the tone of my response was meant to defuse whatever tension was the cause of the accusatory tone in the first place.
Absolutely, I see that in the sense of the idea of, “leave things unsaid” (from that specific culture). if I were in the position of metatroll, I would take it as a perceived smugness (leading downhill into more smugness in response), not in the lighthearted “don’t talk about the elephant in the room” kind of way that you intended it.
Metatroll started it, you played with it instead of either letting it go or responding to it directly. I contributed by ignoring it. Do continue to hang around and share your ideas with us.
FWLIW, I took “I’ve never heard of metatroll either, but I won’t hold that against them :)” as intended to have a net-deëscalatory effect, even if it didn’t seem to be entirely subtext-free. (and this combination of attributes is not something I have a problem with)
Absolutely, I see that in the sense of the idea of, “leave things unsaid” (from that specific culture). if I were in the position of metatroll, I would take it as a perceived smugness (leading downhill into more smugness in response), not in the lighthearted “don’t talk about the elephant in the room” kind of way that you intended it.
Metatroll started it, you played with it instead of either letting it go or responding to it directly. I contributed by ignoring it. Do continue to hang around and share your ideas with us.
FWLIW, I took “I’ve never heard of metatroll either, but I won’t hold that against them :)” as intended to have a net-deëscalatory effect, even if it didn’t seem to be entirely subtext-free. (and this combination of attributes is not something I have a problem with)
I have nothing to add, it just delights me to see that someone out there is still using the diaeresis.