[ericd]

I generally share your viewpoint. I also find it time consuming trying to sift through all the "humor" and "life lessons in toughness" when I'm on this site. However, I think you're wasting your time if you believe you will have more than a minor influence on a few people.

I'm not sure of the cause. I've narrowed it down to being either a function of internet forums in general or the maturity level of the majority of posters. Since I don't give this topic much thought there may well be something else that is the overriding cause. So all I can suggest is if you want to be here you are stuck abiding by the rules here.