What did you want to be when you grew up?
I wanted to be a physicist.
Discussion
An inventor
What kind of stuff did you want to invent?
That I did not know, just liked the idea of inventing new things
I dreamed of designing paradigm changing electronics. Was always a fan of Steve Jobs.
I admire people who can come up with stuff. I ended up very unimaginative. Lol.
I haven’t invented anything, so… 🤷🏻♂️
Me either. But I’ve broken tons of stuff. 😉
It’s never too late. You’re just waiting for your moment.
Yes that I’ve done a lot 😂😂
When I was 10 or so, I liked to open all my little gaming machines to see what they looked like inside
Yes!!!
This is literally how I became a computer guy. I broke so many of our family computers until my father had enough! I had to learn to fix them before he got home!
🤣😂🤣😂
Those were the good old days! 🙌😂
Absolutely!
My dad is ok now his son got a career out of it. He gets to take credit!
😂🤣😂🤣
And he should, he forced you to lear how to put the machines together and still work
A football player ⚽️
The cognitive dissonance for an American seeing that icon with those words is brutal.
Did you play when your were younger?
I’ve played for like 14-15 years altogether ⚽️ 
What position? Did you play in uni?
Used to play as a striker as a kid/teen, then moved to the winger position, as I was good with both feet, had great stamina and pace.
Had my times also as left/right-back, but mostly played up the field.
We don’t have football here in uni, volleyball and basketball are the main sports here really
Dang you can run then. If there’s anyway to share a highlight without dozing you, I’d love to see it.
I wish I did have any to be honest. The only ones that I might have, are from when I was like around 10 years old or something, when my parents came to watch and sometimes film and take pictures of me playing.
Some of the goals I’ve scored… you wouldn’t believe honestly
Comes to the states and play pro! We need better players!
It was never behind physical for me, but rather the strategical intelligence and brilliance 💜
Saw players that I could out-run and out-muscle just cut me off the game with a single pass so many times, you finally understand where the true talent is 🤷♂️
I’d love to get back to playing, as I’m still only 23 👀
Don’t let that become a regret! Carpe diem! There have got to be clubs or groups you could join!
Let’s go planet! You should play on #[4] team. I think they just won their league.
I’ve dreamed of playing/working for a football team ever since I remember. Becoming a football team chairman/owner at some point of my life is my one of the biggest “sidequest” goals that I have set for myself.
If there’s ever an academy, I’d love to come for a try-out ❤️
When you make the team, will the back of your jersey say Planet?
It absolutely will 👀💜
I’ve actually given autographs to some lovely kids thanks to football 🤣💜
Signing their shirts, boots, balls… absolutely amazing time ❤️
Majorly cool!
I was far too awkward a kid, but I admire the prowess!
What draws you to sports? What feeling does playing give you?
People in PE didn’t want to play against me as it was ‘unfair’, so I wasn’t really considered that ‘cool’ I guess 😂🤷♂️
To be honest, I don’t know how, but I was always playing football ever since I started walking. Nobody in my family or amongst my relatives was into sports, so it was quite odd for everybody ⚽️🤔
I love playing football so much ❤️ 
You were born with a gift and a passion, and that’s the coolest thing of all.
I’ve been messing with computers and disassembling things just as long. I was rough on toys! 🤣
That’s great to have in your life.
Is that a ⚡️on the ball?
It very well could be 🤔⚡️
☺️
It was a foretelling…. 👻
Oh for sure 🔮 ⚡️ ⚽️
Me unintentionally learning how to pirate games, when I was like 6 or 7 years old off of my father was the true foretelling 🤔⚡️
Still remember how I downloaded and installed GTA Vice City for my friend, when I was only a first-grader 🤣
That it was GTA just makes it all the better. 😂🤣 That’s awesome.
