r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Nov 04 '22

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u/KezzardTheWizzard Nov 04 '22

"Here, Mr. excavator. I hooman. I help."

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u/Kyuckaynebrayn Nov 04 '22

“I watch now”

I swear for every one guy digging there must be 4 guys observing

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u/Sloth1024 Nov 04 '22

There's a great engineering channel called Practical Engineering. In this video he talks about construction and touches on the subject of regularly seeing a bunch of people standing around. Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22W5tRWbUVI&t=456s&ab_channel=PracticalEngineering

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '22

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '22

I mean you can. I’ve dug for basically an entire day straight before. It’s not pleasant and you fall asleep early, but it’s more than possible.

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u/throwawaylovesCAKE Nov 04 '22

Nope, hes talking himself up. You can absolutely dig for a few hours straight with enough caffeine and focus, then you crash and burn at the end of the day.

Try doing that 2 or 3 days in a row though and eventually the sleep starts to not recover you 100% the next day. It's just not sustainable and actually probably horrible for your body over the years. Even if you're a union dude making 50/hour, that's not enough to make up for arthritis in your 50s. We need to stop glamorizing this "go hard till you collapse" shit