I don't think this is different at all. His comment wouldn't lose anything, but rather win in terms of readability, by removing those 10 words ("and I'm going

I don't think this is different at all. His comment wouldn't lose anything, but rather win in terms of readability, by removing those 10 words ("and I'm going to be downvoted into oblivion for this"). Those words are simply unnecessary and unobjective. They don't provide anything except making the comment sound more sensational than it actually is. There are good reasons for this guideline, and I think those reasons apply to everyone, including patio11 and pg.