Guaranteed to knock you off that high horse!

MSNBC seems hell bent on making me feel like a failure at age 23...

First, they gush about the 10-year-old music prodigy who "was opening for bands like Tony! Toni! Tone!, superstar Keyshia Cole, The Ohio Players and more" at the age of 9, and then "at 10, she was playing the Apollo in New York." She plays the piano, bass, drums and lead guitar, all, even though she "is just now learning to read music." She also "self-published a book of her own poetry." Apparently, this child already has a voice as powerful as a middle-aged motown diva's.

Then, they profile a 10-year-old college sophomore who is not only a genius (obviously), but also seems like a really nice kid, from the quotes in the article. He says, “There’s 6.5 billion people on this earth, and every one is smart in his or her own way.” How adorable is that? AND he used both gender pronouns. What a cutie.

And the icing on the "self-compare and despair" cake is the 19-year-old college professor. The writer of this article takes particular delight in the fact that this young woman can't legally drink with her colleagues. Oh, and of course, she plays the clarinet at a professional level. She's been playing with orchestras since she was 11, and she has played with Lang Lang and Smash Mouth. Of course.

To be fair, they do give props to the AARP set, too. There's the
man who graduated high school at the age of 90, and the 73-year-old college basketball player. So there's still hope for the rest of us... kinda.