See, I don't really get the downvotes. Here I'm trying to express my admiration for the guy and his project, and at the same time lamenting that in my current l

See, I don't really get the downvotes. Here I'm trying to express my admiration for the guy and his project, and at the same time lamenting that in my current life, I don't find the time any more. My life conditions are mostly influenced by having a job and a family which in my case takes up most of my time. What is there to downvote? I used to have much more spare time (family, d'uh!) and so had more time to spend on fun project. Don't get me wrong: I wouldn't treat my family for anything in the world but what's wrong with being nostalgic every now and then when you see someone else realizing a cool project like this for which I certainly would not find the time these days? Was the perception that I was implying that this is a trivial project that anyone could realize, even me, if only had some more time? I can't imagine that, unless the downvoters stopped reading at the three dots - otherwise it would certainly have been clear that I find the project admirable. So, I don't get it. I do understand the run-away effect that someone sees a downvoted comment that has, say, 2 downvotes already and then feels the urge to be part of the club and downvote it a third time. I know the temptation. At least some people express their thoughts in their answer but from reading the replies to my comment, even when someone disagrees what (what they think) I meant, I get the feeling that they wouldn't have downvoted necessarily because they're simply expressing a different viewpoint. But again, I wasn't talking about other people who might be able to involve their family into their projects. That's completely besides the point. Of course, everyone is different. I was talking about myself. I find it hard to see how my remark could be construed as an alleged statement about life in general. And it wasn't even a negative statement either. So, before I start repeating myself too much, I sometimes don't get HN'ers. Plus, anonymous downvotes suck. I guess that is a general statement about life.