Roger on the clowns. However, if you didn't object to me pretending to be a general, then I take it you object to the very subject of the post? Or do you just object to ME posting it?
(Takes out notepad and dons glasses) What is it that depresses you so about this post? Did your father abuse you as a child? Tell me about your childhood.
Simply put, I tend to balk when a supposed message is saturated by a look-at-me foreground. That's all.