More to the point - how do you cash them in?

You simply need to be active in the forums.

Post replies and create blogs, upload pictures etc. But as the above poster more or less said, they are absolutely meaningless. Although, there are many on the site that simply spam the place for the acquisition of the points.

Invent a time travel machine.  "Back in the day" Erik would give out Tshirts; alas, a practice long since abandoned.

what do i get for points?

Play your cards right and this could be yours:

Click on member points.

clearwater FL United States 

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LOL that was a television show punchline.

I hear BFS drives a Lexus (another TV show punchline). 

What is the point of this seemingly pointless thread about points where the OP's point has already been made about points and his question about points has been answered by a great point by Elona about points?

Hey, we already did that with another one of these threads a long time ago!