does that make you the yeeter, or the yeetee?
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guess its not just me lol but id give you a run on Appliance techs being the least respected trade. lol
The basis of disrespect for skilled trades lies in "the fallacy of causal knowledge".
This is that the customer, client, complainee thinks they know what the problem and fix is and just need you to be their hands.
Ask someone if they know how a toilet works. 99% will say yes. Ask them to explain the entire cycle, how water levels are attained, fill levels etc and they'll go silent. They think they know how it works, "it's obvious" where in fact they don't know specifically how things work.
The information age adds to this. Respect for knowledge is at an all time low, even at the time when real knowledge is at an even lower level.
The prevailing attitude is "I don't need to invest in learning this or that, I'll just look it up". The modern version of skipping rote learning of multiplication tables in the age of calculators.
Not just skilled trades - the internet has facilitated spread to healthcare and science.