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Getting Your Hands Dirty Getting Attractive for Gen Z
HotAir ^ | 4/25/25 | Beege Welborn

Posted on 04/25/2025 6:00:00 PM PDT by CFW

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

So true. When I was a teen, for my mom I welded a bracket to hold a garage door opener motor, and converted the garage door to be automated. Also welded a water heater stand. I was proud to have built them with my own hands. Learned welding on my own after my dad passed away. Worked in shops later, making things. Later on when working a desk job, disliked lazy people behind desks who accomplished nothing with their own hands.

21 posted on 04/26/2025 11:48:59 AM PDT by roadcat ( )
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To: CFW
“There are about 2 million fewer students in a traditional four-year university now than in 2011,” says Nich Tremper, senior economist at payroll and benefits platform Gusto.

And we have more international students than ever.

So it may be as many as 3 million fewer American students compared to 2011.

22 posted on 04/26/2025 11:53:07 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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Are there more women or men welders?

So far, men are the majority.

But except for welding jobs that require brute force to position the parts one is welding, there is no reason a female can't do the job.

welding requires the type of craft skills and dexterity similar to sewing or knitting that women have traditionally done anyway.

It's just metals instead of fabrics.

The same with running CNC machines and 3D printing.

With modern lifting devices you don't need a lot of muscle strength to do a lot of jobs now.

23 posted on 04/26/2025 3:53:22 PM PDT by Mogger ( 7th generation Vermonter, refugee in New Hampshire hoping NH remains sane.)
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To: Mogger

They don’t get it. The young are moving away from Communism and back to a real way of making a living. They are moving to Trump and God.


24 posted on 04/26/2025 7:09:58 PM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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“Are there more women or men welders?”

Women make up over 50% of the poulation.

Only about 0.1% of the population are welders. Even if all the welders were men there would still be more women than male welders
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25 posted on 04/26/2025 7:31:13 PM PDT by TexasGator (/1'11.'11/'~~'111./.)
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8% of the welders in America are women. Wonder why they never interviewed a man?


26 posted on 04/26/2025 8:32:48 PM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: The Antiyuppie

How does speed and production vary, employers must have some standard that they measure employee quality by.


27 posted on 04/27/2025 1:23:05 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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