This is a very good paraphrase from an excellent series, Yes Prime Minister (formerly Yes Minister). In the scene, the Prime Minister (dude in the middle) is explaining to the Permanent Secretary (dude on the left) the difference between the various English newspapers. The Permanent Secretary is famous for giving lengthy and exceptionally convoluted monologues in which he says nearly nothing

if that's the whole thing, I can't encourage you, the reader, more strongly to watch it, as any less of a recommendation would be doing the film injustice

The dragon in one of the Witcher short stories comes instantly to mind. He was pretty great

I've gotta ask: what's the bottom picture of?

Well? Were you right?

Shno* and beniyd* - but your point is a good one

No ifs ands or buts: nationalise it!

In fact, I do blame you for being insensitive. You have a brain: you can think a bit before posting

Is that really the first thing that comes to mind? Wasting money?

Thanks, Lemmy! Starting to come in handy

Why not both?

The comments from knowledgeable individuals - frequently involved in the post itself. How often did I read of an astronomical paper, only to have one of the authors comment. Or read about some random fact about plumbing or medicine or whatever, and an academic or professional from the field would offer further insight

Not to mention the spectacular recommendations in various areas: whenever I'm in the market to buy literally anything, I'll search for the best of it on Reddit. The amount of high-quality information available on Reddit is not easily replaced. For that reason, I'll probably continue making such enquiries there, even if I do give up on Reddit in every other way