Will the question/answer ratio ever stop climbing?

Will the question/answer ratio ever stop climbing?
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answer:Are my eyes horrible or are walls of text insanely painful to read on Fluther? I just can’t. Unreadable without insane focus. Not a slag on you ET. The CSS needs work.
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