Did you just use the word utilize to make your argument sound more coherent?

I utilize comment sections to keep my writing and argumentative faculties sharp. This is not how I'd normally communicate. I don't care about karma.

Yes. I can find another analogy if you like, but the message is the same.

Do you think locksmiths destroy the locks they open?

No. That phrasing was more pithy. Not wholly inaccurate if you think in the abstract, however.