That comment paragraph has non-serious written all over it and if you failed to see it is because you are desperately looking for a reason to be angry.

Do you want a reason to be angry? Try finding a better reason, like the environment, or nuclear proliferation, etc.

If we steered society towards what makes people comfortable the world would be a very horrible place to live.

Galileo, for example, would have said "OK guys, sorry for making you feel certain way, I better stop using my telescope and doing science so your imaginary friend is not angry".

Have a good day.

Or, the more realistic explanation, which is that you were in the middle of a heated discussion, said something that wasn’t reasonable or appropriate, got called out on it by multiple people, then backtracked and pretended you were joking the whole time. Which you clearly weren’t.

There was no tone shift. There was no /s. There was no “non-serious” tone there. You wanted to call into question their credentials, and found the most idiotic thing you could and ran with it.

The fact that every single one of your replies is serious and aggressive in tone does not help your case. Obviously that one paragraph is the sole exception, obviously.

Next time, just take the L in stride.

Interesting conclusion, but wrong nevertheless. You saw what you wanted to see.

If one person says something, then sure, perhaps they just misread it.

If multiple people respond in the same way (which has happened here) then maybe, just maybe, they're all reacting to the same thing and you are just shit at making your point known.

If multiple people think flat earth theory is real, then maybe it is real?

That is the kind of nonsensical mindset that demands defiance.

Also, I don't remember having insulted you.