Damn! That search button isn't worth crap!

Oh!? Hello. I can't find a thread on this so I'm assuming it hasn't been brought up. Probably because it doesn't need to be addressed.

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There are a lot of posters who find themselves posting a second too late. They post a comment that is supposed to be a direct reply to an above poster yet by the time they hit the "Submit" button, someone else's post has already taken their intended position.

Afterward, said poster would go back and edit their post to say something along the lines of the following:

"EDIT - Damn you [pizzaface]! I was just going to post! This replies to [sockpuppet]."

I don't understand why, if they can take the time to edit in an EDIT, why can't they simply include a quote from their target? Or they could put at the top of their post "This is in response to [sockpuppet]"
To me, it just seems a bit strange.