This is what annoys me....

[Geonz]

Yea, it's dull for **him** - therefore it's stupid. Forget the rest of the world - they don't exist. Couldn't be *him* that's too dull to contemplate something more complicated than a marathon, or to look deeper into it.
I reckon he needed a column topic and spewed this one out to get the assignment done - or maybe he wanted to be a shining example of an "ugly american," looking down (his nose) on others and telling them how to do things.