I'd like to suggest getting rid of the "Vote for this Image" feature in the galleries. That way we will never have to see another such thread again. The gallery is a place to showcase your art...perhaps even get critique if that's what you want. But why on earth make it a popularity contest by allowing "votes"? That's the silliest feature I've ever seen for a gallery.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi