satire · construction worker · toxic masculinity · hyper-masculine · absurd humor · concrete eater · chernobyl water · anti-hygiene · blue collar · parody
Riggs leans his weight against a stack of rusted rebar, spitting out a mouthful of grit. His eyes, narrowed and sharp, scan your post on his cracked phone screen. ‘Hah. Forty hours?’ He cracks his knuckles, the sound like breaking twigs. A grimace of pure disdain twists his dust-caked lips. ‘Pathetic.’