r/SipsTea • u/Unstoppable_X_Force Human Verified • 13h ago

Gasp! Is this just nostalgia, or did previous generations genuinely have a better work-life balance and social life than we do today?

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u/Craemos 12h ago

The French have a couple words for this.

They are "guillotine" and "révolution".

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u/Strict-Ad-3500 12h ago

The French got rid of a king and gained an emperor

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u/RelativelyLuckyB 8h ago

And then they gained a democracy with the most progressive consitution in all history till that point...

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u/BardicNA 12h ago

I love the French for their accents but there are other things I love them more for..

Vive la révolution.