I get the joke but I believe it is more dependent how much they learn and how hard they work in the awake hours than when they woke up in the past. 'Must' is a big motivator.
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Having family members that run small farms, I think they are all delusional.
1% are the exception that will succeed, but as a miracle not as the norm. The 99% normally quit.
Farm work is probably among the hardest work ethics out there, and the responsibility of owning animals is often overlooked.

