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re: Blue Collar vs White Collar work
Posted on 3/16/26 at 10:50 am to BrodyDad
Posted on 3/16/26 at 10:50 am to BrodyDad
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His stepfather is blue collar and very influential in his life and has been pushing him to go into the trades saying that blue Collar work is more noble and implying he would be less of a man if he went to college or worked in a white Collar job.
Guy sounds like a moron. Do what enables you to achieve your goals. There’s no nobility in being a wage slave, no matter what you do.
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Posted on 3/16/26 at 11:03 am to Salmon
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its always white collar guys that sit in AC everyday and weirdly day dream about being blue collar and working in the sun and not having to deal with office politics
I was somewhat like that but I was dreaming about doing blue collar work different than my “blue collar” job in fire/ems. I got burned out and just wanted to be outside with no pressure, burning calories, and feeling more “free” doing labor. Not sure why I thought that way and definitely didn’t word it very well. Not sure how to explain how I felt. At some point the fire station, fire truck, or ambulance felt like a prison.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 11:34 am to Defenseiskey
quote:true, and to me it’s more the arrogance that they would definitely be a good and successful business owner and manager of people
Always thought it was elitist sounding when people push low performing kids to get into trades. Like you do realize most tradesmen have to read well and do complex level math? It's just a lazy cope out people think will solve the country's problems
Posted on 3/16/26 at 11:47 am to Dragula
Blue collar work is nice while you’re young, but your body pays for it as you get older. Extreme temps suck too.
Many blue collar jobs also don’t offer the same benefits as white collar jobs.
Many blue collar jobs also don’t offer the same benefits as white collar jobs.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 11:55 am to sledgehammer
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Blue collar work is nice while you’re young, but your body pays for it as you get older. Extreme temps suck too.
I came here to post something pretty much like this. Backs frick up and backs give out. That's just what they do.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 11:59 am to Violent Hip Swivel
And trades dont pay well. You can go to bls.gov and see the actual median pay for careers.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 12:03 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
I’m a plumber freezing my balls off in Maurice today. It sleeted earlier. I’ll take this over July and August rough-ins any day though. Those are miserable.
I’ve been plumbing for 8 years (early 30s), but tentatively looking for something else to do. I do have a college degree so I have a few options. I’ve gotten injuries to my shoulder, wrist, and ribs while working just in this short time that have never healed. I still feel them performing certain tasks and understand this is how it’s going to be forever. My health going forward has to be a priority.
I’ve been plumbing for 8 years (early 30s), but tentatively looking for something else to do. I do have a college degree so I have a few options. I’ve gotten injuries to my shoulder, wrist, and ribs while working just in this short time that have never healed. I still feel them performing certain tasks and understand this is how it’s going to be forever. My health going forward has to be a priority.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 12:06 pm to poncho villa
Who would be paying for his work? The tech overlords? In your version of events, tens of millions of people would be living on UBI slop.
This post was edited on 3/16/26 at 12:07 pm
Posted on 3/16/26 at 12:09 pm to BrodyDad
I’m the only person in my immediate family to graduate from a university with a bachelors degree. My dad had an associates degree from a junior college. My brother is a blue collar guy - elevator installs and maintenance, billboard putter upper, hotshot truck driver, etc. Anytime I would hang out with him and his redneck friends they would call me “college boy.” It was not a term of endearment.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 12:10 pm to BrodyDad
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His stepfather is blue collar and very influential in his life and has been pushing him to go into the trades saying that blue Collar work is more noble and implying he would be less of a man if he went to college or worked in a white Collar job.
I've done blue collar work for years in the past. Yes its noble and you can't be a sissy.
But....anyone glorifying hard labor , has never done hard labor. I know at a point you become skilled enough that its not as hard. ( working your way up) but you tear your body up in the process.
Or I was just a gloryfied slave and was kidding myself.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 12:11 pm to KingOfTheWorld
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Anytime I would hang out with him and his redneck friends they would call me “college boy.” It was not a term of endearment.
get them in a one on one conversation and I’ll bet they all admit they are envious as hell
Posted on 3/16/26 at 12:13 pm to 777Tiger
I wouldn’t want to have a blue collar job. When I watch the guys work on my house it seems like hard work. Often in attic on a hot day.
Now I do wish I knew how to do more stuff around the house or particularly with cars. Id like to be able to restore a car on the weeekends.
Now I do wish I knew how to do more stuff around the house or particularly with cars. Id like to be able to restore a car on the weeekends.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 12:17 pm to 777Tiger
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sounds like white collar envy
That’s exactly what it is.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 12:21 pm to BrodyDad
American College of the Building Arts in Charleston, South Carolina. Kids graduate with a bachelors degree and also learn building trades at the same time.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 12:23 pm to BrodyDad
I did blue collar work for 20 years. Met a lot of characters. I respect it for sure. Put my time in, in the sweat and the dirt and the mud.
And it never really got me much of anywhere. Paid the bills, but it was a constant grind
Im white collar now and I've never been happier.
Instead of work boots and stained work clothes It's loafers and shirt stays and pressed slacks, styled hair.
I feel more like a person, my own man, than just a cog in a wheel, unappreciated and overworked and underpaid.
Now I feel valued and my hard work is rewarded with actual financial gains, not just empty promises and raises that never come.
I respect the hell out of the trades, and some people excel at them. But it just wasn't a place I was meant to be and grow.
It took me until 40 to find the right career, but now I feel I've finally arrived in life
And it never really got me much of anywhere. Paid the bills, but it was a constant grind
Im white collar now and I've never been happier.
Instead of work boots and stained work clothes It's loafers and shirt stays and pressed slacks, styled hair.
I feel more like a person, my own man, than just a cog in a wheel, unappreciated and overworked and underpaid.
Now I feel valued and my hard work is rewarded with actual financial gains, not just empty promises and raises that never come.
I respect the hell out of the trades, and some people excel at them. But it just wasn't a place I was meant to be and grow.
It took me until 40 to find the right career, but now I feel I've finally arrived in life
Posted on 3/16/26 at 12:27 pm to fr33manator
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styled hair
pics?
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Posted on 3/16/26 at 12:33 pm to OysterPoBoy
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The problem is, how the hell are you supposed to know what you want to do for the rest of your life when you’re 18?
It's a lot easier to go to college when you're 18 than it is when you're 40.
If I had to make that decision all over again, I'd go to JUCO then into my trade.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 12:37 pm to 777Tiger
I just mean I comb it back (and it's farther and farther back by the day) and put product in it.
Instead of doing nothing because it's gonna be under a hard hat all day, and it would be just me in the work truck, and I might not talk to a person all day unless I stopped for lunch.
7 years of that soul killing job really did a number on me
Instead of doing nothing because it's gonna be under a hard hat all day, and it would be just me in the work truck, and I might not talk to a person all day unless I stopped for lunch.
7 years of that soul killing job really did a number on me
Posted on 3/16/26 at 12:44 pm to sledgehammer
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I’ve been plumbing for 8 years
The only person held in higher regard on this board than you is Jesus.
This post was edited on 3/16/26 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 3/16/26 at 12:51 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
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The only person held in higher regard on this board than you is Jesus.
I’m honestly a nobody. Please don’t be like me
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