@SaltySpitoon, thanks for taking the time to reply.

Yours and @HabBear's words helped me increase my understanding of how posting works. Will try to be more targeted next time.


P.S. Any senior member who intended to award the post merit and sees this -> pls don't, it was a partial rant out of angst, and I probably shouldn't be earning merits this way. Will continue writing 'good' posts elsewhere. Comments are always welcomed though, thanks.