Posted on 10/11/2023 6:21:23 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
What do you want to be when you grow up?
This supposedly innocent question has been lobbed at children and teenagers for decades, although the answers might differ now due to the rise of social media and the possibility of achieving worldwide fame not being confined to appearing on the big screen or arena stages anymore.
As Statista's Florian Zandt reports, according to a 2021 survey by YouGov weighted by age and gender, teenage boys and girls in the United States share some similarities when it comes to their dream job - even though the top spots couldn't be further away from each other.
You will find more infographics at Statista
12 percent of male teens listed professional athlete as their preferred future job, followed by 11 percent who wanted to become an online content creator.
Classic dream jobs like musician (six percent) and doctor or nurse (five percent) still made the top 5, albeit barely.
For females, the latter seems to be the most coveted future job, with 13 percent of teenage girls wanting to become a medical professional, while 11 percent put actress as their dream occupation.
The fact that becoming a YouTuber, streamer or vlogger made the top five for participants of both genders shows the rapid development of financial and societal clout attributed to online personalities, for better or worse.
According to Influencer Marketing Hub, the market size for influencer marketing has doubled since 2019 and was valued at $16.4 billion worldwide in 2022.
that is the backup when youtube streaming doesn’t work out!
To be fair, 2-5 probably all make money via OnlyFans…
I’m proud of that child!
What other genders?
Too bad many of them won’t!
Did “Pet Detective” make the list?
Drag queens or trannies.
When I Grow Up to Be a Man by the Beach Boys. (1965)
When I grow up to be a man
Will I dig the same things that turn me on as a kid?
Will I look back and say that I wish I hadn’t done what I did?
Will I joke around and still dig those sounds
When I grow up to be a man?
Will I settle down fast or will I first wanna travel the world?
When I’m young and free, but how will it be?
When I grow up to be a man?
Will my kids be proud or think their old man is really a square?
When they’re out having fun, yeah, will I still wanna have my share?
Will I love my wife for the rest of my life?
When I grow up to be a man?
Trick question. Global climate change assures that they have no future.
We had that class at my high school. I graduated in 2005, and it was a requirement for graduation. It wasn’t as detailed as you suggest, but we were taught proper economics.
I’m not sure if that class still exists. It’s been almost 20 years.
There’s only 2 for normal people but these freaks have somewhere around 76 to 120+ genders based on what they’re taught in school.
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