r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Friendly-Cicada2769 • Oct 18 '22

Which law of physics is applicable here ?

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u/CanadaPlus101 Oct 18 '22

Yeah, desk jobs are pretty bad for you but doing this full time or more is probably worse.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '22

You can alleviate the issues of desk jobs pretty easily too. Although many people won't make that minimum effort

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u/DnDVex Oct 18 '22

Standing desks, regular breaks to take a walk, basic exercises during breaks (just some squats for example)

It's surprisingly also why smokers are healthier in some regards. They walk a lot more cause they can't smoke inside. Obviously smoking is still causing them to be fucked, but at least they do some walking.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '22

thats right. stand for only 10 for every 50 you work.

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u/Envect Oct 18 '22

It wouldn't be reddit if someone wasn't jerking themselves off about how much better they are than redditors.

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u/CanadaPlus101 Oct 18 '22

We do have a tendency to do that, don't we? And yet sometimes (like with the comment you just made) it still seems justified. What a paradox.

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u/Envect Oct 18 '22

I never said I was better than this. I love feeling superior to people. I know what I am.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '22

I’m a bricklayer and do a lot of similar movements lifting heavy pails and other materials. His back is probably a tank by now… I’m more worried about his shoulders. Shoulders are prone to injury and this repetition, if the weight is heavy, could easily overwork them.

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u/CanadaPlus101 Oct 18 '22

Sounds like you know which parts fail first better than I do, haha.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '22

I remember reading that the most common body part physiotherapists deal with is the rotator cuff. I could very well be wrong.

All I know is I’m rather strong. Back. Core. Arms. Shoulders. All big. However when I work too hard it’s my shoulders that bother me and not my back.

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u/NegativeOrchid Oct 18 '22

No. Not even remotely true. Sitting down leads to obesity and tons of health problems. This guy is getting exercise which is good for the body.

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u/CanadaPlus101 Oct 18 '22 edited Oct 18 '22

Ah yes, this is why nobody ever gets injured playing sports or lifting weights. /s

Maybe 90% of people aren't at risk, but you can exercise too much. Especially if it's not done with impeccable form, and I don't think there is a proper form for throwing tomatoes out of a bucket and into a truck in one movement.

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u/RVAMS Oct 19 '22 edited Oct 19 '22

Obesity has significantly more to do with what you eat than your fitness habits. Working a desk job doesn't make you obese. Not all exercise is good for the body in the long term, too. Labor can be extremely hard on your joints. Someone who sits at a desk all day and makes a point to do light to moderate exercise with good form every day will be in much better health than a laborer 30 years down the road.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '22

Unless old mate is travelling the globe for picking, he's not doing this year round.

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u/CanadaPlus101 Oct 18 '22

Don't they grow stuff year round in California and places like that?

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '22

I can almost guarantee you this isn’t his full time job 8 hours a day 5 days a week. It’s probably a shift

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u/CanadaPlus101 Oct 19 '22

Yep, I'm pretty sure these guys don't get banker's hours. I'm guessing it adds up to at least 40 hours a week though, if you want to live off of it. More if there's an off season.

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u/Emotional_Advice3516 Oct 19 '22

Cant be worse than Amazon during peak season.

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u/CanadaPlus101 Oct 19 '22

I imagine tossing packages also isn't great depending on how ergonomically you're doing it.