I thought moderators gave warnings when posters were out of line, participated in the fun when not, and didn't get involved in conversations that otherwise shouldn't involve them, given their position. But okay, if you'd like to talk, let's.
If the absurd and insulting notion that I was seeking "brownie points" is okay, what was so absurd and insulting about my "offering him a moist towelette"?
So, again, to be clear, you're alright with sarcasm and snark for its own sake, so long as its done by some but not others? Or, if it's done by everyone, if should be done with a practiced light enough a touch to fly under your radar. And if I reply with more sarcasm and snark for its own sake and little else much the same as I'm responding to, so long as I do it with light enough a touch -- no ripples in your soup -- then we can all breezily keep insulting each other on the internet, and you won't have to register any of it in your reports to
Number 1?
I think I've had to speak to a moderator about two or three different threads here among the hundreds if not thousands I've participated in. Usually settled in Conversations. If moderators would like to "derail" threads with
their public input, very well. I will speak where spoken to.