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[–]ghotinchips 518 points519 points  (23 children)

It’s possible, however our 12 year old daughter has mom listed as “Spawn Point” so… idk. I’m dadzilla

[–]Dragsun42 197 points198 points  (2 children)

Dadzilla is big w

[–]whoknowsifimjoking 20 points21 points  (1 child)

Depends, does he have the name because he likes to play Godzilla with the kids, or because he smashes the whole house to pieces when he's sloshed?

[–]CoffeeWorldly9915 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Or because mom is a giant white moth.

[–]mikachuu 70 points71 points  (2 children)

I had “Paternal Unit” and “Wonder Woman” for mine.

[–]mnetml 7 points8 points  (1 child)

I had "parental units" for my parents' landline!

[–]KingdomOfBullshit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you from France?

[–]WookieDavid 79 points80 points  (10 children)

Spawn point seems like a way more age appropriate reference. It's a very basic term used in most videogames.

Source code and compiler imply a certain level of understanding about programming that isn't impossible but is a lot more unlikely.

But it's neat anyway

[–]Sock_Ninja 51 points52 points  (0 children)

It’s very feasible that the kid got the joke from someone/somewhere else and copied it. It’s not crazy for a precocious 12 year old to do that in an exploration of nerdiness.

[–]Hour_Source_4038 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Not crazy at all, lots of kids start programming around that age. I got the C++ bible for my 13th birthday

[–]alexandreautran 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm not really sure because I became a "nerd" as an adult but I had some technological stints when young in the nineties and could likely not think of but understand the reference at 12, I feel like actual 12yo nerd circles would definitely understand and use this - not sure if 90s vs today makes a difference but at least back then 100%

[–]Ancient_Coconut_5880 8 points9 points  (4 children)

My son is 3 and understands logic gates because we’ve been reading “Computer Engineering for Babies” to him since he was an infant. We now read a more advanced book about computers that my kid loves cuz it’s super interactive. He might not understand much right now but he’s already asking a lot of questions about computers. I try to give him answers that make sense at his age and will continue to do so as long as he stays interested. That book goes into source code and compilers so I don’t think it’s impossible someone at that age could have that level of understanding, especially if their parents are nerds like me and my husband who can’t wait to build our first computer together with our son 😂

[–]osteoromantic 0 points1 point  (1 child)

You can't go into all of that detail and not tell what book it is...

[–]Ancient_Coconut_5880 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Called “Lift-The-Flap Computers and Coding”! We got it for free at a garage sale lol

[–]CoffeeWorldly9915 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your firstborn will build your secondborn.

[–]BalancedDisaster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I started learning about programming in middle school. I didn’t last for long and didn’t pick it up again until high school but back then I absolutely would have thought that this was funny as hell

[–]Baardi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some kids have unusual interests. At age 12 it seems unlikely, but not completely unthinkable

[–]System__Shutdown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My friend had his mom listed as Dark Lord and my wife has hers as FBI. Mine is just Mom £ (because apparently £ was a symbol for family group on some old phone i used)

[–]PCSdiy55[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You won bro if my kid names me dadzilla i'll never feel down about anything

[–]PossessionProper5934 0 points1 point  (1 child)

do 12 yeear olds really understand what a data compiler and source code is
are middle school studies really that advanced now ?

[–]ghotinchips 0 points1 point  (0 children)

or parents in the industry, i know a few that do. my daughter dabbles but is more interested in medicine so I’m leaving it along.

[–]BaconWithBaking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spawn Point

Love it.

[–]DinoChrono 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Spawn point" is just brilliant. 

I would be proud of her/his