When the govt started pushing for vegetable oil instead of lard. When the govt started telling us fats (an essential nutrient) was bad for us. When the govt. Allowed processed food companies like nestle to advertise hyper paletable foods to children. When americans were tricked into thinking corn flakes and donuts were breakfasts. Obesity skyrocketed.
I was diagnosed with ocd, anxiety, and bipolar disorder. I fixed my diet, started strength training, and after 6 months of consistency my ocd and anxiety symtoms pretty much vanished, and my month long manic/depressive episodes went from controling my life to being a mild inconvenience. Exercise SHOULD BE THE FIRST PRESCRIPTION FOR MENTAL ILLNESS.
Once my uber liberal EX female friend asked me "whats so bad about letting middle eastern immigrants seek refuge here?" And i asked her why she is so willing to import men from countries where rape and sexism are the norms. She said "oh i didnt consider that". No self awareness. Fucking moron
I mean probably lol. The issue is that most guys who are in these shops in America are old. There is a HUGE age gap in the welding industry so once all of my coworkers retire, they're going to go from having 20 competent welders to about 3, including myself, within the next 5 or 10 years. The age gap is mid-20 to about 60 years old. Literally no one in-between those age ranges applies, and hardly anyone applies period...
Welding? Depends on the type you get into. Welding includes a thousand different jobs. Personally, I'm a tig welder for a small family owned company. Make good money, specialized parts. But there's also ironworkers, boilermakers, pipe fitters, structural welders, production welders, shipyard welders, etc etc etc. Lots of variety. It can be difficult depending on what field you get into but most days I sit on my ass and tig weld fancy parts so my job is not hard no. But I also have friends who work on shipyards or do service calls, they get gross and work long ass days but they also make WAY more money than me. Welding will treat you well if you get into it. I can pretty much be sure that I can move anywhere in the country, and so long as I'm within driving distance to some sort of manufacturing facility, I'll have a job that pays well.
As a female welder, i can testify to the fact that women absolutely REEEE when told trades are hiring. Ive had female friends complain about being broke. I say hey, my shop is in desperate need of welders. Theyll teach you. And they say nah. So i tell them to just fucking die then i guess. You want to dismantle the "patriarchy" then u get to do mens work. Fucking idiots.
Perhaps we can start with purchasing refurbished electronics such as computers and cell phones from local repair shops. I purchased my samsung refurbished and it's held up great and my money went to an american business. I'm sure parts are sourced from china but i feel a bit better because I'm not directly feeding the beast
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