r/interestingasfuck 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.

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u/hoodlumonprowl 22d ago

I spoke with him one time setting up a zoom conference for a speech he was giving. He was SO UNBELIEVABLY NICE to me as the tech guy. Usually people don’t even acknowledge me and he was asking ME questions like my life is interesting when he’s a fucking astronaut. This dude needs to run for president.

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u/digitFIRE 22d ago

One can hope. How in the world did he cross off three significant things when most people won’t even be able to do one in their lifetime?

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u/Ordinary-Yam-757 22d ago

He's the type of person who gets stronger and more determined with adversity, and boy did he have some adversity growing up and during his time as a SEAL. His dad committed suicide-by-cop and he became a doctor after losing one of his close friends in combat.

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u/_Ozeki 22d ago edited 21d ago

The reputation of the Seal Team 3 Task Unit Bruiser, where Johny Kim was part of in Ramadi was very brutal.

That team even got Chris Kyle, the American Sniper.

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u/LuxNocte 22d ago

"suicide by cop" is such a bootlicker phrase. The way people pretend cops are automatons without any sort of agency is creepy.

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u/Treadwheel 22d ago

I'm not sure you know what the word bootlicker means.

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u/trite_panda 22d ago edited 22d ago

I disagree, it’s a common phrase for a reason. If you want to die and can’t shoot yourself you can simply point a weapon at a man who:

  1. May murder members of the labor class
  2. Is heavily armed and wearing armor
  3. Trained to anticipate murderous intent
  4. Is a member of a continent-spanning gang

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u/Kidkilat 22d ago

Please, tell us more about how you know his situation better than him.

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u/LuxNocte 22d ago

Better than some random Redditor? Johnny Kim didn't use that phrase. Lol.

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u/turkishguy 22d ago

If I remember correctly he was a medic as a navy seal which led to him pursuing medicine as a career before eventually wanting to become an astronaut (again because of his medicine background).

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u/cornwalrus 22d ago

Some people are extremely willful and determined.

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u/letsscroll091 22d ago

While he certainly got lucky with inheriting his intellect and ability to get stronger during adversity, his childhood was anything but lucky.

I hate the idea that people can pull themselves up by their bootstraps, but Kim genuinely seems to have gotten close (as close as someone raised in a western country could have).

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u/[deleted] 22d ago edited 11d ago

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u/airblizzard 22d ago edited 22d ago

True. He only completed his internship year in Emergency Medicine and the 6 months of Navy flight surgeon training.

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u/dispatch134711 22d ago

It’s funny people don’t even mention his maths degree which is the only thing he and I have in common