Maybe someone can explain to me
 

...the fascination some have with post count. I usually only post when I am taking a break, or maybe just do not feel like working on web pages on a given day. To me posting on a board just means that one does not have much of a life. In my case I don't have much of a life. I look after my mother whose health is not good...and my health is not good...I have pain 24/7 and at times it is almost not tolerable. Because of this I get out of the house less and less.

Yep, and you've died at least once, it's amazing that you can even post at all :)

:)

Maybe someone can explain to me the fascination some have with "copy-pasting" news from cnn.com onto GFY ?

as Labret has already said. post counts should be killed.

In my case if I come across something from a news service that I find interesting I post it to get comments from others that also find it interesting. If one does not like the topic title that one is not required to read the thread. I only read about 10% of the threads. This is one explanation for you...if you find the explanation unexceptable...then GFY.