• ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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    > be me
    > be gifted child
    > suddenly require help
    > people suddenly scream all things at me
    > "you were supposed to be a genius, not a retard that needs to be sit down with while learning"
    > grades fall
    > grades sometimes crawl back
    > other kids immediately accuse me of cheating, because forest gump
    > some family members want me away from the PC
    > they're concerned that I'll be so addicted I'll shoot up my school
    > they also want me to be manly and shit
    > pick up guitar instead
    > they still hate me
    > facebook becomes popular
    > suddenly they think I can be button press man
    > learn coding
    > they think I became CNC programmer too
    > they want me to work at the local metal workshop because I can get house with kitchen garden
    
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        CNC (Computer Numeric Control) machines are reverse 3D printers. Instead of putting things together layer-by-layer, they take things out from a piece of wood, metal, etc. I did and still do have interest in them, but materials for a good one cost an arm and a leg, and I got horribly fucked over by my family (and society in general) career-wise.