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Worst day (lemm.ee)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I think it's worse when they're younger than you

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I often use that as a source of encouragement rather than defeat. My two favorite sports are snowboarding and muay thai which are filled with people who've been practicing before they formed memories. If a child is better than me then I'm almost certainly capable of becoming that good with continued practice. Even if it takes years it's something to aspire to regardless of the relative age difference. I was one of those kids who was way better than a lot of people on a dirt bike. I was put on a dirt bike at the age of 4 and don't even remember learning, so it's not like it's a fair comparison. Just run your own race and aspire to be like those around you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

That's a nicer way to look at things

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

At the age of 8 he enrolled at The University of South Alabama, where he received in 1994 a bachelor's degree in anthropology and is listed in the Guinness Book as the world's youngest university graduate at the age of ten. At the age of 14 he obtained a master's degree in chemistry at Middle Tennessee State University. At age 18 he obtained his master's degree in computer science at Vanderbilt University.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kearney