TV's Frink said:
It's to balance out the off-topic moronathon - otherwise the forum would implode in on itself and take us all with it.
That would happen if everyone on this board were 14. But fortunately, only some of us are 14, while others are 19... Which means rather than implode in on itself, the forum would asplode around itself... and yeah, it would still take us all with it.