> Is your life really so humorless that it gives you satisfaction to type angry/defensive notes on an online forum?

It really is difficult to pick up tone on an internet forum.

> As someone who evidently cares a great deal about what other people think...

Don't know where you got that from. You should see how I dress. My friends are impressed if they see me in a shirt with buttons on it.

> ...[lots of other crap I can't be bothered to defend myself against]...