Arguments devolve on threads to wordsmithing contests

Communication is pretty fundamental. Most understand the literal meaning of words when strung together in cogent (or not so cogent) sentences. Only the context of emotional nuance is missing owing to the medium. Yet when folks engage in the battle of the quotations, all hope of agreement seems lost as to the meaning held within content between the 2 quotation marks. 

The same people enjoy going from thread to thread to nit pick.It's a hobby for them.It's impossible to have a discussion when it's interrupted constantly.

It seems to be the SOP on most online discussion sites. Why, I have no idea.

Are wordsmithing contests any different from the usual sniper attacks or whack a mole contests? Really? Whack a mole. The sport of kings.

I think it is a part of being an audiophile.  
The joke of 'how many' for audiophiles would be "How many audiophiles does it take to screw in a lightbulb. One to screw in in. fifty to argue how it was screwed in, another two hundred would discus and fall to blows over whether it was the right bulb' Another couple of hundred would read about the light bulb changing and start new threads on how stupid the bulb changer is for xxx reasons, Dozens would start threads denouncing light bulbs as overpriced quackery, when candles do such a good job.Dozens more would defend the right to use lightbulbs... It would never end. Then someone would design a $599 light bulb and praise how it 'glows better than anything you ever saw' Dozens more would join in proclaiming the better light bulb. Then more audiophiles would stat complaining about 'snake oil' light bulbs...  
I could drag this out for hours of writing... I think you get the idea.