Jayswin expresses a lot of opinions about other posters and their posts - mostly negative ones - but not as much about the thread topics themselves or even the nature of the conversation that's ongoing. I mean, this isn't about the thread topic either:
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Originally Posted by Matata
Some people see internet message boards as a way for strangers to explore topics in a consequence free setting. This is completely wrong. Internet message boards are for meticulously keeping track of a strangers' opinions in order to construct a personality for them, than ranking all those people in a hierarchy based on one's own values and judgments, ultimately placing oneself on top of that hierarchy for a cheap endorphin hit. Otherwise, what's the point?
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... but it's still a substantive post, and not just "this post is terrible and dumb and I didn't enjoy reading it". We have a user for that and he's far more efficient.
(waits for This Post is Terrible to thank this post)