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by joerandom 1924 days ago
Do you have ANY idea how chores on a farm look like? Hint: it's nothing like vacuming or taking dishes out from a dishwasher. It's lots of hard work. Dealing with excrements and dangerous animals (even a cow or pig is dangerous in confined spaces).
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Yeah, I grew up on a farm. Happy memories of feeding calves, bringing in hay bales on summer days, feeding pigs.

Also had to bring them in for winter and mending fences.

It's actually far more pleasant than vacuuming floors and washing up.

Oh please. I took care of a few pigs and cattle as a child, including cleaning up manure. It wasn't that hard and certainly not dangerous.
Do YOU? Because I did farm chores growing up and the stuff you're tasked with doing is never particularly dangerous. Dirt and grime washed off just fine and it was good exercise and time outdoors.