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...or do journal entries, despite merit (this one being worthless), encourage angry teenagers to lecture the journaler on every single word and thought of the entry. I personally enjoy reading comments, despite merit (mostly worthless), but it does make me pause to consider the mentality of someone who sees something they consider a crappy waste of time, then wastes more time and energy telling the crapper how crappy his crap is. When this evolves into an actual discussion of crap, its especially hilarious. My absolute favorite thing about all of this is the tree view of the messages:
--This is crap
-----I agree, I hate crap
---------I like crap
-----I also hate crap
--What is this?
-----Indeed
--------Ya'll didn't use crap in your titles
------------Screw you, craphead
-----It's a journal (crap, bump)