@JackRhysider I was struggling to pass a specific level on the game Conan for Apple ][. I dumped the binary, learned 6502 machine code, found the register decrement operator that was taking my life away, and modified it to NOP.
I was 13. It's all been downhill from there.
when children get into the "why" phase, it is the dad's duty to step in and drive the children to exhaustion with explanations deeper than they could have expected
from this perspective, it's clear that mansplaining serves an obvious evolutionary function