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I wasn't saying you were being obsessive. I was saying that I am. I'm saying you are fine and normal because you are not obsessive but I didn't want to be insulting implying that you were just a "normie" as they say. I've reread what I wrote and I think that is clearly stated. It confuses me that you came away with the opposite meaning.

Secondly, my tone was not intended to be insulting and tone is difficult for even skilled writers to convey well through text. I am neither; just a shit-brained millennial with too much free time and not enough income like most of us who is, half the time, commenting while stoned to the bomb age.

I do stand by my comment in that I was genuinely confused in that I have never seen that specific perspective presented before. I don't think stressing that is insulting. And I did find it bold to assert that this was commonly accepted as I had never heard it before quite in the way you defined it. I think a sentence like, "not only have I never heard of but seems so outside the normal discourse I've never even considered it", is not at all insulting. What struck me most was your inclusion of "meaning" as a criteria.

However, all that said, insult is not for the speaker to determine but rather the listener and if you say my comment was insulting then it was. My intent was not malicious and I'll try and do better in the future. There is no need for hard feelings in this space especially over a silly topic with such low stakes.

Oh and as an aside, there is a really good video that quite literally just dropped by Josh Strife Hayes on YouTube about this and he discusses all kinds of aspects of pay-2-win and even, I think, briefly touches on some of the perspective you presented. I don't agree with all of it but like most content he produces it is very well considered and worth the watch if you are interested.