Yeah, I'll occasionally skim Salvation's Standard forums just to get an idea of how my pet cards and mechanics are doing in the competitive environment, since I barely play Magic myself*. But yeah, actually reading the threads is an exercise in masochism. I usually only remember that's the case once I'm on page 6, though.
* Actually, though, the main guy I used to play Magic with just announced that a girl he works with said she wanted to play him, so he's decided to get back into the game. (He'd quit during TIme Spiral block when he bought two boxes in hopes of pulling copies of Teferi and didn't get a single one.**) Looks like my days of never actually playing the game may be over for a while.
** I've tried to explain to him why it's more cost effective to buy singles than to buy boxes, but such common sense reasoning is lost on him. This is the same guy who buys 36 to 60 videogames a year and actually plays five of those.