The problem with this logic, no matter the context where it’s deployed, is that you can always default to “you’re doing it wrong” no matter what case or situation is brought up. It’s an argument that is unfalsifiable no matter what because you can simply gesture to the person as the problem in literally any scenario.
If I build a car and it consistently gets into wrecks at a rate 500x that of other cars, you can’t just keep saying “operator error.” At some point you have to ask, ”why do operators keep having errors?”
The common denominator seems to be your phrasing, not everybody else’s “sarcasm detectors.” And unfortunately a lot of people write comments like your joke but actually mean it.
If we’re going to go down that route, then we should also acknowledge that it’s a nerd forum that is typically reserved for serious discussion. Being sarcastic and cracking wise is generally discouraged
People make jokes here plenty. And being sarcastic? Only all the time. You can post 300-word matter-of-fact, spelling out all the premises comments. Or twenty-word quips that say the same thing. Both will be accepted depending on the mood.
But stubbornly trying to win arguments (imagined or real)? Oy vey. That’s a reservation that takes up a private jumbo jet.
Edit: And I saw your pot/kettle reply that you deleted. Of course you couldn’t help yourself. Mate.
I removed it - apparently not fast enough - because it felt mean-spirited and I was trying to let this go but apparently you are unable to do the same.
Also, making fun of the way somebody talks is incredibly rude and shitty. I don’t know why you feel the need to mock me like that in an attempt to make me feel self conscious about my speech patterns. That’s not cool and it is incredibly low, to say the least.
Either way I think it best if we both just moved on.
If I build a car and it consistently gets into wrecks at a rate 500x that of other cars, you can’t just keep saying “operator error.” At some point you have to ask, ”why do operators keep having errors?”