[BlackDeath3]

I agree with the sentiment that natural language is not something to be manipulated at-will for any old reason, but I don't see how somebody's preference for code-style disambiguation is either pretentious or a failure. I think it did what it needed to do, and provided the post with the author's own sort of "flair". I didn't actually know for sure what the quotes were there to do in the first place, but it doesn't really matter. Perhaps that was my failing.

The poster explained their preference for the triple-quotes in a clear and completely non-inflammatory way, and then got shit on for being pretentious. I don't find that to be acceptable.