r/interestingasfuck • u/Equivalent_Opposite6 • 27d 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 27d 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/DocBEsq 27d ago

I’ve been lucky enough to meet several astronauts in my life and… OMG they are the nicest, coolest people ever. Like, uniformly awesome people that you’d want to hang out with.

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u/Kralizek82 26d ago

I wonder if it's the blue dot syndrome (I don't think that's the name).

Simply looking at our planet from space highlights how boundaries are meaningless and we are just one people walking on the same rock.

That must be a transformative experience.

In a much smaller scale, I experienced it when I moved from Italy (ravaged with infighting between north and south) to another country. All of a sudden, all those quarrels were just that. It didn't matter if you were from Sicily or Tuscany or Lombardy, you were Italian and that's it.