I see the pendulum is firmly in the "only idiot losers go into the trades, have fun being crippled at age 40". But not to worry, in another two months it'll be back to "nice student debt idiot, has your job been taken by AI yet?"
And so balance will be kept and everyone will be wrong forever
"The trades are backbreaking, thankless work that will CRIPPLE you for LIFE" not really anymore if you wear your PPE and do team lifts
"Yeah, tradespeople are raking in 6 figures and living the high life while you all drown in student debt!" Actually a lot of us also have student debt and while the trades can pay very well, you're unlikely to take home 6 figures without working an incredible amount of overtime. Union benefits are good though
"That's right, only the TOUGHEST and MANLIEST of men could possibly handle these jobs!" My apprentice is a fat 5'3 woman and she's doing the same job as you, calm down Rambo
"Yeah, literally anyone can do this stuff, that's why in the post capitalist utopian commune we'll all just take turns" it's still difficult and dangerous manual labor that takes intense training and skill to do properly
"Yeah we have to ACTUALLY work for our paycheck, not like those whiny white collar nerds who just sit at a desk all day" well I managed to slack off enough to write all this, didn't I
