I cannot recall any reference to Rommel, I have no doubt that things may have been said in frustration or even spite but regretted afterwards. One thing I have learnt is that holding a grudge or living with a chip on your shoulder leads to a miserable existence.

Sadly the fact some feel the need to be right or possibly righteous can rub others up the wrong way.

As you point out those large highly artistic sigs can disrupt the flow of a thread for some yet many forms of social media have threads with multiple conversations taking place including ones which feature jpegs or videos. So it is all one big subjective mess. Modern fonts, poor formatting, laboured points, questionable theories, smart or dumb remarks these are all part and parcel of life in the 21st century. Like it or lump it what you see is what you get.