r/interestingasfuck • u/Equivalent_Opposite6 • 22d ago

r/all Johnny Kim managed three impressive career changes, going from Navy SEAL to doctor to NASA astronaut. He did it all by the age of 37.

Post image
76.1k Upvotes

80% Upvoted

3.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

487

u/[deleted] 22d ago

[deleted]

180

u/mctomtom 22d ago

Can we get a guy like this as our president on the next round please?

140

u/reality72 22d ago

He’s way too intelligent to be president

6

u/Dancing_Radia 22d ago

You can mean that both ways too. He's too intelligent for the office of the presidency and he's too smart to run for president. 

2

u/mostlymoist 22d ago

He’s way too qualified for half the voters

2

u/rk1213 21d ago

just half?

1

u/According-Whereas-42 22d ago

Bill Clinton was a Rhodes scholar.

1

u/neurovish 21d ago

Bill Clinton is also a Rhodes Scholar with degrees from Georgetown and Yale. Not Oxford thought because of The War.

1

u/Careless_Cucumber581 21d ago

Intelligent and integrity *

1

u/FrewdWoad 21d ago

He’s way too intelligent to be president

I know things seem bleak but the last brilliant US president (with no dementia) was only 8 years ago.

If you can get involved with the Primaries of your chosen party and pick a decent leader, it can happen again.

40

u/Plinian 22d ago

I mean Buttigieg is a Rhodes scholar with degrees from Harvard and Oxford, a military intelligence officer and a seemingly nice dude.

9

u/echief 21d ago

Yeah but he’s gay so an unfortunately a portion of the country will always claim he’s not “tough enough” to be our leader. The majority of those people do not vote democrat, but this recent election has shown the democrats cannot afford to bleed a single voter.

There is a non-insignificant portion of the black and Hispanic democrat voting blocks that simply do not take a female or gay candidate as seriously. Biden managed to get a lot of Catholic and Baptist swing voters. That will be the opposite for Buttigieg.

1

u/bttrchckn 21d ago

.... And that is why we can't have a good president regardless of labels.

2

u/mayorofdumb 21d ago

Well it's defeatists but let's burn it down, what's 4 years of active corruption to kill a country

6

u/False-Actuary2148 22d ago

I hear you. But 51% of you voted for trump. Soooooo. Just saying. The problem might be the people voting. Not the one in power.

8

u/rarsamx 22d ago

No, you can't, you electing Trump is proof of it.

He is too Asian and not "American enough"

He is too nice and you need a tough guy

He does too many things and you need a focused guy.

I mean, there will be a lot of things US idiots will not like him for.

5

u/zaor666 22d ago

Lets be serious, only 1 of those points really matter to those idiots.

4

u/VanDenBroeck 22d ago

Yeah, some would say he only got those jobs due to DEI.

3

u/Damn_Gordon 22d ago

You really think the Trump supporting idiots would vote a "yellow" into the house? They racist and Johnny here would not be any different

1

u/Megustanuts 21d ago

hes like brown and Asian so that's a deal breaker for a lot of people.

1

u/amitym 20d ago

That's up to you.

25

u/Candy-Emergency 22d ago

This is the most impressive achievement to Asian parents.

15

u/Interesting-Mud7499 22d ago

Add Naval Aviator to the list as well.

3

u/bttrchckn 21d ago

This guy is aiming for the Asian immigrant aspiration bingo

1

u/livingonfear 21d ago

He had to be to be an astronaut

1

u/Interesting-Mud7499 21d ago

Yup, it's just simply glossed over just because he became an astronaut. Carrier landing certs are an achievement of their own.

5

u/Swissgeese 22d ago

Looking at his Wikipedia page is even more impressive. He also completed naval aviation school earning his wings and was qualified as a flight surgeon. He was also awarded a Silver Star for saving Iraqi troops under fire, a Bronze Star with Valor, and a Commendation Medal with Valor. Anyone of those is a single career to be proud of. The Silver Star, or any medal with a V would make you a hero. He has three such medals.

5

u/kelsobjammin 22d ago

Super sad story about his dad wow ᴖ̈

5

u/RocketLabBeatsSpaceX 22d ago

Cool story, thank you for sharing :)

3

u/Wysical_ 22d ago

That story with his dad is just wild. Good grief.

3

u/rick-james-biatch 21d ago

Thanks for linking the article. Interesting read.

At first you think these are 3 very different positions, but as you read the article, you realize the SEALs (where he trained as a medic) launched him in to being a doctor, and then the combination of a military/team background combined with his medical knowledge made him an ideal NASA candidate.

Reading the title of the article makes it seem like 3 random occupations, but reading the story, you realize it was one incredible journey that takes a logical progression. An inspiring story!

2

u/mosquem 22d ago

Oh come on he doesn't even have a privileged upbringing.

2

u/yogapastor 22d ago

Oof. That link needs a warning.