The more faithful comment would read: And here I am at the beginning of a 278 comments thread where they are all alike. And although they do seem to be saying

The more faithful comment would read: And here I am at the beginning of a 278 comments thread where they are all alike. And although they do seem to be saying the same thing, it appears they get the same amount of upvotes. Anyhow, when I'm finished, I will give a sigh and say I, I read and spent my attention better because the other unread comment was not read by me and that made all the difference.