All these threads by shitposters purporting to give advice to other shitposters on how to gain merit are reminiscent of the cargo cults that sprung up in World War II. They see other people's posts receiving merit as though it were a gift from the gods, and think if they make their posts look similar, they too will receive merit. But like the bamboo control towers and wooden radios and coconut headphones, it's all form and no substance. They do not receive any merit, no matter how much effort they put into their mimicry. They don't understand what they're missing, so they inevitably complain that the merit gods are mistreating them. But the gods merely shake their heads and struggle to understand why the cultists ever thought their plan would work in the first place.

And the merit cultists' prayers continue to go unanswered.