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What did/do you want to be when you grew/grow up? (feddit.org)

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My favorite ice breaker. What do/did you want to be as an adult?

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[–] daggermoon@piefed.world 3 points 1 month ago

When I was a young lad I wanted to be an astronomer or computer scientist or something. As an adult, I just want to be happy.