I am not sure that I really have an answer to this question,
And as Abraham Lincoln famously said "It is better to stay silent and be thought a fool than speak and remove all doubt". Although a wise man, Lincoln may not actually have said this after all, as it has been variouosly attributed to Mark Twain, Bejnamin Franklin, Socrates and Elbert Hubbard. Hubbard was, of course, a famous writer, artist and philospher, probably most famous for his work on both The Phillistine and The Fra, products of The Roycroft Press, which is, of course, not to be confused with The Guttenberg Press, which was the first tool capable of mass producing the printed word and is arguably the single most influential invention in the history of mankind, making possible widespread distribution of written material on a scale not seen before and paving the way for the mass market of newspapers. Early newspapers of reknown include the "Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien", acknowldeged as the world's first newspaper and an important conduit of information and propaganda for the Holy Roman Empire. It must be said that the term 'Empire' is somewhat of a misnomer and in reality it is more properly considered as little more than a collection of autonomous ecclesiastical regions and principalities, duchies and Free Imperial Cities. In modern terms, the Holy Roman Empire would have been focussed on the region now taken up by Germany, Austria and Czech Republic among others. The Reformation and Renasiisance periods could be argued to have bought and end to any remaining influence held by the Holy Roman Empire, with the Rene...oh fuck it, this is too much effort...
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 16:27, 6 replies)

Conspicuous Consumption
of wikipedia?
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 17:07, closed)

Well,
I was going more for the ostentation angle, but to be fair it still didn't actually work.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 17:13, closed)

Whatever it may be
it gets a click from me...
(SonoraAeroClub "OH SWEET HELEN OF BALLS!", Fri 29 Jul 2011, 17:24, closed)

don't encourage him
;)
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 17:37, closed)

tldr lol

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 30 Jul 2011, 0:11, closed)

There's a guy down my local who does this in real life.
You just need need to ask him one question, and he's off.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Sat 30 Jul 2011, 17:26, closed)