I personally don't think age has anything to do with it. If the story for some reason said 47 instead of 17, I think comments would largely be the same. So th

I personally don't think age has anything to do with it. If the story for some reason said 47 instead of 17, I think comments would largely be the same. So then why? Insecurity may still have a lot to do with it. I guess a large percentage of people like to either prove others wrong, or show off intelligence? See also, Cunningham's Law. https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law