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Gen Z 'Tool Belt Generation' and the College Lie
from Mike Recine & Lizzo Be Quitting | The Tim Dillon Show #388 · #388
2 min
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Discussing a Wall Street Journal article about Gen Z returning to trade jobs, they reminisce about being told growing up that college was the only path to not being a 'dirt bag,' and how that was a lie boomers used to get their kids out of the house.
- Gen Z is becoming the 'tool belt generation,' actually pursuing real jobs instead of chasing dreams.
- Everyone who worked with their hands was treated as an illiterate adult, while college graduates were favored geniuses.
- Tim jokes that if his kid goes into the trades he'll make decent money but will probably be a little racist.
- Nobody specified what to major in—they just said to go to college no matter what, it didn't even matter.
- The degree itself was the biggest lie: it was just Boomers trying to get their kids out of the house for years.
- Tim claims all Boomers wanted was their children gone—drinking on cruises while their kids were away for four or eight years.