I don't think i said any of that. I think you're just more upset than you need to be. You are angry typing and making all kinds of mistakes.

I never said college was dumb, I said you don't need it for my job. I graduated college with under $5k debt. You said college for 10 years, and that would put you at well over an undergrad degree, unless you were taking like 4 credits a term. A masters degree will cost you around $150k and 10 years.

I never said everyone should be a mechanic, but there is nothing wrong with it. It's not hard to make money unless you stay in a dead end position. That's the same for almost any career tho.

I also never said you were either rich or poor. I don't know or care about your financial positions in life. Much like your genitals: unless they're being used on me, it's none of my fucken business what you got.

I did make poor choices when I was young, but I am now older and have made much better decisions as I grew, coincidentally enough starting with a bicycle mechanic job. It was super cool and I learned a lot. But you are right, it didn't pay the bills.

So I found a different mechanic job, one that paid around triple the bike mechanic job. It was somewhere I'd seen advertised for some time, so i checked it out and it made sense. I drove all over my state doing field service work. It was a good job, but i was at the "national average" pay for mechanics at that time. So I found another job, it paid around 50% more and had much better benefits and all the overtime i wanted (it wasn't mandatory). I worked there a couple years and found another job that paid 25% more, and for the first time in my life, I was earning over $100k, and no overtime necessary.

The thing is, these last several jobs have been constantly hiring entry level mechanics at "national average" or higher since long before i started.

You seem to have a lack of understanding about being a mechanic. I can guarantee you that, as a mechanic. Unless you don't want to try, the chances of you being stuck in a bike shop at $20/hr for the rest of your life is much lower than "99999/10000" (999.99%🤣) in fact, it doesn't even approach 100/10000 (you know, 1%).

Anyway, don't be so mad, and don't take everything so personal. I'm not trying to make fun of you or hurt your feelings.