm saying I don't think its feasible whether she would put up with it or not.

If she's walking 12 hours a day for an 8 hour shift, she has 4 hours to sleep and eat? I think someone's exaggerating here or something. I'm leaning towards the story is fake, but I haven't really tried to verify it.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    It looks like she only walked home from work, and didn't need to walk both ways. I can't confirm if she was getting full-time hours at work. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/11/04/gofundme-fedex-worker-darlene-quinn-12-mile-walk/4154337002/

    She is likely taking about 4 hours to walk each way.
    I had to walk 18km to and from work for a while, but I was (likely) in better shape than her, so the 18 km took me three hours.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    I live in a neighborhood where this is daily life for most people. But privilege won't believe it unless it happens to themselves.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

    Well go ahead and educate someone who is apparently too privileged.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    If it takes you more than 15 minutes to walk a mile, something is seriously wrong. Until a local plant closed down, my neighbors regularly walked to and from work, about four miles away and worked 10-12 hour shifts.

    I'm old and even waking my pet and stopping so they can do their business a few times only takes about 15 minutes, 20 if they're being extra leisurely. This is just daily life for most of us, except the drug dealers and their stables.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I think I did estimate walking time too high by about double. I used to walk/bike to work myself I just didn't give it much thought when I wrote it.

    I still think if it was 24 miles a day, that would be a bit extreme but it ended up being 12 per day. Still pretty lengthy but entirely believable.

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