"...in the hope of gaining a small, small, infinitesimally small sense superiority..."You could not have said it better. That is exactly how that post of yours comes across.
By the way, now when we know you are an accomplished and self-confident writer, would you say that...
"...a small, small, infinitesimally small sense superiority..."
would be slightly more polished if it were...
"...a small, small, infinitesimally small sense of superiority..."
Some of us are lurking here in the hope of gaining a small, small, infinitesimally small knowledge of any possible kind.