We have several of those, unfortunately.
Hard to unmask them, but HG was/is one of the nastiest I've seen in my 20 something years here.
He is still here, probably lurking.
I suspect he was alcoholic, possibly suffered some sort of personal tragedy and is nursing a massively bruised ego while we speak.
I have no doubt we'll hear from him again.
In one iteration or another.
Under the irritation I felt bad for him. I pictured a lonely man in a lonely place being alone in his lonely misery.
There but for the grace of God.
Instead of creating alter egos I changed my handle a few times, not realizing my history didn’t follow. I’ve been here since ‘98? ‘99? Sometimes lurker, but addicted reader.