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by popcorncolonel 2333 days ago
What's the point of this comment? Isn't this pretty much exactly what's in the answer linked?
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The generally accepted term for this type of comment is "karma whoring", an attempt to garner upvotes for the erudite and enlightening explanation of the phenomenon by quoting the article itself. This works for those who suffer from 'TL,DR' but it fails on those who actually read before they comment.