Of course you couldn't help yourself, I poopoo'd on your dog in the race and you couldn't think of something meaningful to reply with.

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And I am upset, I hate working in one of the few industries where people wear social ineptitude like a badge:

Like someone says something when they're clearly upset, you ask why they're upset, then suddenly they derail the conversation because

"how dare you imply I am some descendant of a caveman capable of being shudder upset"

Like holy shit, real people get upset! Wowie what a concept!

Dude was upset someone insulted his rockstar idol that everyone in SV knows and got called out.

I jokingly tell him even a computer can see he's upset and now there's literally another reply to me by this "peter" person picking a fight with the computer!

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Maybe you're all stuck in this weird passive aggressive bubble of timidity (maybe that's the "everyone") where you're not allowed to express emotion but I'm not going to coddle you, not here or in real life

This person was upset. They didn't need to present it as some passive aggressive "informative", like the guy they replied to didn't know they couldn't read it.

They're just not used to having to deal with emotions directly instead of being as biting as possible while seeming... "informative"