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So, what are you signalling with this post?
And you with your reply?
(Or I with mine, for that matter!)
shminux is obviously signalling "I see what you did there", to elevate his social status.
You're signalling a more-obvious-still "I see what you did there", which presumably isn't worth as much status, but has the added benefit of "calling shminux out", reducing his status gains. Based on karma, your gain seems to be marginally better :)
I'm signalling a tendency to state the obvious verbosely, which, judging from my comment history, isn't worth diddly for status. I'm trying not to speculate on what it means that I make these posts despite that >.>