[Stoat]

You weren't funny,

Gee, you've spoiled my whole day now  :-)  (not really, just trying to compliment you)

it was far from obvious that you were trying to be funny,

Well, subtle humor works with some people but not with everyone.

and it's usually a VERY good rule to follow, that when you don't know the topic, you should just keep mum ( quiet ) about it.

And what topic is it that you think I don't know about?  What topic was I stating untrue things about?  All I did here was to make a lighthearted and (in my view) a VERY obvious joke which one person in the thread apparently still hasn't understood.

I'm NOT "upset" at all,

Gee, you certainly fooled me.  No need to shout, by the way.  I can hear just fine, thank you.

but do get rather annoyed at people who post garbage and imagine that they are cute/funny/witty/clever, when they are none of these.

Subtlety and tongue in cheek humor doesn't work with some people, it's true.  For some people, you have to hit them over the head with obvious stuff that's completely black and white and requires no particular amount of reflection or thought.  As for myself, when I don't understand something, I usually try to politely ask for clarification and improve my understanding of other people's communication styles....I don't blunder about and become annoyed at others, insisting that everyone communicate in exactly the same way that I do.  Where I come from, this is called "getting along with others".

This has less than NOTHING at all to do with lefty "diversity"/PC junk.

The article doesn't, but my humorous response to Saquin's question did.  You see, I brought in a conversational element that was referring only to Saquin's question.  Completely relevant to the conversation that I was having with him/her.  I'm sorry that you didn't understand it, but then again it wasn't even your question that I was responding to, was it now?

What it has to do with, is barbaric tribal rites in SOUTH AFRICA, which the lousy Western Liberals turned into a slow moving train wreck disaster, by demanding that a known card carrying Commie and terrorist be made president.

And now you're referring back to the article again, which is fine.

I hope that this little chat has helped clear a few things up for you.

You weren't funny,

Gee, you've spoiled my whole day now  :-)  (not really, just trying to compliment you)

it was far from obvious that you were trying to be funny,

Well, subtle humor works with some people but not with everyone.

and it's usually a VERY good rule to follow, that when you don't know the topic, you should just keep mum ( quiet ) about it.

And what topic is it that you think I don't know about?  What topic was I stating untrue things about?  All I did here was to make a lighthearted and (in my view) a VERY obvious joke which one person in the thread apparently still hasn't understood.

I'm NOT "upset" at all,

Gee, you certainly fooled me.  No need to shout, by the way.  I can hear just fine, thank you.

but do get rather annoyed at people who post garbage and imagine that they are cute/funny/witty/clever, when they are none of these.

Subtlety and tongue in cheek humor doesn't work with some people, it's true.  For some people, you have to hit them over the head with obvious stuff that's completely black and white and requires no particular amount of reflection or thought.  As for myself, when I don't understand something, I usually try to politely ask for clarification and improve my understanding of other people's communication styles....I don't blunder about and become annoyed at others, insisting that everyone communicate in exactly the same way that I do.  Where I come from, this is called "getting along with others".

This has less than NOTHING at all to do with lefty "diversity"/PC junk.

The article doesn't, but my humorous response to Saquin's question did.  You see, I brought in a conversational element that was referring only to Saquin's question.  Completely relevant to the conversation that I was having with him/her.  I'm sorry that you didn't understand it, but then again it wasn't even your question that I was responding to, was it now?

What it has to do with, is barbaric tribal rites in SOUTH AFRICA, which the lousy Western Liberals turned into a slow moving train wreck disaster, by demanding that a known card carrying Commie and terrorist be made president.

[nopardons]

Listen n00b, what you did is highjack this thread. You didn't answer the other poster's query at all; you rook it off to a completely IRRELEVENT direction and have continued to do so.

Believe it or not, this thread isn't about you. And it is a FR rule, that posters are supposed to discuss and/or debate the subject matter which appears in the article at the beginning of each thread. Neither is it considered to be good form/netiquette, to heavily bold and enlarge another's words, nor to cherry-pick a reply to you.

OTOH, I explained something about the topic at hand and did , unlike you, answer the query.

I suggest that you refrain from replying to this post, since the apparently the only thing you have to add to this thread are bandwithwasting, self aggrandizing pats on the back, and an attempt to start a flame war, through baiting.