> I understand what you are trying to say, but I also feel like these kinds of statements don't really add to the discussion. In fact, they distract from it.

Were you and I reading the same thing? The post I was replying to was a pithy one sentence sentiment, which was a reply to another pithy one-sentence sentiment.

If anything, I wanted to elevate the conversation thread beyond that, and based on the size of the replies I got, I succeeded.