I barely spoke a word of English back then 🤣🤣
My mom put me in an extracurricular pre-school English class when I was like 6 years old or something, Internet and movies were the best teachers at the end of the day
Yeah. Learn best where you have fun. I learned what Spanish I know watching Sabadazo 😂🤣
Gomita was so 🔥
🤣😂🤣😂
Now I’ve embarrassed myself! Haha
Oh absolutely, I learned a lot thanks to video games also 💜💜
Are many games localized now? Or are they still predominantly English?
Oh not in my native language 🤣💜
Even Netflix movies and shows aren’t available in my native tongue 🤷♂️
Depends really on the country though. Germany, France, Italy, Spain for example, translations and localisations are absolutely the case
🍿 origin story
Where is Morgan Freeman when you need him?
check my bio 👀 
You’re quick
He is everywhere.
Bruce Almighty was one of my favourite movies as a kid 💜💜
I literally just laughed out loud reading that because I always think of that news scene 😂
It just feels like everywhere because he’s a planet
English is hard. I meant
He *is* everywhere.
You know, cause he’s the planet.
I’ll see myself out….
But at the same time, I’m nowhere 🤷♂️
This movie ruined that word for me 🤣😂 
You know me with movies, so the question is already coming…
What movie is this? 🤣🤷♂️
The Love Guru.
You need to watch it. You’ll die of laughter.
Can’t wait, straight to the Nostr movie list it goes 💜
Definitely needs to be there. I rarely laugh out loud at movies, but several scenes of that one broke my resolve. 😂🤣
The state of the list as it stands:
- [ ] Frailty
- [ ] Prisoners (2013)
- [ ] Inside man
- [ ] Transcendence (2014)
- [ ] Children of Men (2006)
- [ ] Burning
- [ ] Law abiding citizen
- [ ] Captain Ron
- [ ] The Usual Suspects
- [ ] Brick
- [ ] There Will Be Blood
- [ ] The Last Waltz
- [ ] Wild
- [ ] mother!
- [ ] It Follows
- [ ] Anchorman
- [ ] The Fifth Element
- [ ] Akira
- [ ] Zoolander
- [ ] Ace Ventura (both)
- [ ] Tropic Thunder
- [ ] Scarface
- [ ] The Godfather I
- [ ] The Godfather II
- [ ] Star Wars
- [ ] Star Trek
- [ ] Jurassic Park
- [ ] American Hustle
- [ ] End of Watch
- [ ] Terminator II
- [ ] Raiders of the Lost Ark
- [ ] Memento
- [ ] I, Robot
- [ ] TED K
- [ ] The Love Guru
- [x] Donnie Darko
Transcendence makes me cry. Let me know when you watch it. 😭
I absolutely will, #[4] starter a #TanelMovies hashtag, when he was joking about how I’ve never seen any of the classics 🤣
So I’ll be posting about them under there
Donnie Darko was stuck me for awhile when I saw that
Thanks for reminding me that, I had couple of discussion videos opened on another tabs about Donnie Darko, which I’ve yet to watch 💜
Avoid the directors cut in my opinion
#[4] 🤔👀
For Darko?
Nah people usually find the director helpful.
Classic on it's own. Mysterious atmosphere, takes a couple watches to really cement the plot in your head. Directors cut facilitate that faster explaining the science of time travel and offshoot dimensions. 🤷🏽
If you're a genius or you just like the mystery it's good without. But I find even those who "got it" originally watch the director and go. Ohhhh wtf?? Those kids doing that was necessary too???
You learn something🤷🏽
🤣 English doesn’t make sense
That flew over my head I missed that one 🙄 😂
You are both correct. A world is everywhere and Tanel is a nostr machine.
Table has merged with the machine in anticipation of our new overlords. I don’t blame him. We will all be assimilated. 
I have no idea what movie reference this, but I’m loving it 🤣💜
Star trek that's the borg. Humans with computers ai taking over the galaxy, resistance to the borg is futile
We have AI now so…
Expeditionist
I read that wrong at first 😊
Where did you dream of exploring?
