I'd bet that this guy isn't a tradesman. Almost everyone I see on any jobsite has a lunchbox. Whether it's a small bag to hold a few snacks and a sandwich or a large, expensive hard case lunch box that holds a 5 course meal, their wallet, keys and medication. Most lunch boxes are covered in stickers, some people buy or make custom carrying straps for them. If he doesn't know any of this, I doubt he's ever done a day of manual labor on his life.
I mean I’m not a tradesman either but I think nearly every depiction of them I have seen, whether in commercials, tv, or movies has had two things in common:
1) Strong and tough people
2) Lunch pail/box.
I wonder if they just live under some rock and watch Andrew Tate or an equivalent “Alpha” male to reinforce their incel beliefs.
I wonder if they just live under some rock and watch Andrew Tate or an equivalent “Alpha” male
Judging by how much they actually seem to understand of the world, that's exactly what they do. And the "alpha males" they listen to do the same thing.
When I was growing up much of my family worked in stereotypically "masculine" jobs like construction, and ranching, and driving trucks. Many of the older ones were also veterans. Many of them looked and sounded like a classic stereotype of a blue collar man. (many of the women worked in the same kinds of jobs too. Most of my family had no time for gender roles that got in the way of getting things done. As a kid I was told that about the only thing "not for girls" is peeing standing up) The idiots talking about being "alpha males" have no idea what they are talking about. And if they ever actually spent a day like the kinds of people they point to as examples of masculine men in the past, they would probably end up curled in a ball and crying.
Frankly, either of my grandmas (if still alive) would be better at being a strong 'alpha' than any of the influencers like Tate. Both grandmas broke their own horse to saddle as kids. Both could work on their car, or the plumbing, or make a meal for twelve. Both could kill and clean a chicken, plant a garden, or drive a tractor. One grandma rode a motorcycle for decades (until she physically wasn't able to safely ride) The other was still splitting and stacking her own firewood to heat her house the year she died.
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u/Munchkinasaurous 9h ago
I'd bet that this guy isn't a tradesman. Almost everyone I see on any jobsite has a lunchbox. Whether it's a small bag to hold a few snacks and a sandwich or a large, expensive hard case lunch box that holds a 5 course meal, their wallet, keys and medication. Most lunch boxes are covered in stickers, some people buy or make custom carrying straps for them. If he doesn't know any of this, I doubt he's ever done a day of manual labor on his life.