"I cannot understand a thing," then what is metaphysical discussion oriented around?

[Minyatur]

I always liked to say that while a picture is worth a thousand words, so is a word worth a thousand pictures.

The pointer thing is probably the best analogy for anyone with a background in computer science and computer languages are a good example for the versability of keywords toward the same end, which shows that in the end its all about intelligent patterns and that from them you can build anything.

Also, walls of text may sometimes seem like a lot of mental gymanastics from another's perspective, but like in my case, most of my posts are single streams of thought which I re-read and refine and edit afterwards a bit in the wording and such. But a single huge block of text, more often than not, is but an attempt to paint a single picture or idea through words.