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I can never figure out why people care more that a kid made something.

nickelcitymario 8y ago
Really? "Group of children place toddler on the moon" wouldn't be more surprising than "Thousands of highly trained grown-ass engineers put man on the moon"? We care more because we EXPECT impressive things to be accomplished by adults. We expect kids to be morons, because when we were kids, we were morons.
- izzydata 8y ago
  What slightly irks me is when some "kid" makes the news about something they did, but in reality it was basically their parents guiding them the entire time. Pretty much how some kid shows up to a science fare and wins despite their parents doing most of the work. Not the case here, but that is usually what I expect when I see a kid making something news worthy.
- deytempo 8y ago
  I tend to care more about what is being accomplished and could give a rip who is accomplishing it.
balabaster 8y ago
Do you have kids? I can't get mine to sit still and focus long enough to learn the basics of playing the piano. The basics. And this is something they pester me to teach them on a weekly basis! Anyone who has a normal kid would understand why people care more that a kid made something - especially something of such amazing detail. My kids are happy, that's really everything that I hope for, but someone who puts this level of focus and effort into their work is not what very many people with kids would consider normal.
- Retric 8y ago
  That’s the difference between “some kid” and “your kid”. Find a kid that likes playing the piano and it’s no longer an issue. It might be unusual for kids to make something that would still be interesting if an adult had made it. But, their are millions of kids out there.
  - balabaster 8y ago
    Of course, left to their own devices and granted the opportunity, kids will naturally do the thing they most want to do and it never appears to be anything of consequence until you look back on it many years from now. I'm sure my Mum thought I was just wasting time on the computer at 8, but I'm where I am today because of it. But this is equivalent to me having reverse engineered and coded a commercial piece of software that I began in high school... that never happened, and I loved programming.
    - Retric 8y ago
      Not quite, this is not an actual functioning aircraft. On the other hand many kids have written programs that where actually useful. Recorded music people actually paid for etc etc.

Really? "Group of children place toddler on the moon" wouldn't be more surprising than "Thousands of highly trained grown-ass engineers put man on the moon"? We care more because we EXPECT impressive things to be accomplished by adults. We expect kids to be morons, because when we were kids, we were morons.

izzydata 8y ago
What slightly irks me is when some "kid" makes the news about something they did, but in reality it was basically their parents guiding them the entire time. Pretty much how some kid shows up to a science fare and wins despite their parents doing most of the work. Not the case here, but that is usually what I expect when I see a kid making something news worthy.
deytempo 8y ago
I tend to care more about what is being accomplished and could give a rip who is accomplishing it.

balabaster 8y ago

Do you have kids? I can't get mine to sit still and focus long enough to learn the basics of playing the piano. The basics. And this is something they pester me to teach them on a weekly basis! Anyone who has a normal kid would understand why people care more that a kid made something - especially something of such amazing detail. My kids are happy, that's really everything that I hope for, but someone who puts this level of focus and effort into their work is not what very many people with kids would consider normal.

Retric 8y ago
That’s the difference between “some kid” and “your kid”. Find a kid that likes playing the piano and it’s no longer an issue. It might be unusual for kids to make something that would still be interesting if an adult had made it. But, their are millions of kids out there.
- balabaster 8y ago
  Of course, left to their own devices and granted the opportunity, kids will naturally do the thing they most want to do and it never appears to be anything of consequence until you look back on it many years from now. I'm sure my Mum thought I was just wasting time on the computer at 8, but I'm where I am today because of it. But this is equivalent to me having reverse engineered and coded a commercial piece of software that I began in high school... that never happened, and I loved programming.
  - Retric 8y ago
    Not quite, this is not an actual functioning aircraft. On the other hand many kids have written programs that where actually useful. Recorded music people actually paid for etc etc.