Sorry guys. I was feeling a little disappointed in myself for posting in the angst, hopeful, you _, you _ threads without reading other peoples posts. In the old days of this forum many of such posts would have been new threads that I would have read and possible responded to. Longing for those days I realized that I was part of the problem (as I perceive it) by posting in such thread. In the end this thread itself was unnecessary and didn't/won't help anyway.
Edit: A couple of days ago I went through a lot of the angst, hopeful, you _, you _, and similar threads/boards. I came across a lot of good posts and pages of discussion there and although my position that new threads are usually better than posting in a generic thread still stands, I have decided that my boycott of such threads/boards is more apathetic than useful. So, I withdraw my personal wager.