Slowly but surely, our noobs stack of pennies drifts outward from in front of her, to the stacks of her opponents, who seem to play every hand and bet or call to the river at least half the time.

But hark! Our noob, having heard of pot odds and having a basic understanding of them, notices that she too is calling all the way to the river with outrageously bad hands, all because after the flop the bets are so small

Thats the reason why they would even posts them too.