Wow that's harsh....

The reason why Photoshop or any other editing program is available to the public aswell as professionals is because people enjoy messing around and having fun. Online GFXing is for fun and isn't supposed to be taken seriously. And yes most Graphics is commercial, but that is the whole point. As long as you like what you've made then you should be happy. I agree that people vote usually for the render or stock but that's life!!!! Stop taking stuff so seriously and lighten up abit. This is the internet and I think most of the people here have other lives and don't just live by the computer. Go and tell people to their face that they suck. Go on. List the people on these forums that suck at Graphics and see how far that gets you. Do you think that anyone is going to stop just because you say that they're spoon?? I'm not the best, but I enjoy what I do. I love art in all forms and I feel I can make what my personality and hobbies are about through photoshop. I hate having to go through school and only be able to do art that is dictated to me:
"Draw from this artist", "Paint this fruit bowl", "stick this down" blah blah blah.
Most of the people who do Graphics aren't artists and maybe can't draw aswell as other people in the real world, so they like making sigs and wallpapers and what not. The internet is about sharing. And I know EP is all about expressing yourself and saying what you think etc, but to generalise people like this and dumb it down to make people look retarded is stupid in itself.