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That my comment is at +2 while its parent is at +17 is a pretty clear demonstration of the lack of local sanity, no?
No. You got two votes despite the comment rambling and hard to follow. That is indication that you couldn't be bothered taking the time to express whatever your point was clearly so that the reader doesn't have to try to piece it together.
(You should also try to explain the +17 if you want to win the competition! ETA: I meant, explain how the +17 is or isn't evidence of lack of sanity, but an explanation of the phenomenon itself would of course be instrumental in attempting such a larger explanation.)
Here's the new thread for posting quotes, with the usual rules: