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> Nobody goes into the trades because the trades will "destroy your body before you're 35" yet all the thin healthy tradesmen around here are mid-50s boomers.
by fzeroracer 5y ago
> Nobody goes into the trades because the trades will "destroy your body before you're 35" yet all the thin healthy tradesmen around here are mid-50s boomers.
I just wanted to point out that this is quite literally textbook survivorship bias. Instead of looking around and talking to the people that made it that far, you should try talking to those that didn't.
- giantg2 5y agoTo be fair, I feel that the sedentary lifestyle of being a dev is just as damaging. Heart surgery vs joint replacement basically.
- burntoutfire 5y agoYou can't replace your back.
- giantg2 5y agoAnd if you become obese from a sedentary job, it is easy to herniate the disks in your back doing ordinary things.
- burntoutfire 5y agoPeople doing manual labor are just as obese as us office workers.