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		thatguy0900 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Station of despair: What to do if you get stuck at... "Five hours a year" is a gross thing to say. Surely we should emulate the Japanese, where death by overwork is a joked about phenomenon

astrange 5 months ago | [–]

Don't get all your news from 2000s stereotypes. There was a fair amount of reform for that in the last decade.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/AVHWPEJPA065NRUG

China is probably the better example for long work hours right now.

ekianjo 5 months ago | [–]

> death by overwork

Stop reading tabloids

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