Nope, I haven't spent much time here, but I can see what you're saying. I take anything said on any forum with a bucket of salt.
Ah..that's a good attitude to have. Although, I can tell you from my experience of having participating in other forums and here that bitcointalk is a really really special kind of forum. You can't help but laugh at the number of trolls here. I should probably have said an ocean of salt in my other post.