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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Its what people who think they're clever use as a word for people who are autistic. The "joke" is that autistic sounds like artistic, thus calling them painters like a coward.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Man that is some reaching.

Painters breath fumes all day, not that they are all that dangerous or anything, but leads to stereotypes. It’s also an inside joke among constructions workers, there is a “hierarchy” of trades and the painters are near the bottom, therefor the butt of most jokes.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

If not, you’re welcome for the out.

I honestly never even thought of that angle before now, but damn. Is that no longer politically correct? It is being taken derogatory?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Painters are also notorious for using drugs, in particular weed.

The stereotype exists for all the "wet" trades, plasterers etc, but painters get it the worst.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

IDK, sheet rockers get it pretty bad with the piss jars, mudders (your plasterers?) smoke crack. They all get it pretty bad.

But fuck what they do is a damn art form. It takes a special talent to be able to get a decent lvl4, no mind a lvl5 and have it paint nicely.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Like a mad hatter?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

That's regarded

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I don't think I'm clever, I know I'm retarded