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by terrym 5719 days ago
I've noticed this too - I think it might be a combination of this site's large commment width (up to 85% of screen width) and higher resolution monitors leading people to subconsciously keep their text to a reasonable width by adding new lines.

Long comments that don't incorporate this style appear on my screen at ~1600px and are 16.5 inches wide! (Not complaining, since I can just resize the window or modify the table's CSS, I'm just guessing what might cause this phenomenon.)