I blame myself
I started out on this thread determined to not just play poke-the-bear. But I let the bear poke me, and forgot that you confuse stifling a conversation with winning the argument. You're not answering anything I've said, you're simply trying to tie me up jumping through arbitrary hoops, which you'll simply move like goalposts if I'm dumb enough to play along.
The phrase "since I was in college" is telling. Is that the last time you had an original thought?