Loopster
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« on: January 21, 2008, 07:18:44 PM » |
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If you were the five year old version of yourself, would you kick your own ass for what you have grown into?
I sure would, not for who I am, but for the work I do. I wanted to make video games. I was five in 1976 and I played Space Invaders for the first time at a pizza joint in California.
When you were five, what did you want to do?
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WuzzzintME
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« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2008, 08:58:47 PM » |
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When I was five I glorified all the old war movies, and I wanted to become Paton's successor. Yeah, my five year old self would whip me for becoming a panzy by my old standards.
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blackheartstk
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« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2008, 07:35:34 AM » |
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i wanted to be an inventor or rockstar when i was 5, now 17 years later...not an inventor, not a rockstar (yet  )...but travelled the world, well read and just finishing uni...i think he would be pleased... |
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sanetraitor
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« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2008, 09:13:59 AM » |
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I don't think I would.
I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.
The only aspiration I could imagine I had at the time was to understand the world, which I must say that I do a little better now.
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digitalattrition
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« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2008, 12:26:06 PM » |
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I'm pretty sure that I would, just because the five year old version of myself is a mean little bastard.
Anyhow, I don't think that I'd be disappointed with me. I never really knew what I wanted to do, and I still really don't as far as a career goes. I just know that I want to be a good person that can take care of any situation that is set in front of him. I think the younger me would be proud of that.
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Cryptomancer
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« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2008, 05:17:07 PM » |
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I wanted to be an inventor and Batman...I got the inventor thing close enough by becoming an engineer but still working on the Batman thing. I also wanted to touch a boobie one day...I'll let you guys know when that happens  |
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Loopster
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« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2008, 02:16:26 PM » |
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LOL, awesome responses.
I too wanted to be an inventor and without actually knowing how one becomes one, I would say that I still go in that direction. Perhaps there is some kind of connection and people who lean towards wog-ism also lean towards invention. Worth further investigation?
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Yugosaki
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« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2008, 08:08:06 PM » |
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Five year old me would either say 'Why the hell aren't you in space yet?!??" or nothing, because i was a huge introvert when i was younger.
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Optimism- Ignoring the obvious
Pessimism- Believing the world sucks and if the worst can happen, it will happen.
Survivalism- realizing the universe is malevolent and doing everything in your power to thwart it's plans.
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Phalanx
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« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2008, 09:31:30 PM » |
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Back then it was scientist (the mad kind) and mostly for the theatrics. I'm pretty sure I could take my five year old self in a fight though.
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Ephoy
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« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2008, 06:04:56 PM » |
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When I was five years old I wanted to be a fighter pilot or inventor. But when I got my first pc some 7 years later, and saw what miracles it could do (I only played flight simulators) so I wanted to work with them instead. The five-year-old-me would probably kick my arse because I do not do enough real world programming, eg. robots, but mostly "boring" PC programs.
Btw we seem to have a handfull of latent inventors here. It would be nice to see some projects emerge from this.
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