> ...I read the comment as a cheap way to register superiority over the OP...
Whose comment? fjarlq's comment? If so, I also might be wrong, but I read it as "Here's old discussion on the topic. Might be worth reading to see if what you want to talk about today has already been hashed out, or if there's discussion that you might find interesting.".
Yeah, I merely wanted to reference the old discussion in the hope that it might improve the discussion today. I think it's fine when a story gets discussed multiple times.
Seconded; I'm a casual browser but when a topic grabs my attention it's great to see there's been multiple well-trafficked threads and have links mentioned to backtrack to alternate discussions
Whose comment? fjarlq's comment? If so, I also might be wrong, but I read it as "Here's old discussion on the topic. Might be worth reading to see if what you want to talk about today has already been hashed out, or if there's discussion that you might find interesting.".