All my life I thought I was straight.
Construction worker at the Hoover Dam, USA, 1931
3 years ago by PugJesus to c/historyporn
He works hard
And he plays hard
...... *π΅ (laser light show starts, disco ball comes down, flame bursts erupt, funky dance beat plays)... everybody dance now π΅!!!!*
Dad? Why did you bring me to a gay dam?
Come with me, and you'll be, in a world of OSHA violations
Works in both this context and in the original
My great grandfather worked on that dam!
I donβt think thatβs him, though.
Your possibly grandfather is fuckin sexy
Aww man, thats the body shape I want, not overkill, just fit and lean. Maybe this year...
You had me at bucket water
And all this time, I thought it was hose water that maxed gains.
I'm about as straight as it gets but yeah that dude is impressive to look at.
'Make sure you wear the hard hats, boys. The shirts can go, though, and underwear...yeah, lets skip that as well. You should all be, uh, comfortable'
How about the pants as well
I came here fully expecting some thirst but pleasantly surprised that the dam quenched it.
Oh my goodness great gran-daddy π₯΅π€€
Fuckin' A! My god, I'm about to be 53 and that was me most of my life. 6-months of hard work would put be back in that zone.
Kids: Y'all are fat. And yes, it's your fault. Yes, you have control over this situation. No, you are not powerless. No, that's not fat shaming.
Kids: Itβs your fault for not performing grueling manual labor 14 hours a day, 7 days a week, with no worker protections, in the Mojave fuckin Desert, whilst contending with food scarcity, during the Great Depression.
Shame on all yβall not-willing-to-die pudgekins.
It builds character.
I'm Gen X. It's amazing when I go back and watch shows and movies from my childhood that had a token fat character in them, because that character looks like an average person today. Look at Chunk from the Goonies. He was considered fat enough to have a nickname like Chunk, but he looks like the majority of kids I see now.
Have you seen Bridget Jones Diary? Rene Zellweger is supposed to represent what a fat woman in the 90s looked like. Fuckin hell.
6 foot 4 and not an ounce of fat!
"Baby .... I wanna burst open your dam ..... and watch your river flow"
Funky Walker, Dirty Talker
Patrolling the Mojave while wishing for a nuclear winter.
Ever see old photos from around this era of what a muscled attractive man is supposed to look like? It's always some barrel chested fool with a mustache and piss poor muscle definition. If history is to be believed, women would have taken one look at this construction worker and (classism aside) thought "ew no thanks".
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Thanks, now I'm gay for construction workers
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