Getting Your Hands Dirty Getting Attractive for Gen Z

HotAir ^ | 4/25/25 | Beege Welborn

[CFW]

Universities are going to have a lot less "marks" to pick from after next year. Which colleges will be closing?

[ansel12]

Isn’t a lot of gen Z a product of immigration anyway? Is it so shocking that many of them are blue collar destined?

[bray]

Of course it has to talk about the woman welder.

[al baby]

Sounds like an 8os rom com

[BobL]

“Of course it has to talk about the woman welder.”

And people wonder why it takes 10+ years to build a carrier...

[bray]

Better than working 10 years in the sewer.

[Tired of Taxes]

Smart move. The press is now calling them the “Toolbelt Generation.”

[Mogger]

“Of course it has to talk about the woman welder.”

I've worked with women who were welders for 3 years, inspecting their welds with NDT.

No better or worse than the guys.

The daughter of one of my friends is a retired Marine, taught welding and became the head of the department of our local voc-tech.

Her father had a blacksmith shop doing large architectural projects so she grew up welding and working with metal.

[central_va]

Since I am the only person here that has been both a blue and white collar worker, the blue collar thing has some draw backs. I’ll explain if you want.

[central_va]

Trades:

1. Decent pay
2. Can get boring
3. A lot of travel, some of it not paid for
4. Not much "prestige" for the young guys with the ladies
5. Wages plateau
6. Mostly work outdoors or on a site with no A/C or heat.
7. Weather can be a factor
8. Contracts come and they go.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Most of these young people have never made anything in their lives. They might, at the most, have had Legos but even that was denied most of them.

There is a satisfaction in putting something together and looking at it and saying to yourself, "I made that".

Does not matter what it is, a car, a book, a meal, a clean sink where there was once a pile of dishes. Where there was nothing, now there is something. Where there was Chaos, there is now Order.

You can not beat the dopamine hit from that. Unless it is to have someone who's opinion you value look at your result and say, "well done".

[Tacrolimus1mg]

That’s not true.

I love seeing a man under the hood of a car, working. Or working on anything. I find that attractive. So, there’s prestige with the right ladies.

A man’s gotta be good with his hands.

[linMcHlp]

About 15 minutes ago, I was just discussing the fine art of maintaining an engine’s twin turbo chargers.

[ansel12]

“”””Since I am the only person here that has been both a blue and white collar worker””””

Don’t know why you would think that.

[The Antiyuppie]

Welding is very well self regulated. If you have the classes and certificate(s), you are good to go, man or woman.

I don’t have those.
A grinder and paint makes me the welder I ain’t!

[mewzilla]

The guy who owned the plumbing company we used made more money annually than the non-STEM PhDs in our family.

And that galled them no end.

[bert]

Freepers disdain evolution but the evidence is there

Rosie the shipyard rivetter has evolved into Rosie the certified shipyard welder.

(and, a welder with a college degree is even more valuable)

[Tired of Taxes]

Since I am the only person here that has been both a blue and white collar worker..."

You're not the only one here.

[bray]

Are there more women or men welders?

[dfwgator]

"Effin' A!"