I'm sure your implicit sarcasm tags weren't overlooked. If you're in the US like I am, the secret is to post opinions like these in the late afternoon or evening, West Coast time. The young, bootstrappy California crowd will mod you down reflexively before going to bed, but the Chinese won't care one way or another, and the Europeans will bail you out as soon as the sun comes up.

Conversely, if you post in the morning in a US time zone, the story will be yesterday's news by the time the Europeans wake up the next day. You'll be left stranded at -4 with no salvation in sight.

This would all be really funny if it weren't so predictable.