Parent used language highly associated with taking something very personally:<p>-&quot;Wait, how exactly is [...]?&quot; as if indignant.<p>- Scare quotes, as in &quot;personal space&quot;<p>-The &quot;First, [...]. Secondly, [...].&quot; dialectical pattern, suggesting someone feeling attacked on multiple fronts.<p>- &quot;drop the pretense&quot;, suggesting said author was ostentatiously holding up a lie.<p>- &quot;fear is bad, mkay&quot;, characterizing the author as a South Park hick.<p>- &quot;[...] work just fine, thank you.&quot;, subtextually suggesting the person had crossed a boundary of decorum.<p>- &quot;Oh, and, edit, just because&quot;, which is a common semantic pattern of emotional self-defense, e.g. &quot;And another thing!&quot;<p>- &quot;Please, age of phrenology is over.&quot;, a red herring, attempting to undermine a theory by associating it with a formally disproved theory.<p>- &quot;God. Damn. It.&quot;, resorting to frustrated cursing post-rant, suggesting the person has more feelings they&#x27;d like to elate.<p>Generally, when someone responds with language of that sort it suggests the idea struck a chord. My interest in the parent&#x27;s comment was purely jocose.