When I first arrived here I thought I'd never even reach 100 posts; didn't think I had enough meaningful thoughts to contribute. I really thought the stache levels were cool, and something that would make people respect/listen to me if I posted often enough. Now I've grown to not even look at them. There are people who arrive here and have knowledgeable, well spoken, and convincing arguments from post 1. For me, the mustache level has become irrelevant. It's a "Judge a book by it's cover" sort of label. Just beware, you might miss something pretty damn good if you skim over someone because their label is "stubble" or "pencil".
But I do love all this debate. Pretty damn funny whether intentional or not.