one of my favourite bits of engels is when he’s talking about early industrial mine labour in northern england and he complains that the heat and strenuous labour meant many miners worked semi-naked and this combined with the dim light and the long hours away from their families was leading many workers to turn to degeneracy. like imagine we’re working the same vein of coal and it’s late but sarah’s got the mumbs and the bills arent getting any lower so we’re stuck here for the night, and im struggling with an especially stubborn cleft in the rock, my back arched and glistening with sweat in the glow of ur gas lamp, and u come up behind me to help, ur strong biceps flexing against me and u cant see but u can feel the heat rising from my cheeks, ur firm as the rocks, do u want a little comfort in these long hard nights, u can pretend im ur wife if u want