>tfw always wanted to be a giant mech pilot and fight other mechs in space
>tfw watching gundam makes it worse
>childhood
wanted to live in the Buffy universe hunting monsters and dating qt vampire slayers
>teen days
wanted the world to suffer a zombie apocalypse and create my comfy refugee for animals and qts survivors only
>present's reality
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>>37276940
Wanting to live a healthy life. Parent crushed it.
>>37277576
I don't really like your present dream desu.
>tfw wanted to become an astronaut to travel to the andromeda galaxy and find a civilization similar to Star Wars with lightsabers
>tfw imagined the qt girl I had a crush in 4th grade as my wife and sidekick
Did you guys actually have childhood dreams or is it just a meme? I had no concept of an adult version of myself as a child, I honestly didn't think I would last as long as I have
>>37277895
I still have no older version of myself, I don't really want to
All of my expectations for the future have been crushed so far. I've put my cut off to live at 27, but I keep getting closer. 3 more years to go starting next week
>>37276940
This, except I played a lot of mechjwarrior 2, earthsiege, shattered steel, and starsiege, and heavy gear.
so..
i kinda got to live my dream ._.
I've never had any dreams or aspirations aside from fulfilling my most basic needs, which is what makes me a genuine loser.
>>37277961
On the plus side, when you've got everything you need it's maximum comfy
>>37277977
Yeah, it doesn't take much to keep me happy. Just an internet connection and about a third of the median wage.
>>37277895
Yeah, but it was never a thing that I thought of growing up to do if that makes sense. I kind of just wanted to be able to pilot mechs and do cool space things and growing up never occurred to me until I was probably halfway through high school when people started talking about getting jobs. I even remember reading Harry Potter books when I was 11 and waited in vain for a letter to go to Hogwarts until I turned 12 and understood it would never happen.The worst part was I knew all along it wouldn't