Letters: Readers respond to an article about quitting the rat race, with some saying their generation was handed an untenable position and others saying the struggle is nothing new
Barring the specific mention of Milennials, it’s kind of funny that this is probably the most common headline in history.
Like you can look at Ben Franklins newspaper from 1742 and find essentially the exact same line. I’m guessing if we had enough cuneiform to translate it’d be there too
Like you can look at Ben Franklins newspaper from 1742 and find essentially the exact same line.
I went to https://franklinpapers.org/ and skimmed over all the documents labeled “Extract from the Gazette, 1742,” but I didn’t find that line. Do you know which issue it was in, or have a source with full copies of the Pennsylvania Gazette instead of just “extracts?”
Apologies for the confusion. I am not literally quoting a specific year in which Benjamin Franklins newspaper said this exact line. Just, as someone who has read several biographies on the man, a recurring theme of his writings (both personal and professional, including quips in the almanac) essentially boil down to pithy remarks of “everyone is working harder now and getting less for it”.
It’s just kind of a universal experience that essentially every generation has felt.
Barring the specific mention of Milennials, it’s kind of funny that this is probably the most common headline in history.
Like you can look at Ben Franklins newspaper from 1742 and find essentially the exact same line. I’m guessing if we had enough cuneiform to translate it’d be there too
Not sure, it might be: “people just don’t want to work anymore” instead
I went to https://franklinpapers.org/ and skimmed over all the documents labeled “Extract from the Gazette, 1742,” but I didn’t find that line. Do you know which issue it was in, or have a source with full copies of the Pennsylvania Gazette instead of just “extracts?”
Apologies for the confusion. I am not literally quoting a specific year in which Benjamin Franklins newspaper said this exact line. Just, as someone who has read several biographies on the man, a recurring theme of his writings (both personal and professional, including quips in the almanac) essentially boil down to pithy remarks of “everyone is working harder now and getting less for it”.
It’s just kind of a universal experience that essentially every generation has felt.
I know what you meant, but I have too much time on my hands.
Plus, it’d be funny if it did turn out to be literally true by accident.
Some might call it boring… if a little bit dystopic.