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    And the “orphan train” already passed by, so it’s not pictured either. Or the “for sale” signs when the children became too many. But the chimney sweep kids are “living it up”, as they’re learning an important trade!

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      But the chimney sweep kids are “living it up”, as they’re learning an important trade!

      The cancers those chimney sweep kids got were horrific. Last Podcast on the Left recently did a deep dive into chimney sweeps and it was eye-opening. Highly recommend listening if you’re into that kind of thing.

      I was just recommending a podcast episode lol

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        Chim, chimney

        Chim, chimney

        Chim, chim, cher-ee

        A sweep is full of cancer

        As full of cancer as you can be.

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        if you’re into that kind of thing

        Chimney sweeps, podcasts, cancer, or open eyes?

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        Sorry, sorry… that was sarcasm. It was mostly slavery of orphans, guised as trade-skills. As well as the cancers, they also had hellish injury/death, because ya know… 7 year olds are climbing chimneys

        “Put their feet to the fire”… sometimes kids were too afraid to keep climbing, so they lit a fire under them. Sometimes, they became too grown and got stuck in the chimney, possibly dying. Hellish

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          I wasn’t correcting you, I just have ADHD and saw your line about chimney sweeps which reminded me of that podcast episode so I recommended it hahaha

          I’m sorry I didn’t make it clear that I was just conversing with you.

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            Lmao, well damn I’m sorry again! That makes more sense, I misinterpreted cause I is a little dumb. I’ll have to check it out because I am in fact, into those kinda things! Thank you

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              No problem :)

              Tone can be so hard to convey on text and then further complicated with neurodivergence haha

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        Do you have a link to the podcast “the Left” or related doesn’t show clear results, thanks.