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Postby Cannot think of a name » Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:43 pm

San Leggera wrote:
Death Metal wrote:I have three, really. Musician, professional wrestler, or video game designer.

The second one is kind of difficult as I've pretty much lost all my metabolism when I had asthma and haven't been able to lose weight no matter what I've tried.

As far as the video game thing, I've actually gone to college for it, but their promise of being able to create your own working game was one they could not fulfill... partly because of the sheer incompetence of our advanced professor, partly because the programming professor was on a generic curriculum and never even taught us how to turn our programs into executable files. I did manage to figure out how to make a rudimentary d20 system, but that was without his help.

Professional wrestling also shortens your life by a noticeable margin. It's also incredibly difficult to get noticed by one of the major indy companies, let alone the big two (WWE and TNA). It'd be wise not to follow that career unless you're willing to sacrifice a lot for something that only promises a small amount of benefit.

I had a friend with the awesomist ambition: To be a fodder wrestler. The chump with the normal name whose already in the ring when he's announced as some title character is introduced on Thursday night wrestling.
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Postby The Greater German Nation » Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:45 pm

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Postby United Cartels of Tzergerad » Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:46 pm

I have always wanted to be a Video game writer, not someone who does all the programming and stuff. i always wanted to be the one to decide how the story would go down, write the history of a universe and see people immerse themselves in it as they play.

sadly however i realize that while i could go into this field, it might not be a good source of living, so my secondary dreams are to be either something in the criminal justice field (I dont care if its superficial, i like guns and uniforms), a Veterinarian (because i love animals), a History Teacher (military history has always been my thing) and if none of those work out I'll move to my ancestral homeland of Ireland and be a sheep herder like my forefathers :P
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Postby The Greater German Nation » Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:54 pm

United Cartels of Tzergerad wrote:I have always wanted to be a Video game writer, not someone who does all the programming and stuff. i always wanted to be the one to decide how the story would go down, write the history of a universe and see people immerse themselves in it as they play.

sadly however i realize that while i could go into this field, it might not be a good source of living, so my secondary dreams are to be either something in the criminal justice field (I dont care if its superficial, i like guns and uniforms), a Veterinarian (because i love animals), a History Teacher (military history has always been my thing) and if none of those work out I'll either move to my ancestral homeland of Ireland and be a sheep herder like my forefathers :P


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Postby Vudnia » Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:55 pm

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Postby San Leggera » Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:58 pm

Cannot think of a name wrote:I had a friend with the awesomist ambition: To be a fodder wrestler. The chump with the normal name whose already in the ring when he's announced as some title character is introduced on Thursday night wrestling.

I believe the term is jobber.
Death Metal wrote:Correction: Drug abuse shortens your life by a noticeable margin.

Not everyone in the wrestling industry is on drugs. It's the physical damage from the actual wrestling that shortens the wrestlers' lives.
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:00 pm

San Leggera wrote:
Cannot think of a name wrote:I had a friend with the awesomist ambition: To be a fodder wrestler. The chump with the normal name whose already in the ring when he's announced as some title character is introduced on Thursday night wrestling.

I believe the term is jobber.

It never occurred to me that position would have a name. Now that I know, it seems sort of obvious...
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Postby Death Metal » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:02 pm

San Leggera wrote:Not everyone in the wrestling industry is on drugs. It's the physical damage from the actual wrestling that shortens the wrestlers' lives.


Verne Gagne (who I might add is 80 now), Terry Funk, Hulk Hogan, and Ric Flair all beg to differ.
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:02 pm

United Cartels of Tzergerad wrote:I have always wanted to be a Video game writer, not someone who does all the programming and stuff. i always wanted to be the one to decide how the story would go down, write the history of a universe and see people immerse themselves in it as they play.

I, too, have this ambition. Or at least dialog writer...certainly I can do better than, "Since you are the master of lock picking, why don't you take this lock pick kit..."
"...I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season." -MLK Jr.

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Mad scientist.

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Postby Bergnovinaia » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:05 pm

I really want to be a lawyer and/or politician. (Not like the scumbag type though... even though those are rarely seperated)
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Postby ReVaQ » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:05 pm

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Postby San Leggera » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:05 pm

Death Metal wrote:
San Leggera wrote:Not everyone in the wrestling industry is on drugs. It's the physical damage from the actual wrestling that shortens the wrestlers' lives.


Verne Gagne (who I might add is 80 now), Terry Funk, Hulk Hogan, and Ric Flair all beg to differ.

I didn't say that nobody in the wrestling industry isn't on drugs.

This is going rather off topic now, so tbh it's best if this argument/discussion/whatever ends here.
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Postby Strotland » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:05 pm

Any part of the Military.

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NBA player.I'm already playing college ball with the Kansas Jayhawks
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Postby Vudnia » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:06 pm

Oh, I forgot something. A New York Socialite

Or at least rich enough to qualify as a “Socialite” and also live in a sumptuous townhouse in NYC, but in all honesty I’m rather shy and don’t like interacting with pretentious people all that much. Still, It would be awesome to have my driver drop me off at Tiffany’s, the jeweler shows me a collection of bracelets, earrings and Necklaces, and then I can just go “I’ll take them all!”

Plus I can go to the Met’s Gala every year!

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Postby The UK in Exile » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:07 pm

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Postby LiangLai » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:07 pm

My dream career would probably be a tennis professional, second would be a musician.
But since I started taking tennis seriously a bit late to become a successful pro, that's out of the question. There's a possibility of becoming a musician, but considering I only know how to play the piano and violin at a slightly-above-average level, attempting to actually make money from music is improbable.

Instead, I plan on just becoming an economist, or something along those lines.
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Postby Bergnovinaia » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:09 pm

LiangLai wrote:My dream career would probably be a tennis professional, second would be a musician.
But since I started taking tennis seriously a bit late to become a successful pro, that's out of the question. There's a possibility of becoming a musician, but considering I only know how to play the piano and violin at a slightly-above-average level, attempting to actually make money from music is improbable.

Instead, I plan on just becoming an economist, or something along those lines.


The first part of your post is scary because that was basically my opinion like a year ago. :blink: I play tennis a lot, but I didn't start playing until I was 12, so that's a bit too late. I play piano and trumpet, not violin. I also sing. Reality is harsh though... you come to realize those are fun hobbies and things to do, but not to make a living because the chances are so low. :(
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Postby Death Metal » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:11 pm

San Leggera wrote:
Death Metal wrote:
Verne Gagne (who I might add is 80 now), Terry Funk, Hulk Hogan, and Ric Flair all beg to differ.

I didn't say that nobody in the wrestling industry isn't on drugs.

This is going rather off topic now, so tbh it's best if this argument/discussion/whatever ends here.


Very well, if you allow me to briefly point out that I wasn't saying that, I was giving examples of people in retirement age who wrestled for much longer than they really should have (and in Funk's case, probably still is), and are still alive even if their bodies aren't in the best condition in the world.
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