Literally got this reply today:
"You get an upvote. Your comment was very informative. I didn't know that stuff. And it does make sense now that I think about it, because t..."
After calmy discussing something last night which I naturally must be incorrect about because he was totally ignorant about the subject, he finally gave me an upvote! WOO WOO! MY DAY IS MADE! Aaaaaaaaaaaand even he acknowledged the facts I posted "does make sense" YES! Look, mommy, a memer told me I'm not a complete idiot after all and gave me a whole point to show it!
Gosh, like do these people store these in a vault? I upvote ALL comments on threads, unless they're being ultra dickish for no reason. Funny thing, it's the middle aged and older ones that are the most greedy about it.