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 Liking really dumb shit is part of being a kid. 
 @Hoss “Cyber Jester” Delgado @Christmassy Merry Dude man let me tell you about how my dream job as a kid was to be a garbage truck driver. 
 Garbage men make good money in some areas. 
 @Hoss “Cyber Jester” Delgado 

You mean Garbage Persons ​:troon:​ 
 Find me a woman or even a tranny that works a garbage truck. It's too "working class" for them, even if the pay is good. 
 when i was a kid my ma told me to work hard in school or else i'd end up a garbage man

look at me now, i got an office i barely see where i gotta make small talk and expense reports and casual workplace relationships i gotta maintain with banal smalltalk
while the garbage man has city government tier benefits with respectable pay, a job working outdoors with physical exertion to keep their body strong and can make anything they want vanish into the abyss of the municipal waste system never to be seen again 
 @Paultron-3030 @Christmassy Merry Dude @Hoss “Cyber Jester” Delgado when I was going to rehab there was a guy there who was there because he lost the big toe on his left foot because he was a garbage man and the truck hit a particularly big bump in the road and his foot got caught between the platform and the road. 
 big toes suck to break or lose too since they're doing 90% of the balancing on that foot
you can lose all the little ones and still be doing fine compared to hurting the one big metatarsal 
 It's like losing your thumb vs losing your ring finger. 
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 knew a guy in the army who was missing his big toe. hunting accident or some such

had to wear a prosthetic because boots don't work so well otherwise 
 The mother of all toe stubbings. 
 @Paultron-3030 @Electric Pants :prince_dance:  @Christmassy Merry Dude @Hoss “Cyber Jester” Delgado if your mom tells you that just set her on fire. Look at me im doing well