If you are trying to imply that you "randomly" pulled Mako out of your hat of random words, I would highly doubt that...
I did. Don't believe me? There's not an awful lot I can really do to prove things either way. Misread a medium without intonation or nonverbal cues? That's the nature of text. Upset? That's not fortunate, but the internet demands a thicker skin.
If you're going to get upset that someone uses the source of your name, taken from FF7, as generic placeholder for swearing in an FF7-focussed context, what's going to happen when you meet someone who really
is attacking you? If you can tie yourself in knots even over something well-meaning, then I really don't think forums are going to give you much pleasure.
I'm serious. I'm certainly not suggesting that you leave, but I don't see how someone can react this way and enjoy internet discussions. I know - as well as anyone - how easy it is to attribute malice or anger to a text that just wasn't worded properly. Worse, I've started flamewars all on the cue of some misgauged joke. But I've seen enough to know I can't jump to conclusions about posts and the intentions behind them.
What do you think my tone is? What do you think I feel? Anger? Superiority? Nervous insecurity? Sympathy? Whimsical pleasure? Boredom? Do you know? How could you? How could any of us know either how to respond, or what we're responding
to? And that's entirely why you have to disinvest from forums in general. You don't have to become cold, but you do have to take a different attitude. You have to hang fire before responding, think of other meanings that are reasonable. If you don't, you'll find yourself hurt.
I know you "don't care" what I think.
No, no, no,
no! You've built this entire persona out of a few misread lines. You can probably hear me speak, watch me snicker, congratulating myself on a particularly well-worded snipe. And likewise, I can see you huff indignantly, close Firefox and fire up Dragon Age to calm your nerves. Except I can't, because that would be a massive assumption - an unjustified, sweeping conclusion founded on... what is that, eight words? Eight? And likewise, you've no way of knowing what I think, feel, how I react or... well, *much* beyond what I've said in a few scattered paragraphs.
You've *got* to stop doing this! Or do you? There's the rub. I've probably misread you. There as many possible readings of a post as pebbles on the beach. And that's exactly the problem here.