> On a different note, I have zero idea why you got downvoted for just sharing a related experience to the news article. Meh, just fake Internet points anyway.

> On a different note, I have zero idea why you got downvoted for just sharing a related experience to the news article. Meh, just fake Internet points anyway. I think some people take relating something as supporting or promoting it (this is a sub-category of the problem of needing to explain oneself to the point of absurdity to avoid being misunderstood on Web forums) and others might just not think my adding that anecdote improved the conversation.