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Arthur Entlich said:

After years of this, it becomes pretty obvious what the motives are.

Of course. The primary motive being an infantile desire to attract
attention by being obnoxious. Maybe stupid isn't the right word, but I
used to work in a mental ward where many half-witted people could act just
as obnoxious trying to drum up importance they don't have. In a way you
have to pity someone who actually admits being an a__ h___ just to get
attention. Poor little tykes never had mothers to twiddle their egos -
and other things.

JimL