Post something about your field that would be surprising to those outside of it

The only surprising thing about that stat is that the percentage is that low.

Fisherman/woodworker & furniture maker

A 10' 1.5 lbs per foot cast net is easier to throw than a 7' 1 lb per foot of you know what youre doing and you'll catch a lot more bait.

Most of the time, it's faster amd better to do traditional methods like chisels, planes and joinery saws to do joinery and fine work than it is using all the machinery I have.

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Over 99% of the pesticides people consume, by weight, are made by the plants themselves.

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Wow, that's interesting. So the crazies that advocate against eating grocery store produce are full of it.

Triple load the big cast net? I have a 12 footer and that's the way I do it. I see some people just do the double load and it seems like it's a lot harder and way more often bananas get thrown.

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Wow, that's interesting. So the crazies that advocate against eating grocery store produce are full of it.

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Yep. The other thing about my industry is that people are constantly talking about the health issues in pest control. Well, have you seen who works in pest control?

A whole lot of smokers and unhealthy people are in this industry for some weird reason.

I would like to say, however, I try to stay really healthy. I haven't grown any extra fingers, I don't glow in the dark, and somehow, am one of the healthiest people I know.

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A 13 ACT is functionally illiterate.

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god damnit

I work offshore. Most people think it's the people that keep these places safe, but it's 90% the design. If the average operator had their way they would get themselves killed in less than 18 months on the job.

Commercial construction:
I and my white crew work harder and longer hours and fewer breaks than any mexican I've ever been around.

O&G

Pretty much every construction code and engineering safety factor were not brought to us by government. They were brought to us by insurance companies wishing to insure standardized builds made to withstand more than the expected load. Government just jumped onboard several decades later.

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That's a 15 ACT. And thats the average at the college.
A 13 ACT is functionally illiterate.

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In the 1960s I studied some college ACT averages when I was deciding which college to attend. The average for La. colleges was 20. Private schools like Centenary, Tulane, Loyola were 27-29. LSU was at 22. The other state schools like Tech, McNeese, USL were 19-20. Grambling was at the bottom with 10.
Back in those days the majority of college kids were male. Today it's female. I don't know the score differences in the sexes but in my 4 years at Centenary the 20 smartest kids I encountered were all male.