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What dream job would you have wanted to do in your life, but can't? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
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I would've wanted to be a freelance builder, crafter, designer and engineer. Here's why I know I can't, it's because I am terrible with just knowing things. An experienced craftsman knows their tools by heart, can pick one up that they absolutely need for the job at hand. They know their workshop, inside and out. They can calculate measurements with barely thinking. They just have it together.

That's not me. You can show me 3 different types of a philips screwdriver and for every one, I'd be like "erm..uh, still philips to me!" when there is subtle differences between them. I can barely measure things to save my life. I am just stunted to learn so many of these things, but I'm only capable of doing small projects at the very least.

People like Adam Savage really have inspired me, having seen the things he can do and how passionate he is about what he does. I love that. I wish I could be that. But I'm not.

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[–] 5 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I would like a sinecure as the front desk correspondent for a society of jaded cassandras. I would get to write scathing told-ya-sos on the behalf of smart people, shall we say four a day at most so that I could take time to soak in the context, sit in the affronted rage, and write something truly bilious on somebody else's behalf. It would then get sent to the responder for a round of notes and corrections before being printed, neglectfully stained with a coffee mug stamp, and mailed out to the offending party.

On second thought, two or three a day. I could easily get sidetracked.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    This is the kind of highfalutin shitpost I came here for. An Equal Opportunity Destroyer. On one hand, I am not a fan of the kind of spite trolling entails. On the other... I do get a visceral feeling of enjoyment watching people get absolutely skewered in print media.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

    None of this sounds interesting. If anything you make everything tedious. You make any sense of a new world sound awful, pedantic, overly wordy and pretty lame.

    Getting sidetracked sounds preferable to your paragraphs.

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