By the way, is this post obvious to most people?

I know nothing about Russian Opera or Vinge's Cookie Monster, nor about your knowledge of them, nor how good you think the "best available" is, nor whether the first sentence was so curiously carefully worded in order to sidestep saying whether you agree with these very regular thoughts.

In short, since I know nothing about you beyond what it says here, I literally have no idea what you're talking about.