There seems to be a underlying trend lately from blog commenters and forum posters to completely disregard the thoughts and emotions of others online. The lack of basic values in today's society has started to bleed into the internet, and the result is demotivating to those that are trying to share knowledge.

"Commenting is a royal pain in the posterior" - "Comments are for weenies" - "I can understand my code quite well, thank you very much" - "Good code speaks for itself" - "No time for that, got to get that code out of the door". None of these is a good reason for not commenting source code properly. We will look at these arguments, discuss them and take a look at good commenting practice and its benefits.