😂😂 did you read exhibitionist?
I was hooked on adventure stories growing up. Used to watch lonely planet every night before bed too. I wanted to do it all.
Travel across the desert with bedouins, ski to the North Pole, sail around the world, travel overland on the pan American highway from the arctic circle to Patagonia. Circumnavigate Africa.
I still have time 😁
You do!
I’ve always wanted to go to Antarctica. The research there is engrossing to me.
I also want to see things Golbekli Tepe.
Me too, I still want to retire with physics I guess 😂
I may go back to school and get the degree in retirement. NGL.
Favorite subfield? Mine is quantum.
Quantum physics and General Relativity, and how they relate, so all the micro fields related to that.
It’s really a field that keeps going. No matter how deep you get, there’s more there.
Seems like a field that would never get boring!
I have some weird religious ideas that tie into quantum physics too. Lol. They don’t even sound crazy in my head.
Me too! I am trying to create a consistent fantasy world with those weird religious ideas and write short stories in them so that atleast they are a little productive 😂
I’m just wildly curious about why everything happens the way it does, why do we exist in the first place. Physics answers those questions, not nearly all of them, but it’s a decent place to start.
💯
I have been writing a D&D world for 8 years now. The magic in it, along with the idea of planes is all quantum based, although not the primary focus of the stories.
Hard to find D&D players much less ones obsessed with quantum mechanics! 😂🤣
I would love to read one of your stories some time!!
They’re here if you want to take a look https://hitchhikersguidethroughthemetaverse.info.
I’m a noob at D&D, I need nerdier friends, so far I’ve only got them to enjoy Catan. Maybe I’ll design a D&D adventure around the world I created and make them play it 😅
Also would love to play your D&D adventures if possible 💜
I am considering running one for Nostr friends. I have a very nice Foundry VTT setup, and a private jitsi server. Should be doable.
I’m still thinking about it 😂
Marine biologist
Then I discovered that I just don't like being wet
Me either. Against cat nature. But I do like fish.
Had a friend who went into that field. What drew you to it initially?
Jaws
Saw it when I was... 7 I think. Bruce really made an impression and I wanted to work for the Oceanographic Institute like Hooper
That was one of the first “scary movies” I was allowed to watch as a kid.
Kinda cool that something supposed to frighten you drew you in.
Actually, it didn't really scare me. The shark was doing what sharks do and the kid didn't belong in the ocean. It wasn't the shark's fault he found an easy snack.
After swim class in high school, I lost interest in water. And it finally clicked: the kid didn't belong in the ocean.
That’s a deep insight to have as a kid! Lol.
I’ll never understand the people who poke bears and grab snakes by the tail all while telling us how dangerous they are! 🤣
Engineer. I was a #Lego kid, you couldn't walk in my room without stepping on the city I was building.
Oh the pain of legos at night!!
I ended up in a related field. What did you want to make?
In Italian we say "Ingegnere civile".. my dream was big sites or infrastructures like ports or similar. Naval engineering was also a thing I liked. Anyway.. I tried one year and did some exams, but left. 😅
Naval would be awesome.
I was very much drawn towards programs like NASA too. Awe inspiring work in the space program.
My favorite show growing up was Star Trek. Might have had some influence on that. 😊
That's cool! My indirect influence was probably my dad being a Captain of ships then 😅😁
Wow! A real life captain! Was he military or civilian if I may ask?
Civilian, for commodities transports but when he was young in military, he was on submarines. Can you imagine an Italian submarine in the 70ies.. Lol.
A veterinarian.
Not a bad paying job either! Lots of schooling though.
I love watching Dr. Pol on animal planet. It’s profound work!
Very good pay, lots of schooling.
I love animals but I don’t think I’d have enjoyed it as a profession. I know my strengths now and that wouldn’t have been a great fit for me.
My kids loveeeee animal planet vet shows (or any vet show really). They love dr. Jeff a lot lol
