I would downvote this if I could. I have no idea what your reference to 44 points means. Is that good? Is that bad? Why do I need to know?

The number of upvotes on the submission.

Anyway, I thought it was amusing. Sort of like the old Soviet Propaganda about how the US is a capitalistic wasteland of suffering. [0]

[0]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8OkqSvw7Mw

It was the total upvotes the article had when I wrote my comment. I found that rather surprising.

I know what the number is ffs.. I just have no context. You were surprised at the votes... Why? You just showed surprise without any explanation.