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by Spooky23 2820 days ago
Wait, you mean that drinking cases of Diet Coke and beer all day and working 18 hours a day for your 20s May have long term health impacts?
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People who worked as teenagers working at ice cream parlors report life long pain in their dominant wrist.

Is that something you expect a 16 year old to know is going to happen?

Biomechanics is a complicated subject.

Totally agree — my sarcasm may not have been clear.

I worked on a farm throwing hay from 12-17. I ended up needing back surgery at 25.

Sorry, I read it as another one of those "dumb entitled kids get what they deserve!" posts.

It is hard to tell nowadays, with multiple people coming out and saying things like "millennials could afford houses if they didn't buy iPhones!"