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“Back in myyyy day…” (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 108 points 3 months ago (16 children)

They needed workers. Not pictured is the shallow grave out back for the 4 that got the rickets

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  • [–] 56 points 3 months ago* (12 children)

    And the "orphan train" already passed by, so it's not pictured either. Or the "for sale" signs when the children became too many. But the chimney sweep kids are "living it up", as they're learning an important trade!

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  • [–] 28 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (11 children)

    But the chimney sweep kids are “living it up”, as they’re learning an important trade!

    The cancers those chimney sweep kids got were horrific. Last Podcast on the Left recently did a deep dive into chimney sweeps and it was eye-opening. Highly recommend listening if you're into that kind of thing.

    I was just recommending a podcast episode lol

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  • [–] 19 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Sorry, sorry... that was sarcasm. It was mostly slavery of orphans, guised as trade-skills. As well as the cancers, they also had hellish injury/death, because ya know... 7 year olds are climbing chimneys

    "Put their feet to the fire"... sometimes kids were too afraid to keep climbing, so they lit a fire under them. Sometimes, they became too grown and got stuck in the chimney, possibly dying. Hellish

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I wasn't correcting you, I just have ADHD and saw your line about chimney sweeps which reminded me of that podcast episode so I recommended it hahaha

    I'm sorry I didn't make it clear that I was just conversing with you.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Lmao, well damn I'm sorry again! That makes more sense, I misinterpreted cause I is a little dumb. I'll have to check it out because I am in fact, into those kinda things! Thank you

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

    Do you have a link to the podcast “the Left” or related doesn’t show clear results, thanks.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

    Oh yes! The show is called "The Last Podcast on the Left" and here's a link to their site.

    And here is the episode on chimney sweeps!

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Oh wow, you dug a grave? Look at mister "thinks he's better than everybody else because he owns enough land to bury people". Why don't you just tie em up in a sack and toss em in the river like the rest of us?

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