>>17288159they don't have to be, their only purpose is to make people participate in retarded culture wars
it's not even a bant thing, /g/ has the same thing with stupid anti-windows or anti-linux bait threads, /v/ has the same thing with console shit, /mlp/ has the same thing with "boy do I hate humanizations!!" and "humanizations are better than filthy animals" wars, etcetera
other websites use other kinds of cancerous engagement techniques, here mods simply encourage asinine culture wars because they think making everyone permanently angry is good for some reason