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Oh dear lord!!!

I just found out that I insulted you!

Turns out it is ME who is the noob.

I thought noob meant new person. That's all. A new person to the Sift. A very kind individual has told me that noob means new person who fucks things up because they don't know what they are doing.

So I am the noob. The fuck up.

I hope the sock puppet comment isn't insulting, too. There are a lot of sock puppets on the Sift, a history of them. I am still learning how to deal with sock puppets -- my initial reaction is to feel like I am being badly used. I am trying to get over that feeling.

Anyway. Yeah. I'm just trying to be friendly to someone who has engaged with me, and to engage intellectually other than in dueling comments. (That is what I call the back and forth of comment streams -- dueling monologues.)

I just saw what a noob you are. What an intro to the Sift!

Unless you are a sock puppet. Then that is another layer of something.

(Is sock puppet a general internet term, or specific to the Sift? I've never asked...)

EDIT -- SEE NEXT COMMENT FOR CLARIFICATION

Wanna meet in the lounge and have a respectful conversation?

Let me ask again.

As a woman, I am telling you that women hear the insult. The folks who put together this video hear the insult. The Mythbusters hear the insult.

Or would you like to tell me how my personal experience over 60 years is incorrect? Would you like to explain that to me?