In general I find the least charitable explanations of any of Alexander's behavior to be the most plausible

If you think so, then come here and hang out!

The rest of you live in such cool cities. I'm in Washington, DC, the least cool city imaginable (and now even worse, having been overrun by EA lobbyists)

Let me know if you want to SneerUp

Congratulations?

It’s almost exclusively a matter of vocabulary: people identify speaking in a particular register with being that kind of person as they understand that ideal

This, so much this

If you spend your money on a yacht, people say “cool yacht”.

I was going to say, I have never heard a single human soul in my decades upon this earth say "cool yacht."

I think the simplest explanation is that it appeals to their urge to ruthlessly quantify all human interactions, including statements about their worldview.