• El Barto
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      171 year ago

      Ackshually…

      Good news happen all around us all the time. They just don’t generate enough clicks.

  • @theangryseal@lemmy.world
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    71 year ago

    Man this makes me happy.

    I hope their lives are amazing from here on out and that their loves ones never take them for granted.

  • roguetrick
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    1 year ago

    That’s funny. We would never call someone doing specialized work like digging a tunnel through a mountain just laborers in the US.

    Edit: and it’s very funny that wildcat miners are the ones that saved them

    • engityra
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      101 year ago

      I work in construction and I don’t know that I agree. They’re digging a tunnel for a road, not mining, and earthworks crews generally consistent of equipment operators and labourers.

        • @crimsonpoodle@pawb.social
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          71 year ago

          I wonder if to some extent it’s because of the title inflation in the United States; an effort to give employees a sense of value without actually paying them more