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Pay Your Shot Or Put In Life's Labor Market
An essay-like musing traces the archaic rule of paying for entry to a crafts shop as paying shot or footing. It argues the concept spans humanity from Eden to modern society, asserting every person and every gender pays its shot through effort, reputation, or social cost, or must “put.” It concludes by urging readers to decide to pay the required shot or accept failure.
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Eden
Tiva
Adam
Eva
Thinga
Listory
Thia
Eve
Tiona
Hor
Hyon
Thore
Eha
Shoro
Ife
Bejin
Alf
Hite
Risme
Chen