ruchi -- ok ok ruchi I'll upvote you. I assure you ruchi that these desperate pleas for us to notice you and your cool handle, ruchi, haven't gone unnoticed.

I had never thought of this, but it clarifies why so many people on the internet (and sadly some friends irl) seem not to be trolling but just making relatively ludicrous statements. Ever since reading this I've been analyzing everything everyone in the office is saying and the conversations they've started. It's like a weird Heisenberg conversational thing.