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Nuthatchnut
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19 Aug 2017, 9:33 am

I wanted to be an archeologist.


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komamanga
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19 Aug 2017, 9:41 am

I wanted to be a computer animator and I actually am one now though now I like designing characters more.



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19 Aug 2017, 5:38 pm

When I was young I wanted to be a cisgender straight skinny smart handsome white man.


And. Surprise. It never happened


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12 Sep 2017, 6:10 pm

I actually couldn't figure out what i wanted to be when i was a kid. Too much pressure probably.



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17 Oct 2017, 5:23 pm

komamanga wrote:
I wanted to be a computer animator and I actually am one now though now I like designing characters more.

Where do you work?



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17 Oct 2017, 5:57 pm

Nothing I suppose. It did not occur to me I would grow up.



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25 Oct 2017, 2:25 pm

First ambition was to be a plumber.

Age around seven I discover electricity.

Then electronics, and recording sounds.

That set my steps towards my work, an electronics engineer with a specilaism in broadcasting - i have repaired most things at each end of the chain - studios, cameras, sound mixers, OB trucks, and at the other end, my first pocket money jobs were repairing next door's black ans white TV where the picture had shrunk to letter box proportions new 390 ohm resistor, (this time Wire Wound not cheap carbon) in the cathode of the field output valve (tube for US and Canada readers), then in my thirties and forties, electrical installation leading to a side business, qualifying as an electrical inspector and becoming the go to person in my main job on electrical safety queries.

Did I mention tellies were a special interest in my teenage years ?



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25 Oct 2017, 2:54 pm

When I was 5 I wanted to be a dress designer & ballerina. When I was 9 I wanted to be a scientist. When I was 12 I hit puberty & that was the beginning of the end of my occupational aspirations. Now that I am 41 I want to draw pictures.



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28 Oct 2017, 7:43 am

When I was in first grade I wanted to be an Oceanographer because I loved killer whales, but then in second grade I learned that it's actually Marine Biologists that studied all the sea-going mammals I loved so much, so I wanted to be that instead.

I kept the animal theme going - went to school for pre-vet (didn't go to vet school, though) and now work with farm animals.



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28 Oct 2017, 11:28 am

A weatherman


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28 Oct 2017, 12:52 pm

Successful enough to earn enough money to live somewhere decent financially

Work at a job that requires a degree,, especially STEM

Socially normal

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komamanga
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28 Oct 2017, 1:18 pm

shortfatbalduglyman wrote:
Successful enough to earn enough money to live somewhere decent financially


This is what I want now



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28 Oct 2017, 1:51 pm

When I was in tenth grade, the French 3 teacher made me go to the school psychologist.

The school psychologist had the nerve to tell me that the reason why junior high school rodents bullied me, was because they were jealous that I did better at school than them, and "if you work hard, you can be whatever you want to be when you grow up!"

At first I felt disgusted that she thought I was so stupid that I would just believe that

Upon closer inspection, maybe her job description said she had to recite that quote, verbatim

So.... When someone at work, interacts with me, it's like they can hide behind an entire company :D


When I am working and interacting with someone that is not working, it's like :cry: customer service :D


So........ In all situations I am in the morally inferior


:mrgreen:



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29 Oct 2017, 4:54 am

a free fun-loving adult in a future full of hope and possibility.



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29 Oct 2017, 9:17 pm

komamanga

at this point, i would be extremely surprised if any paying job, that was legal, made the mistake of hiring my worthless corpse. even if it fired me the next day

even mcdonalds won't answer my application

if i were to have known "life" would've been like this, then i would not have gone to college altogether

might as well lead a balanced life

if not balanced, at least, not as pressured/stressed/strained

:D


used to fantasize about joining the military, when i was young

the military seemed like it had a lot of meaning, purpose, honor, importance.

but, you can't measure meaning, purpose, honor or importance.

so whatever.



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02 Nov 2017, 8:37 am

A weather girl, til I realised I wasn't smart enough


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