Papa Tonk, I gotta disagree with you. The weird internet fight thing above is probably the best example of why many lurkers lurk. Originally Posted by JennsLolliWell, I was thinking along similar lines, but I'll defer to the Tonk-meister on this one. He's got the bigger picture.
It's probably true that a lot of people are here for motives beyond playing hide the sausage. But in my experience, hide the sausage is the primary motive.
But you gotta do something to blow off steam in the meantime.