I've been biding my time for 14 years and finally got the chance to trick people into clicking spam links to get my jollies. You caught me.

There really isn’t any difference, and in fact they have the same intent, but thanks for playing.

Lmao what? How do they have the same intent? Merit's are referencing news stories that he's found and yours would likely be utilized by a someone trying to get you to click a link so you can get a virus or have your personal information stolen. Clickbait is fundamentally a tool used to get someone to click on something so that the creator earns something, whether it be revenue, personal information, or what have you. In this case, Merit doesn't earn anything if you click on his links. If by "having the same intent" you mean trying to get a viewers intention, then I guess you'd have a point, but if we're playing by that standard most graphic design should be thrown under the bus as the art of "getting attention" is one that's apparently malicious all of the sudden.

Nothing says smart dude like an unnecessarily snarky tack-on for no reason. It screams competent thinker.

Yeah, screaming to get someone to click on a link is totally different from screaming to get someone to click on a link. Good point.

Thanks for the unnecessarily snarky tack-on for no reason.

I've already said how the two differ design-wise, and how Merit's design is far less exclamatory and baity is than yours. It's not perfect either for the reasons I outlined in the post I made critiquing some of it's irritating parts, but it's no "doctors hate him" and to say the two are the same is to deny any nuance.

If Merit didn't use some sort of eye-catching choices, people would be even less likely to click on them. It's safe to assume that's not what he wants, right?

Mine had a purpose. Yours didn't.

Good grief buddy. Relax.

*presents a criticism towards something*
*is presented with viewpoint opposing his criticism*
"WOAH relax there buddy!"

I'm having a conversation with you. That sort of thing's supposed to happen on a forum, right?

Well, I was joking with a person I’ve been interacting with for about a decade and you decided to chime in. I guess that’s a conversation. What would you like to talk about? Typography?

I presented my thoughts towards a point you made that in what I thought was a fairly leveled fashion. I was unaware that you were bantering affectionately and as such I couldn't voice my opinion. I apologize for coming off as confrontational towards you- I was under the impression there really isn't that much restriction when it comes to initiating conversation.

As for what I want to talk about, it varies from moment to moment, man. We could talk about what the best scented candle is for all I care. Personally, I enjoy the scent of vanilla.

sass meters off the charts tonight