I'm wondering do ban evaders get nuked?
They certainly do. I'm also surprised this account got so many merits, but I think it was just a fluke. I have no other way of understanding how he got them for such a low-value post, especially from Theymos. Maybe he was being extremely generous that day.
Don't rule out plagiarism just yet. Let's wait for a mod to stop by and explain this.
If you read that thread then it was a perfect sarcastic reply to the OP of that thread.
I get that it was appropriate. I just don't think it deserved as much merit as it got.