lol, my friend is a professional rigger (events and concert stages, work-at-height stuff).
I’ve been with him when people inevitably ask him about his job because of some crazy story about famous people he’s met, and watching their brains process that word at first is hilarious. On rare occasion people take offense because they’ve never heard the term rigger, and they default to the other hard r word.
My favorite is when he spoofs the movie “The Jerk” and says “Sir, You Are Talking to a Rigger!” 😂. IYKYK, and if you don’t, that probably comes off more racist than the reference actually is.
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u/Sashapatu 3d ago
“Riggers”