My favorite part of that is that the author shows up as green since at the time they were a new user, despite the fact that their account is now long-established. Most CRUD apps today would get a detail like that wrong.
You're probably right; I just remember him coming across as upset when I mentioned it a while back. Like I said, I could easily have been the target of all that ribbing myself, and I don't know that I would be any happier about it.
I enjoyed learning more about it though in the threads you linked above. I'm really happy both about this meme and the cogent defense of the original comment. It might be tilting at windmills but its not without value.
(see also "less space than a Nomad. Lame")