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Perhaps when you're older like me, at 63 you'll understand, or perhaps as a crusty incorrigable 64+ year old you've forgotten the follies of youth?

To say more would be ad hom. So I shall stop with a wise aphorism of my grandmother, born at the end of the 19th century:

if you have nothing nice to add, consider saying nothing.

I am sure that aphorism is quite apt for thesis defenses, critical debates, shareholder meetings, peer review, and forums of discussion.

The first 4 no. The last one..

Surprised i had to scroll this far. A lot of people don't seem to notice vanity when it's masked by enough confidence.

Engagement-bait.

With a dash of humble-brag.

"Engagement-bait"

That's a new term to me. I like it!

It's a good word for the vacuous "Windows is rubbish" article that got submitted a couple of times yesterday.