> You don’t need to go to such great lengths to parse out meaning.

I wouldnt need to if people in forums were more willing to just immediately clarify what they mean in a response instead of jumping to attack the people who are questioning them.

Just because someone loves chocolate ice cream and says “I like chocolate ice cream” that doesn’t mean they hate vanilla ice cream and feel superior to the vanilla ice cream eaters. It just means they like chocolate. That is all the information you have been given and the only logical conclusion you can draw.

In normal conversation, it’s generally not necessary to acknowledge all the ice creams you like and don’t like just because you mentioned how much you love chocolate. I think it would probably be a pretty normal response that if someone demanded that you do that, that you would be irritated at the absurdity of the demand and respond accordingly.

But hey, if I misread that you were being intentionally obtuse, I’m sorry.