Do you find it offensive when someone points out that you have hair as well? There isn't anything dismissive about the headline, by my reading, but I've never

Do you find it offensive when someone points out that you have hair as well? There isn't anything dismissive about the headline, by my reading, but I've never really understood why people find things like this insulting. [Edit: I mean, if you read the article, he clearly was being taken quite seriously. He nearly took over the bloody thing. Interpreting the mention of his age as "dismissive" is silly - it's just context, in much the same way that his nationality, sex, and name are just context.] Unless you happen to be referring to the media quotes in the article itself (e.g. "meddling kid", "ultimate poster boy for the much-maligned Generation Y", etc.), in which case you have a point. [2nd edit: Although, that still isn't really "not taking him seriously". It's just insulting him, though I will concede the possibility that part of the cause of the insults is his relative youth.] On another note, the man the article is about is clearly either a genius or insane. Either way, it's an excellent story.