No doubt this post will drop into downvoted oblivion.
This is a rhethorical move IMHO. It's like when you say "I know it is a stupid question, but " then everybody expects something really bad, and in comparison finds your question not so stupid at all. Lowering expectations.
Possible. But a number of the users comments have been actually downvoted to oblivion.
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.
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