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[–] 166 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Its only staggering in the context of having to spend all of my free time and energy making money for someone else

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

    Feel free to start a business of your own. It takes 200% of your free time and after paying employees there's often nothing left to live on.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago

    Yeah, and a start up investment of oh about your entire life savings if not multiple times that, which if your business fails will be nearly impossible to recoup and leaves you with either mountains of debt at worst, or at best ten thousand tacky tchotchkes that you thought seemed cute or humorous at the time but it turns out no one was willing to pay $50 for just to have crowding their living spaces... 🤷‍♀️

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    [–] 114 points 4 months ago (11 children)

    "I hate being a housewife. You cook, you clean, you do laundry, and then six months later you have to do it all again."

    Joan Rivers

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago (7 children)
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  • [–] 109 points 4 months ago (29 children)

    Remember housework used to be considered a job that needed a full time adult to attend to

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    We could just go back to dirt floors

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    Yes, back in the day when clothes were washed by vigorously rubbing them against a washboard, and then one-by-one cranking them through a wringer / mangle to dry them. Rugs were cleaned by taking them outside, hanging them on a line, and beating them with a carpet beater. Clothes were expensive, so any time they were damaged it was up to the wife to sew and mend them, and often she'd be sewing new ones too. Bread wasn't something you bought at the supermarket, it was something you made at home using basic ingredients like flour and water. Eggs came from a backyard chicken coop, and the wife had to feed the chickens too. And so on, and so on....

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  • [–] 18 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    The 1950s and 60s had many of our modern conveniences and yet the standard was for 1 adult to handle the household

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago

    The 1950s are a really atypical time in history. The US was the victor in a world war, and the only country whose infrastructure didn't get absolutely smashed. Workers still had labour protections won during the great depression. And, full electrification with easily available electrical appliances was brand new.

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    [–] 49 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    I'm only able to keep up with it during my summer break from teaching. That said, I've told people that it's a matter of energy, not time*. I get my house spotless in two hours a week, but doing just one 90 minute lecture drains me to the point that the last thing I want to do is clean.

    *Note: Folding clothes can fuck off, somehow that nonsense takes an hour with minimal impact on my home.

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    [–] 41 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Now you get the appeal of minimalism. If cleaning is taking too much time, then reduce the amount of things you have to clean.

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  • [–] 32 points 4 months ago

    Having a mid physique means all the textures were made for you and don't warp in weird ways.

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

    They can be the same thing. COMPETITIVE HOUSEKEEPING YEEHAAAW!!!!

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  • [–] 23 points 4 months ago (12 children)

    This is why polyamory took off

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I honestly see the appeal of it

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

    Doesn't the amount of dishes just skyrocket tho

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

    Yeah but that's why you get a partner who is good at dishes and doesn't mind doing them if you vacuum. You just happen to be better a vacuuming. It's the same idea that makes trading with other countries better than doing everything local.

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

    As you age, the amount of effort increases. At least, it seems to.

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    [–] 16 points 4 months ago

    Status as parent confirmed. 🫩

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    [–] 8 points 4 months ago (9 children)

    One of the reasons it is important to find a decently paying part-time job: so you can have enough time for these things.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    Life was a lot easier, before we made it so easy.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    Start working on a cruise ship where you don't need a house.

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