Q-reeus:
Guess so. Thing is, you were still online when placed this thread. Some 3+ days ago.
The first time I saw this thread was about 5 minutes before I first posted in it.
But why sulk over such trivialities as taking that long to fix it, eh?
Oh, I see. You think I've been wallowing in a sulk over the past weekend, worrying about how to respond to your little tantrum, or something like that, do you? I'm afraid you're mistaken, again.
(You have edited your original posting - I respond above to the mysteriously reactivated email alert version.)
I edited my initial posting because I thought you might take what I originally wrote the wrong way, as is your default orientation. Now, it seems, I'll have to explain it, which is not something I really wanted to spend time on (another reason for editing it).
It seems me to that you imagine that I pay you special attention, or that I think your complaints are particularly pointed or cutting or relevant, or something. You regularly mistake the courtesies that I give to you as a sign of giving in to you, or as a tacit nod on my part to your superior knowledge or whatever. Because it is all a battle to you, somebody must always come out on top in your world. I thought I might try to offer you a little perspective, by gently pointing out that only a small portion of my attention is devoted to interacting with you and your concerns. But then I reconsidered, on the assumption that you would think it an attempt to belittle you. So, I edited the post, you saw the original, and here we are, where we are.
Are we? Do you hate me, Q-reeus? How deep does that go for you? I'd be interested to know how you got to that point, too. It hasn't taken much, apparently.
You're not the first person on the forum who I have rubbed up the wrong way, and I'm sure you won't be the last. I am always a little surprised when I see such strong emotion coming out of what are mostly trivial disagreements, though. Human nature is a funny thing. And some people have fragile egos. I'm sorry if I've hurt yours at some point. Well, no, to tell the truth I'm probably not that sorry about that. Maybe you needed a recalibration.
Add to that the mysterious cut-off of email alerts, happening now and then.
Oh, that will be because I spend a lot of my spare time messing with your email notification settings. Because, you know, in between messing with your posts to annoy you, that's just one more way I can take out my raging anger at you behind your back. I'm a petty, vindictive guy, I guess. Who knows to what lengths I'll go to try to mess with your head? I'm about as evil as Hitler. (Oops, sorry Godwin.)
But so what - observing and being annoyed by that just illustrates my paranoid disposition, eh?
Making up some kind of conspiracy about people messing with your email settings illustrates your paranoid disposition, to my mind. And the existence of this entire thread goes a fair way to confirming that, if you ask me.
Thanks so much, Q-reeus. Always a pleasure dealing with your concerns.
