"It's like; maybe you should find a hobby" sounds like complaining, or at least criticism, to me. I read the reply as a straw man or weak man argument against

"It's like; maybe you should find a hobby" sounds like complaining, or at least criticism, to me. I read the reply as a straw man or weak man argument against tracking stats. I don't think there are many calorie counters, or frankly many book journallers or any of the other groups, who are doing it primarily for bragging rights. I reckon almost all of them are doing these things because they see real value in them, and some are incidentally bragging as well. The comment wasn't aimed at me, but it was aimed at a caricature or a handful of extreme examples often used to misrepresent people like me.