Text #552

One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the average household in Europe or North America has so many devices and such a variety of food and clothing that to produce the same lifestyle in Roman times would have required six thousand slaves.

—from Confessions of an Eco-Sinner: Tracking Down the Sources of My Stuff, a book by Fred Pearce

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5157. Imak (nimbo) 54.90 95% 2011-05-05
5158. aks (akshaythakur) 54.89 91% 2012-07-19
5159. savoeurn (savoeurn.vatt@gma... 54.89 95% 2014-06-16
5160. Shermill Roger (paybtawsan) 54.89 96% 2017-07-03
5161. V (vinn9) 54.89 95% 2021-01-07
5162. Kunal (kunalaarse) 54.89 94% 2022-08-05
5163. Geeth (falsethunder) 54.88 94% 2021-01-25
5164. Amateur (rosie_081122) 54.87 98% 2021-01-12
5165. franswa (franswa__) 54.87 95% 2017-07-18
5166. syncr (syncr) 54.86 97.5% 2021-02-13
5167. Saket (saketraj) 54.86 99% 2021-07-04
5168. tstats[ayyaz7] (ayyaz7) 54.86 92% 2016-05-27
5169. Vicky (iamvicky) 54.85 91% 2013-04-14
5170. Kunal (kunalsharma) 54.85 88% 2016-12-15
5171. Nasrul (nastha) 54.85 2010-07-27
5172. jazer (yoshikage1) 54.85 92% 2019-05-15
5173. mememiah (mememiah) 54.84 97% 2011-11-02
5174. Funky Koval (funky_koval) 54.84 94% 2023-07-18
5175. Hamdan (hamdankhan) 54.84 97% 2023-04-04
5176. Gaurav (gaurav_38) 54.84 96% 2020-09-05
5177. Andreja (andreja) 54.84 95% 2011-05-28
5178. Darren (darren) 54.84 95% 2012-05-04
5179. Lee (dona3315) 54.84 93% 2011-05-06
5180. Alex (doogjy) 54.84 94% 2015-04-20
5181. Heshy (heshy) 54.84 94% 2011-07-26
5182. Tram (pydu222) 54.84 87% 2011-05-15
5183. Hremes (hremes) 54.84 97% 2011-05-15
5184. Cakra (cakraputra) 54.83 95% 2015-05-03
5185. Pasindu (alphawolf962) 54.83 97% 2018-01-16
5186. Bartłomiej (baryla69baryla69) 54.82 87% 2016-10-01

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Universe Races Average WPM First Race
Default (English) 21,434 50.59 May 21, 2010
Instant Death Mode 59 60.57 May 26, 2010
Riverside Middle School 13 42.85 January 24, 2011
Smoke Rise Prep 9 41.14 January 28, 2016
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Walsh Middle School 1 35.38 September 9, 2011
All TypeRacer Texts 1 114.22 November 28, 2021