I see you are upset, @Ralf, but I hope you can come to realize that my intent was quite the opposite. I saw the thread developing some bad blood near the part where I came in, probably around where you and others had tagged me. Therefore, since I like ALL of you, I wanted to inject some levity… I attempted this by writing a bit of “Roast” type humor. Since this is the internet, it requires troll behavior, I thought, and I went from there, trying to “reply” to several comments in a myriad of foolish ways I have seen said trolls respond.
For example, I began with what people might call trolling from myself, as “the smartass”, by mansplaining the original form of the word “inflammable”, conveniently bastardized to “flammable” by a couple of my comrades here.
~Caveat & Credits~
IN NO WAY DO THESE COMMENTS REFLECT MY FEELINGS REGARDING THE INDIVIDUALS TO WHOM I REPLIED. In many cases, these responses don’t even truly apply to the quotes they’re under! They are just jokes, folks!
“The Smartass” or “grammar nazi” (@Killa12345 & murphymurri )
A self-deprecating version of “misinterpreting a sentence” and “obsequious oversharing” (@murphymurri )
“Losing my point” and failing at vernacular (@standardoil )
“Agreeing with someone else to find that lost point” but still failing at vernacular (@ Cassin )
“Speelink RULZ” (@GummyChad )
“attempted spamming” with speelink failing vernacular (@SubstituteCreature )
“lol wut” because “wtf Dude” (my first reply to one of yours)
“The Pervert” with some fails (my second reply to one of yours, Ralf )
“No explanation, yet mocking?” (@qma )
“Sock puppet forgot the sock” (@TurahTurah , twice because two Turahs )
“High Horse” with some obvious signals to avoid offending (@ Ak_keith , whom I do not recognize, so I was more careful. Hi there, btw, Keith! )
“Recursive Ridicule” (@Pupparoo )
“Fixed” (Yes, Ralf , I can see why you may think I singled you out, but this one is a direct signal of my sarcasm regarding this entire post. I used the italics rule you mentioned to make your rule sound sarcastic. Did it not work?)
“Alliterative Asshat” (@ TurahTurah , my inspiration @ terplord420 @ tweedledew @ TheVanillaGorilla @ TRIPPIE @ troy227 just to be inclusive—as T can be—and to have fun with word play!) EDIT: adding spaces because I suddenly cannot mention more than 10 people… quotes must circumvent that rule
“Quoting out of context” @ several mentioned previously @IonStorm (who’s one other comment reminded me of myself when I had a similar net nickname It’s uncanny…) @ moveweight @ vortal @ Marmoris @ G_Boe , because j/k
Seriously, Ralf and anyone else in a sensitive place, I love you all and I meant no offense.
I, too, mourn the loss of Dr. Tom… He is my friend, and I miss him.