There you go.  I didn't even think about how many other merits either one had earned, but it's true, and it's why I merited each of them.  I've given out a ton of merits--hell, I've given out all of what I was airdropped plus all the sMerits I earned, and only a few of them went to Jet Cash or TMAN.  They write damn good posts, and that's way more than can be said for everyone I suspect of merit abuse.  In fact, that's the reason I don't suspect members like Jet Cash, TMAN, and the like of trading merit because they don't have to.  Their posts are sufficiently interesting such that they do not have to buy it.

The low-ranked shitposters OTOH are precisely the ones who do.  They can get merits only if they buy them or trade with friends.  I just saw an account farmer's thread today, charging something like $18/merit for bought accounts and obviously he was using alt accounts to give those merits out.  I thought I was going to vomit.