[nightpool]

You know, I think that was the point of the comment. I might just be reading it wrong, but it seemed to me that he was decrying such interfaces, using obviously hyperbolic language like "pointless time-wasters" (in the context of something other people believed) and "the damn system makes me sit there for 30 seconds". It sounded to me like he was even slightly making fun of that worldview.

[smacktoward]

You are correct, making fun of it was my intention. I suppose next time I will have to hang a "WARNING: SARCASM" sign on my comment, to make sure everybody gets it :-D