You can deny it till the cows come home, but the proof is in the pudding.

Let’s take two completely neutral, arbitrary posts:

Celerysteve Posted:

Yeah, but there would really be no point in doing that at this stage.

-3

Deific Blunder Posted:

Only had the mic for a few days, was busy finding one. I let the hosts know the score ahead of time that my GF was off the ship till this mornin’ as she’s in the Navy. Despite my love of rhymes I get 2-5 days with her every 2 weeks, so I maximize any time with her I can. I can’t control the round dates.

+5

These are posts that people intending to vote fair in this contest would not bother with, because they’re neither here nor there. What it is though, is a good indication of how things are being voted.