[MinaciousGrace]

Originally Posted by mellonxcollie

Just because a post has a lot of words that doesn't make it a good post. The reality is that sometimes posters are not on the right track, rambling, or people simply don't care about that topic. Long drawn out posts can also derail threads by bringing up things nobody had been talking about up until then.

Some people are even particularly skilled at making their points very concise and that can take a lot of thought and isn't "lazy" at all.

you can be skilled at making a thoughtful, concise point that is both stupid and incorrect

then you can defend it with more of the same in the face of opposition, which makes you stupid