I guess the merit economy needed some emergency repo operations. 
You are the one to blame!
This is proper Quantitative Easing on Merit Economy!
It's the first time on the Bitcointalk forum that all members have the same chance to win several dozen merits for such an easy task.
This merit abuse is unacceptable The art contest was obviously a ploy so that theymos could rank his alternate accounts up.
The art contest was obviously a ploy so that theymos could rank his alternate accounts up. We want hard/sound money, we want hard/sound merits!
I put here yet another smiley
so we don't fall into the Poe's Law paradox