- Most outrageous / unbelievable lies
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- Lies you wish you still believed
- Lies you took as truth and didn’t question it until you were way too old
My childhood friend became a welder. But my suspicion is that it’s a skilled trade that doesn’t sound gross (plumbing) or super dangerous (electrician). Everyone knows we need welders, they understand what they do too. All this makes it the perfect thing to assume your kid is going to do when they decide not to go to college. Actually going to trade school and apprenticing on the other hand…
Yeah, I think not sounding gross or dangerous is part of it - combined with the skill level. Personally, my in-laws encouraged my nephew not to go to college, but instead to become a welder - or an electrician as a backup plan.
He did neither and now works for the city cleaning sewers. It’s a needed job and pays ok, but no one ever says “you don’t need to go to college, you can clean a sewer.” It’s always “you can be a welder.”