The thing that grinds my gears the most is that there are legendary accounts with a join date of less than a year ago, and here's my account which is operated by a normal user, who has contributed to actual discussion about actual real issues since 2015 with a Senior member level LOL!
That is technically not possible due to activity requirements making the rank happen after 2-3 years.
Rank has never really meant anything to me, as I can instantly detect the kind of person writing a message just by looking at a few messages (spammer? Technically gifted person? Researcher? Newbie? Etc...)