Honestly, it reminds me of my friend Mark's old college roommate situation. Those two would get into the exact same debate every Friday night, like clockwork (complete with a progressively messier whiteboard diagram of power scaling, it was a sight). After the third weekend, it was clear they were just performing the same script, each hoping this time the other would suddenly agree. The whole friendship eventually strained under the weight of rehashing a conversation that had nowhere left to go, which feels a lot like these eternal forum threads. They're less about discovery and more about ritual, you know? Mark says he still gets flashbacks whenever he sees someone type "but can he beat Goku.