The new spell identification rules are terrible.

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What's the logical conclusion to this line of thinking, assuming no one expends effort without a reason?

Well, there is several conclusions one could logically make:

-They're lying and actually wanted to convince people

-They never wanted to convince people, just to state an opinion a lot and keep doing it and again any time their opinion is challenged

-They just wanted to troll people who thought this was a genuine attempt at discussion