In reply to both yours and the original post, the writer does that because he is slyly signalling to you feigned humbleness with a little wink to his readers with respect to the personage of Solomon.

You know, using language for subtle humor rather than just brevity, which, if i recall correctly, he actually discussed this topic and dismisses the speed readers and those always looking for efficiency and speed: like speed eating or speed sex I believe the analogy was.

I was poking fun at the guy I was replying to – not making a modest proposal that fewer words is always the ideal.

The comment you're replying to is sarcastic.

A good rule of thumb is to assume all of my posts are sarcastic.

A good rule of thumb is to write your posts so they convey sarcasm to a reader who doesn't know you personally.

Great advice!

How was that?

That's funny; none of mine are.

At least you thought I was funny.