• neoinvin@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        Its what people who think they’re clever use as a word for people who are autistic. The “joke” is that autistic sounds like artistic, thus calling them painters like a coward.

        • schmidtster@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          1 year ago

          Man that is some reaching.

          Painters breath fumes all day, not that they are all that dangerous or anything, but leads to stereotypes. It’s also an inside joke among constructions workers, there is a “hierarchy” of trades and the painters are near the bottom, therefor the butt of most jokes.

  • FireTower@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    1 year ago

    Should have laughed along them say he’d swing back around in five and remind him to wipe off the equipment. His embarrassment blinded him of his opportunity.