"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Yikes - I didn't think my comment was especially critical at all, just a kind of funny way to explore the issue. It's a sincere question. But I apparently am not imagining what it looks like. Sorry!