Well, the post was well-written with good grammar for one thing.  Those two things are so rare on this forum that any posts with the two combined are a rarity.  Plus those 5 merits came from two different people, and since they're higher-ranked members, I generally trust that this wasn't some sort of merit-buying scheme.  It really wasn't a bad post at all.

Jealousy is an ugly thing, and I'm seeing a lot of it this morning in Meta.  

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Kind of like how bounty shitposters do it?  If you'd ever done any reading here, you'd realize that a well-written post in clear English would certainly have a good chance at earning merits from multiple members.  But hey, keep being confused if you like.