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cliff99 t1_j11pwhp wrote

From what I understand of early industrial revolution safety practices, I'd assume it was "Hey you! Yeah, you! You wanna drive a train?"

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unassumingdink t1_j11uhz3 wrote

Yeah but that way someone might wreck the train and cost them money. Peasants' lives are easily replaced. Machines as big as a house in 1840 aren't.

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