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I just bought a gas lens set for my welder and it included cups called the BBW and the FUPA. When I was taking MIG classes, they had a jar of anti-spatter gel c
by gaze 2y ago
I just bought a gas lens set for my welder and it included cups called the BBW and the FUPA. When I was taking MIG classes, they had a jar of anti-spatter gel called cooter snot tip dip. Can’t imagine why women are so rare in the profession…
I’ve been a tourist in a number of different trades, and welding beats them all for hostility and resistance to safety practices. You get called a pussy for wearing a mask, but of course the manganese fumes from welding steel will give you brain damage. I’ve been advised to run cutoff wheels far above their rated RPM, which risks explosion. It’s sad because welding might as well some combination of knitting and calligraphy but with metal. It’s great.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 2y ago[flagged]
- kleton 2y agoCooter is a Black dialectal term for a turtle originating from the Mandinka language, and you can see a turtle on the logo of that product.
- AceJohnny2 2y agothat's called "plausible deniability"
- WorkerBee28474 2y agoDeniability for accurate and true reasons is just a subset of plausible deniability
- gaze 2y agoI’m glad someone is here to argue on behalf of the cooter snot company.
- evilduck 2y agoAre turtles also known for their snot, in which tips are frequently dipped?
- highcountess 2y agoNo, but the substance looks like blue snot and you dip the hot tip in it.
- maxerickson 2y agohttps://crittergoo.com/collections/goo https://crittergoo.com/collections/goo
- reportingsjr 2y agoHahaha, wow. The other products on that page do a wonderful job of disagreeing with parent’s explanation.
- stavros 2y agoThere's a "one eyed snake" product too, why are we not complaining about how men will be driven from the profession with such sexist talk?
- maxerickson 2y agoSexualizing the product name at all is more hostile to women than the reference is hostile to men.
- worthless-trash 2y agoAre you suggesting women are less able to take hostilities than men ? Since now we have inuendos from both.
- esperent 2y agoContext matters. In a 95% male profession, making hostile comments about women is absolutely more of an issue than similar comments about men. And vice versa in a predominantly female profession.
- maxerickson 2y agoI'm suggesting that the "inuendos from both" is the wrong analysis and that the workplace issue would be the sexualization of the product name being used as a tool to harass women (there would probably also be comments made to men, but harassment would predominantly be towards women).
- buildsjets 2y agoWhat is the Mandinka people’s relation the Camel Toe and One-Eyed Snake products advertised on the website?
- bill_joy_fanboy 2y ago> I just bought a gas lens set for my welder and it included cups called the BBW and the FUPA. When I was taking MIG classes, they had a jar of anti-spatter gel called cooter snot tip dip. Can’t imagine why women are so rare in the profession… Makes sense. I suppose if women had invented these things, they would have been able to name them something nicer.
- flappyeagle 2y ago[flagged]
- esperent 2y agoMen from a profession that doesn't have these issues would probably name them something nicer too.
- snozolli 2y agoKeep in mind that there are other products that fulfill the same need. This is essentially just novelty branding.
- jcgrillo 2y agoThis was my experience exactly working on a welding crew when I was 19. We worked 12s 6AM-6PM (or 6PM-6AM if on a night shift) and often worked longer. The longest shift I worked was nearly 20hr, which was great because every hour past 8hr was worth 1.5x. "Safety" was "watch the fuck out and don't get hurt." I didn't have access to a respirator even if I had known enough to want one. I did have enough sense to listen to the old guys who said your body can't take that kind of work for more than about 15yr without starting to break down, and that I should go to engineering school instead. There was one (1) female welder that crew of at least 20 and she put up with a ton of overtly horrible stuff. She was also incredibly good at welding, I saw her once burn an entire 7018 rod without looking, no helmet, just by feel, and the slag came off in one piece.
- jojobas 2y agoThen there's One-Eyed Snake something penetrating oil spray from the same company. The idea that sexual innuendos somehow differently affect men and women is rather strange.
- jandrese 2y agoWomen face higher consequences for pregnancy so you would expect attitudes towards sexual suggestion to be different. Also, when you're talking about a group where the gender ratio is like 20:1 the woman is going to be the butt of a disproportionate number of the jokes.
- burnt-resistor 2y agoPlease use PPE. My dad and grandfather were both mechanics (not welders, but adjacent) and both contracted very similar bladder cancers most likely from skin exposure to a particular solvent bath chemical. There is no reward for macho or risky behavior, only a painful/miserable death and shorter life, and less time with family. So many male members of my mom's extended family died early from tobacco use and from industrial and agricultural hazards. That means breathing fumes, unknown substances, or fine dust without a respirator (or smoking), not using gloves while handling chemicals/coatings/etc., or putting oneself in mechanically risky situations. TL;DR: Just use PPE. They cost money, they're a hassle, they're not fashionable, their benefit isn't immediately obvious but so is a seatbelt until there's a known problem like DDT, asbestos, tetraethyllead lead, dirt particulates, or fiberglass.
- lardo 2y agoWith respect to welding, $2k for a PAPR helmet is stil a hard pill to swallow!
- itishappy 2y agoYou should see the bill for tumor removal!
- jcgrillo 2y agoI wear a 3M 7502 half face respirator behind my 3M Speedglas autodark mask and it fits just fine. A proper integrated system would be nicer but this setup is safe and works for 1/10th the price. Also if it's not too hot and humid I can leave safety glasses on which is convenient for grinding--just flip up the visor and go for it, no safety squints needed.
- gaze 2y agoI only weld at the edge of my garage, with the door open, with a fan running, and while wearing a respirator. Thanks for looking out for me and others.
- shrubble 2y agoThere is Cooter from the original Dukes of Hazzard TV show, a man: https://dukesofhazzard.fandom.com/wiki/Cooter_Davenport_(Ben_Jones) https://dukesofhazzard.fandom.com/wiki/Cooter_Davenport_(Ben... Fun fact: the actor playing Cooter was elected a US Congressman.
- golly_ned 2y agoThere aren't so few women because the language is gross. The language is gross because there are so few women.
- Seattle3503 2y agoIt can be both
- DrPimienta 2y agoEvery disgusting sexual thing I learned, I learned from women. "Queef" is not a word I learned from men. You're absurd if you think women can't be disgusting.
- DrPimienta 2y agoIf a product is named a gross thing, ignore it. If someone calls you a pussy for not wanting brain damage, ignore them. If you've been advice to run cutoff wheels far above their rated RPM, don't. It's literally that easy.