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As a kid what did you want to be when you grew up? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
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[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wanted to be a mechanical engineer because my father is one and my grandfather is one. I had a dream to invent flying cars that would use magnets to push themselves off the ground using the electromagnetic field of the earth or something cute like that.

Realised during my final years at school that I suck at physics, maths, chemistry and that I'm not interested in pursuing this field in the slightest. Partly because I wanted to walk my own path too, probably.

I went to university for a bachelor's degree in English instead and now I'm a a speech and language pathologist in training. Couldn't be further away from my original goal :D

[–] dil@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

Lmao same I drew the blueprints too, plus the manets would slow cars down and prevent them from hitting each other, we already saved cars as kids smh