I'm a hearty tipper and I don't do either, and very, very few people do that I've seen. Tiny 1/2 NL pots that consist of limps, or the blinds, or an uncontested-flop-takedown of some small amount don't require a tip. Dealers know this. Also, you obviously don't have to throw redbirds on every decent sized pot, or be ridiculous like some people and fling $25 because you made a straight flush, etc. You only need to be fair, consistent, and reasonably generous, and no one could say a bad thing about you. People who don't tip period, or who drag a $289 or whatever pot and tip $1 and make a face while doing it, are the problem.
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And by the way, it is that simple - if you tip X less dollars, then you might go home with X dollars more in your pocket.
This is obviously vague and ambiguous so I can't attack it, but I don't think it's simple at all. Saying "I won 22 hands and tipped $1 or $2 at a clip totaling $0 over the course of the night, if I hadn't tipped at all I'd have another $30" is flat out completely idiotic and incorrect. It's after the fact thinking. You have no way of knowing during the course of play if this will turn out to be the result. You're also making decisions during the course of the session which are affected by your stack size, and these decisions can go either way. No possible way to determine whether or not the tipping altered your stack greatly, minisculely, or not at all.
