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Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 12:39:24 JST Mr. Bacon
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So, the trades are the least technologically advanced industry in the nation. The average age of in the trades is 52. All unions, engineering firms (civil), and large development corporations are DYING for help.

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- Kenny Blankenship (dw2@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 12:40:18 JST Kenny Blankenship
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  @Tony @pawlicker @PunishedD @deprecated_ii @RustyCrab >The average age of men in the trades is 52
  
  I didn't think this country would survive the zoomers, but millennials might be the ones to kill it first
  
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- Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 12:42:47 JST Mr. Bacon
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  Lennar Development (largest real estate developer in the country) developed a home printing machine in their Arizona division.
  
  right now it just prints the foundation and walls. But, without labor replacement, building anything in this country is fucked
  
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- d (deprecated_ii@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 13:07:13 JST d
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  @DW2 @Tony @pawlicker @PunishedD @RustyCrab the 45-60 year olds who've been doing it for decades are making decent money
  
  try to get in as a noob and they want to give you cashier pay for much harder work
  
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- Kenny Blankenship (dw2@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 13:07:45 JST Kenny Blankenship
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  @deprecated_ii @Tony @pawlicker @PunishedD @RustyCrab >try to get in as a noob and they want to give you cashier pay for much harder work
  
  Christ that sounds like the entire modern Zog economy. No one under 40 makes good money
  
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- Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 13:09:33 JST Mr. Bacon
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  Yah, that is what I have been noticing when researching the industry.
  
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- pawlicker (pawlicker@boks.moe)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 13:09:35 JST pawlicker
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  @Tony @DW2 @PunishedD @deprecated_ii @RustyCrab There was a video by some news source whining about why younger people weren't working on cars anymore and the comments were all people saying how shit it is.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GGVfrc6eNQ
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    Car dealers and repair shops have been struggling with a shortage of service technicians for years - and the problem has intensified and spread to other jobs...
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- pawlicker (pawlicker@boks.moe)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 13:11:54 JST pawlicker
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  @DW2 @Tony @PunishedD @deprecated_ii @RustyCrab Or better, when the cashier job pays more than your job you got a degree for.
  https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/ohio-man-ditches-teaching-job-favor-higher-pay-walmart-using-degree
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  1. Ohio man ditches teaching job in favor of higher pay at Walmart: 'Not using my degree'
    
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    Seth Goshorn abandoned his $43,000-per-year teaching job in favor of a $55,000-per-year manager gig at Walmart, the Ohio man announced in a now-viral TikTok video.
- Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 13:11:54 JST Mr. Bacon
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  HAHAHAHA
  
  yah the economy is fucked lol
  
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- pawlicker (pawlicker@boks.moe)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 13:16:38 JST pawlicker
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  @Tony @DW2 @PunishedD @deprecated_ii @RustyCrab I literally haven't saved up because when money isn't going to bills it's going to other shit I need living alone and apparently my boomer family thinks all I do is piss money away it's funny.
  
  Meanwhile my parents are too busy buying more bullshit they don't need or cheaping out on important stuff and whining later.
  
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- Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 13:16:39 JST Mr. Bacon
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  Yah, buddy works for the union and one of his coworkers fell down an elevator shaft last week.
  
  No one gave a shit and the news refused to report it lol the union tried but tRuMp GeTtInG ArReStEd
  
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- Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 13:16:40 JST Mr. Bacon
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  Yah, I have scares on my arms from changing oil and losing patches of skin lol.
  
  Not to mention the daily chemical burns from highly corrosive and flammable liquids that drip on you from a car that's been running for an hour.
  
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- pawlicker (pawlicker@boks.moe)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 13:16:40 JST pawlicker
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  @Tony @DW2 @PunishedD @deprecated_ii @RustyCrab I worked at a few months and my coworkers were whining about me being the only one wearing PPE there.
  
  We were spraying brake cleaner on everything even shit that didn't need it and I could still smell the odor with a full on mask, that had to sit "exactly" right or else shit got in, and I was the only one with hearing protection on too.
  
  Wagies seem to fear wearing hearing protection for some reason and safety glasses.
  
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- Kenny Blankenship (dw2@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 13:18:21 JST Kenny Blankenship
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  @pawlicker @Tony @PunishedD @deprecated_ii @RustyCrab Within two generations we went from affording a house on one income to needing a "side hustle" just to split an apartment with strangers.
  
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- pawlicker (pawlicker@boks.moe)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 13:21:57 JST pawlicker
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  @DW2 @Tony @PunishedD @deprecated_ii @RustyCrab I'm this close to just quitting my job and figuring out how to make money "other ways" if not solely by knowing which strings to pull, especially since saving is harder than my boomer family makes it out to be.
  
  All my coworkers are either young or have several jobs to pay the bills, a morning job and a night job.
  
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