free? people should be paid to get an education

It is in first world countries, if we define first world as having good educational system, healthcare system, public transportation…

It’s almost as if the real problem is opportunity. Hmm.

He did the plumbing for the brother's place.

Set up the toilet to pipe to the kitchen sink. "eat shit" as they say.

shrug

If they were boomers then the phd one should've paid off more of that student debt

thats probably it, undergrad in a expensive college is way more likely., or if hes did a MS as well, which is tuition only as well.

Don't forget that loans are probably deferred through the PhD, so that's like 4+ years of accumulated interest on top.

Too many people don't understand supply and demand. Trades people are always in demand. Just another guy with some joke college degree is not.

Then it sounds like HVAC/Refrigeration it the trade for you. It's kind of funny because we tend to get all the people who dropped other trades for various reasons. I work with ex plumbers who didn't want to deal with shit, I work with journeyman electricians who didn't want to spend 8 years becomming a master electrician, I work with ex building automation guys who got tired of trying to automate busted equipment. A lot of my coworkers started in other trades, went "This fucking sucks" and switched to HVAC-R.

It's not all just poopoo peepee stuff. A lot of plumbers do mechanical work in commercial buildings, boiler retrofits, repiping, construction. I'm in commercial HVAC and work with a bunch of plumbers whose skills and scope of work have great overlap with mine. I've also helped them out doing boiler retros/repipes. We offer similar services, subcontracting each other to our own customers, just they do more of the gas fired work and fix leaks in heating loops and I do the AC/Refrigeration stuff

There’s other hand-craft trades that don’t involve sewage. If you get into the commercial space, there’s a good chance you’d deal with it a lot less if at all since they would need a specialist for biohazards.

You haven't lived the Great Australian Dream?

Where would you rather be mate?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEt0dXsxORE

Plumbing isn't exactly rocket science. And with some infra companies you don't have to deal with any nasty parts.

Nothing unbelievable about it imo

Their brother is a grown-ass man and should be helping himself.

You mean pay off the other brother's loan or what?