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He got his bike the year we got the goddamn union (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago

Why were they living in the coal mines?

[-] jjagaimo@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 months ago

Companies in the late 1800s to early/mid 1900s would build towns and housing around the mines and pay workers in "credit" only redeemable at the company store for necessary goods, food, etc. Due to the high prices and single company monopoly over all aspects of life there, people would go into debt and be essentially locked in with fences like prisoners and forced to work off the debt.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago

I think they were just making a joke about the wording of the OOP.

That being said, the background info is probably good for other people seeing this

[-] ClemFandango@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

"I owe my soul to the company store"

[-] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 months ago

Just West Virginia things

[-] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm gonna tell you in the form of a song!

Here is some background on what a company store is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_store

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